Effectiveness of moodle application on technical tertiary education in Sri Lanka

Abstract

Line up with the technology that many universities have reported an increase in the use of online educational tools worldwide. Therefore, the use of e-Learning systems is a success factor of any institution, and the main point is whether e-Learning is effective or not. By filling the gap of limited research, this study will help to identify whether existing online education system effectively helps to enhance the quality of the technical graduates with compare to traditional teaching environment in Sri Lanka by fulfilling the objectives of 'Do students prefer their e-learning culture than the traditional teaching culture?' 'How Moodle facilitate the students to enhance their learning skills?'. Participants in the study consisted of undergraduate students who are in their induction program to final year and who has different learning experience about Moodle in the Faculty of Engineering at University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Findings show that students are preferred for e leaning culture than their traditional learning culture which helps to improve their learning ability through various teaching modes, enhance flexibility and usability of time & finally overall quality of the learning process.