Abstract:

Technology enhanced education has gained widespread academic recognition due to the necessity triggered by the rapid process of digitalization in order to expand teaching and learning opportunities. Besides, the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic has reinforced the digital transformation of the educational processes and resulted in a great number of case studies. The tools designed within electronic educational environment provide teachers and students with updated techniques usable both in classrooms and during distance learning. In the focus of the present study is electronic environment based on educational computer application Learning Management System (LMS) Moodle. Implemented into educational practice more than 20 years ago, Moodle continues its evolution. In order to contribute to the development of a consistent usage of Moodle in the process of a foreign language teaching in university, the present paper aims to identify essential Moodle-based activities, resources and types of quiz questions beneficial in designing of an effective online course in Moodle. The article opens with a review of the research referring to the role of the Moodle platform in the educational process. Then the correlation between the academic curriculum and the content of a Moodle course is investigated.

To achieve the purpose stated in the research, a mixed method approach was employed with qualitative and quantitative research models. The data was collected by a survey including the questionnaire with two closed-ended questions and an informal discussion. A questionnaire-based survey was aimed at collecting data concerning teachers’ vision of the possible use of Moodle instruments to make a more effective online course in accordance with the aims of the university syllabus.

The results indicated that the activities and resources available in Moodle can be applicable to a foreign language course with Quiz as an essential activity composed of several question types. As Moodle was not originally developed for language learning, the author tries to draw recommendations to language teachers and to figure out some possible directions for future researches.

Keywords:

Learning a foreign language, LMS Moodle, electronic courses, English teaching, distance learning, creating a course.