Using Moodle Learning Management System In University's Educational Process: Teaching Experience

Abstract

The article describes the teachers’ experience of using Moodle learning management system in the university educational process. For this, the relevance of using the Moodle system is justified, the degree of its introduction in the world and in Russia is defined, this system didactic capabilities for managing the educational process are described. The article presents the results of a practical study of the Moodle system implementation at Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University (Minin University). The purpose of the study is to describe the experience of using the Moodle system in the university educational process, as well as to identify problems and prospects for the further this system development. As a result, the degree of Moodle ease of use, the frequency of its use, the most frequently used tools were identified, the effectiveness was assessed, the level of teachers’ competence, their main difficulties, prospects and the desire to use Moodle to improve the educational process were assessed. Conclusions are drawn about the teachers awareness of the Moodle learning management system’s abilities to reduce time costs, control the educational process, replicate content, provide feedback, implement group interaction; lack of teachers’ competence in the development and use of e-courses in the Moodle system, etc. The general conclusion of the work is the confirmation of the need to develop a set of organizational and pedagogical conditions that will increase motivation and strengthen the teachers training to use Moodle.