The Role of the Moodle Educational Platform in Developing Twenty-First Century Skills among English Language Students at the Islamic University of Gaza

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the role of the Moodel educational platform in developing the skills of the twenty-first century among English language students at the Islamic University of Gaza from their point of view. The study used the descriptive approach; Where the study sample consisted of (98) male and female English language students at the Islamic University of Gaza in the second semester of the year 2021/2022, and the study tool was a questionnaire directed to students to identify the role of the Moodel educational platform in developing the skills of the twenty-first century. The results of the study concluded that there is a significant role for the Moodle educational platform in developing twenty-first century skills on all fields as well as on the overall field of the study tool. The learning and innovation skills field ranked first with an arithmetic mean of (3.88), followed by the profession and life skills field with an arithmetic mean of (3.83), while the digital culture skills field ranked last with an arithmetic mean of (3.78). The results also showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the average students’ opinions due to gender, the study recommended continuing to support and encourage the use of the Moodle educational platform as a system for managing university education in a way that meets the requirements of the twenty-first century.