Integrating Course Management Systems like Moodle in the Algerian Universities: Between the Algerian Ministry’s Perspectives and Realities

الملخص

In recent years, the use of technology is speeding up facilitating all academic and professional activities. The process of education also was  promoted by the integration of technology for the enhancement of the teaching and learning procedures. Therefore, instructors started using Course Management systems (CMSs) for revolutionizing this sector adding accessibility and accountability to their lectures. The Algerian Ministry of Higher Education also supported these technological advancements and urged its lecturers to use technology in their classrooms. Therefore, the use of Moodle in the Algerian universities was activated with the outbreak of Covid 19 initiating the official Algerian university’s shift from face-to-face learning to e-learning. This added more personalization, advancement, and flexibility to the learning and teaching processes in the Algerian university. However, the problem that arose after that was the practical implementation of Moodle in the Algerian classroom and the Algerian instructors' acquaintance of it. This paper investigates the degree of awareness of the Algerian lecturers about Moodle and their familiarity in using it theoretically and practically. Therefore, an exploratory study of the Moodle accounts of some Algerian university lecturers and different interviews were  conducted. Consequently, the study ended up giving certain recommendations to the Algerian Ministry of Higher Education for better implementation of technology and specifically Moodle in its classrooms