Viability Assessment of Edmodo and Schoology as Online Learning Platform to Facilitate Students in Learning EFL

drs.h.surady soehoed.msi; herri mulyono, ph.d; dr. santi c. djonhar, m.a;

The advancement of information and technology has provided more alternative
platform for teachers to enact an online teaching and learning classroom.
Unfortunately, little has been done to evaluate the affordability of technological
classroom to facilitate the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language
(EFL). This study aimed to examine and compare the affordability of Schoology
and Edmodo as online EFL learning platform. In doing so, Hubbard's CALL
software evaluation frameworks were employed. Findings of the study suggested
potential feature from the two platforms that benefited students' EFL learning
online. The findings also highlighted the importance of teachers' technological,
pedagogical and content knowledge in applying the two CALL platform in
practice. Recommendation for practice and further research were offered in
relation to the findings of the study