UNIVERSITY TEACHERS' PROFESSIONAL NEEDS IN TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED EFL PEDAGOGY: PROMOTING CRITICAL THINKING AND CREATIVE SKILLS IN VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS.

The rapid digitalization of higher education has fundamentally transformed the landscape of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instruction. Virtual classrooms, once considered supplementary, have become primary sites of learning, requiring university teachers to adopt new pedagogical strategies that go beyond traditional content delivery. While technological tools offer unprecedented opportunities for interaction, collaboration, and multimodal learning, their effective integration into pedagogy remains a complex challenge.