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Makale Özeti:
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It is substantially accepted that constructivism proposes knowledge as ―not a fixed
object‖; constructed by an individual through her own experiences. As a learning theory,
constructivism in education emphasizes collaborative learning, such as authentic
challenging projects involving in students, teachers and experts in the learning
community. Its goal is to create learning communities that are more closely related to
the collaborative practice of the real world as strongly reflected in social constructivist
idea. The technologies used in the filed of education will support learning through
collaborative practices, using learners‘ experiences for ―meaning making‖. The challenge
now is to extend the educational networks so that it offers access to learning resources,
online storage and tools for communication and management not just within the
limitation of school and time. Through learning platforms, such as Moodle, teachers and
administrators may bring hardware, software and supporting services together to enable
more effective conditions among teachers and students.
In this study, Moodle was used to support the 4th grade pre-service language teachers‘
(student teachers) one of the academic courses, named as ―Field Experience‖. The
student teachers were expected to prepare graduation theses in the field of English
language teaching. Moodle was integrated as a technological learning aid and used as
online support throughout a semester course. So, we will discuss how Moodle was
integrated as a learning platform, while discussing, the use of Moodle as a ―course
supporter‖ process, steps and the sample activities will be presented as well.
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