Can the Use of the Course Management System Moodle Foster Learner Autonomy?

Abstract

The development of technology has challenged traditional classroom based teaching as the normal mode of instruction. Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL) has been seen as both an innovative new approach to teaching and at the same time a threat to institutionalised language learning (Benson & Voller, 1997; Benson, 2006). TELL has been linked to learner autonomy because of the possibility to enhance both ‘out-of-class’ learning and classroom environments....