DEVELOPMENT OF A MOODLE CLASS BLOG TO IMPROVE STUDENTS INTEREST IN TEACHING AND LEARNING IN SCIENCE EDUCATION

Abstract

This paper presents the development of a moodle class blog to improve student’s interest in teaching and learning in science education. The objectives of the study were to access, share and exchange materials and ideas with their teachers and peers just as they do in the social networking as well as interacting with other professionals in the field, have links and be up to date in terms of knowledge. Rapid Application Development software methodology was used in the design of the moodle class blog with phases of analysis, design, development, implementation, testing and evaluation. The moodle class blog was developed using HTML, PHP MyAdmin, Javascript and Mysql. The on-line moodle class blog provides features that will enable the student access and download learning materials in Portable Document Format (PDF) and as well as video format into their laptop for learning activities. It also provides exercise modules that test the understanding of students on each topic at the end of learning session. In order to evaluate the satisfaction of students in using moodle class blog, an instrument (questionnaire) was developed to obtain the responses of students on the performance of the moodle class blog. The mean and standard deviation of student’s responses showed that students were satisfied with the performance of moodle class blog and it is effective in learning of Chemistry and Biology curriculum at NCE level