MOODLE AS A BASE FOR UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF E-LEARNING AND FORMATION OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

In global educational reality the formation of electronic educational environment stands out to be the foundation of any modern educational system. A feature of a current stage of the electronic information and educational environment development and the near future is the powerful impact of the world's information educational resources on the educational environment of an educational institution. Changes in the economic and social life of society, the rapid development of information technologies, changes in the labor market regarding general issues of employment all these processes significantly affect the formation of the modern information educational environment of an educational institution and its role in the education system. All these processes are aimed at developing new approaches to the formation of an educational institution's electronic information and educational environment. The key features of the new approach are the integration of educational resources with other participants in the educational space, openness, transition to new innovative technologies, and a change in the teacher's role. The article deals with the problem of optimizing the learning process and organizing students' independent work by means of electronic environment. The experience of using Moodle electronic environment in blended learning of professional foreign language of the second year students of Computer Engineering at Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University is presented. The elements of this environment were considered and its main advantages and some disadvantages were identified, the role of teacher and student when working with electronic environment was defined. A questionnaire survey was conducted and some peculiarities of using e-course in the learning process were identified.