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The advancement of information technology and communication (ITC) affects the teaching and learning strategy where blended learning has been very popular applied in some universities. This article describes the students’ perception and learning experiences in utilizing Edmodo and Google Classroom for blended learning model at the English Education Study Program, Faculty of Cultural Studies, Universitas Brawijaya. Three parallel classes in Cross Cultural Understanding (CCU) course and three of Introduction to Education were employed in this observation. Qualitative observation, and online interviews were conducted to gain students pedagogical interaction, learning experiences, and expectation about blended learning strategy. The study reveals that students have new perspectives about the role of culture in communication especially the use of language as a medium of communication. The blended learning strategy makes the students find it interesting. The strategy motivates their learning activities because they can explore the learning activities using and the media used is similar to social media those they have been very familiar with their daily life. They say that expressing opinions and answering questions in the media are more independent than in the conventional classrooms because they do not lose their face and not getting immediate feedback form friends and the lecturer. Keywords—Google Classroom; Edmodo; cross cultural understanding; perceptions; experience

Utilizing Edmodo and Google Classroom for Facilitating Blended Learning