Using Moodle in University Courses and Its Impact on Future Anxiety and Psychological Happiness
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https://doi.org/10.34190/ejel.20.2.2077Keywords:
Electronic Learning Management System, Moodle, Future Anxiety, Psychological HappinessAbstract
Following the coronavirus pandemic, this study sought to determine the impact of using Moodle in teaching university courses on students' future anxiety and psychological happiness. The study sample consisted of 75 students (males and females) in the summer semester of the academic year 2019/2020. The study adopted the quasi-experimental approach by a single experimental group. To achieve the purposes of the study, the researchers developed two scales: firstly, the future anxiety scale, and secondly, the psychological happiness scale; after verifying their reliability and validity, both scales were applied before and after the study sample (pre-scale and post-scale). The findings showed that there are statistically significant differences in the level of future anxiety for the study group individuals in both scales pre-scale and post-scale , to the benefit of post-scale. However, the findings explained the existence of statistically significant differences at α=0.05 among the levels of psychological happiness for the study group individuals in both scales (pre-scale and post-scale) and in favor of the latter because of the use of electronic learning management systems in teaching university courses. It shows that implementing Moodle technology into teaching had a positive impact in reducing future anxiety and increasing psychological happiness among university students.
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