Keyword: «moodle»

In practice, the use of information technologies in the learning process becomes an indispensable element of various forms of learning, aimed at improving the effectiveness of this process. The article discusses the issues of optimizing the educational interaction between a teacher and students in the university education system using the example of the virtual training Moodle system which is used to support and connect learning on the principle of "teacher-student". Based on a review of "information technology" and "information competence" concepts, the authors make an attempt to determine the specificity of the electronic training platform Moodle, to understand its capabilities and prospects. The authors set the goal - to share the experience of this platform using in the educational process. Based on the results of students and teachers questioning, they present analysis of the Moodle training platform shortcomings and advantages. The possibilities and ways of "Test" resource using are investigated. Recommendations for its use as a means of controlling students' knowledge are given. The issues of a more extensive use of the Moodle system capabilities are discussed not only in the context of teacher and student face-to-face interaction, but also concerning the entire educational institution. It is about the work of the administration, managers, tutors in the virtual system, for example, about entering, sending down, transfers, appointments of scholarships - information that is important for the student and ensuring its timeliness, transparency and accessibility will confirm the mobility of management at all levels. In other words, competent use of all Moodle system capabilities will allow to achieve a rating level for providing a wide range of educational services.

The article describes planning and implementation of extracurricular independent work using remote technologies – Moodle. Two examples of distance courses on academic subjects for third year bachelors are presented. The authors make analysis of students’ attitude to Moodle and their independence level formation.

One of the main objectives of improving the process of foreign languages learning in a technical university is to increase the emphasis on the professional training of future specialists who will be able to solve professionally oriented tasks. The relevance of the topic is determined by the possibility of increasing the efficiency of studying foreign languages with the aim of developing professional competence based on the information and communication technologies. The use of ICT in the educational process is considered as a process of organizing computer based educational environment where the main aim of communication is to develop professional competence of students efficiently. The peculiarities of using information and communication technologies in the teaching process of Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics (TSUCSR) Foreign Languages Chair are considered in the article. The research is based on general scientific and theoretical methods that allow analyzing and summarizing the methodological and pedagogical literature of Russian and foreign authors. The article describes the experience of using information and communication technologies in the teaching process of the Foreign Languages Chair (TSUCSR), on the example of one of the courses developed in the educational environment Moodle. As a result of the study, the experience of using the educational environment Moodle was described, which makes it possible for teachers to attain several objectives: a) to use electronic versions of educational and teaching aids; b) to provide additional material; c) to conduct tests and questionnaires; d) to fulfill tasks for training practice-oriented language skills related to production and research activities. In addition, the authors of the article have identified the main goals and objectives for further adjustment and planning of training courses which develop not only linguistic, but also professional competence of future specialists. The article may be interesting for the scientific and pedagogical staff of educational institutions planning to use information and communication technologies in the educational process.

The article is devoted to the use of blended learning format in the course of English language methodology for future English language teachers. The actual character of the research topic is explained by digitalization of modern education on the whole, and precisely the pre-service teacher training system, where the Information and Communication Technology competence of teachers has been focused on recently. Moreover, the combination of traditional lectures and seminars with distance learning online enables to use time for students’ self-studies more effectively thanks to considering an individual tempo and strategy of tasks completion, quick feedback and learning more about international pedagogical experience. The aim of the research is to choose and describe results of implementing concrete ways of blended learning format application to the course of English language teaching in the pedagogical university. The research was conducted with future teachers of English who were studying the course of English methodology during the semester at the pedagogical university. Judging by the generalization of advanced pedagogical experience, observation, survey, tests, using statistical methods of results analysis, we singled out the following actual ways of implementing blended learning, such as students’ taking part in some modules of the international English language teaching online course, participation in webinars, creating online tests for schoolchildren and their work in the specially designed university course in Moodle. The theoretical importance of the article is in proving the necessity to combine such ways of students’ self-studies online with traditional lectures and seminars in the classroom using the example of English language teaching course for future teachers. The practical importance of the research is realized in the possibilities to apply the above mentioned ways of blended instruction to other different educational contexts in the system of professional education.

The essence of information and communication technology usage is reveals in the article, the role of the technologies is determined during the foreign language training under conditions of the education modernization, and describes the experience of using certain types of information and communication technologies in the process of foreign language teaching.