Virtual educational complex of the course “Methods of design of experiments” in distance learning environment of Moodle

• Main Authors: E. V. Guseva, D. R. Batyrgazieva
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Voronezh state university of engineering technologies 2016-07-01
• Series: Vestnik Voronežskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta Inženernyh Tehnologij
• Subjects: virtual learning system; distance learning; tests; glossary
• Online Access: https://www.vestnik-vsuet.ru/vguit/article/view/917
• ISSN: 2226-910X; 2310-1202

Currently the information technologies have penetrated to all spheres of human activity, including education. The main objective of the article is to show the advantages of the developed complex and to familiarize with its structure too. The article presents the arguments that the use of the distance learning tools has a significant impact on Russian education. This approach provides the conditions for the development of innovative teaching methods. The approach describes the capabilities offered by the virtual education center of distance learning Moodle too. It is attractive not only openness but because it contains a large set of libraries, classes and functions in the programming language PHP too, which makes it a convenient tool for developing various online information systems. It is shown that the effectiveness of distance learning depends on the organization of educational material. The basic modules of the course were underlined. This section provides a comprehensive understanding of material. For the verification and control of students knowledge the testing system was developed. In addition, the training package has been developed which contains the information, helping to assess the level of students knowledge. The testing system includes a list of tests divided into sections and consists of a set of questions of different complexity. The questions are stored in the single database (“The bank of questions”) and can be reused in one or more courses or sections. After passing the correct answers to the test questions can be available for the student. In addition, this module includes tools for grading by the teacher. The article concludes that the virtual educational complex enables to teach students, has a friendly interface that stimulate the students to continue the work and its successful completion.