MOODLE BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: USING BY BACHELOR AND MASTER STUDENTS

Abstract
The article focuses the problem of using e-learning, in particular Moodle system, during the Covid-19 pandemic. Moodle is widespread in high school and is an effective means of integrating traditional and distance learning. The aim of the study is to identify and compare the views of on the use of Moodle in a classical university before, during and after the Covid-19 pandemic. The author developed a questionnaire and included 1071 university students of different years of study in the online survey, including 800 Bachelor and 271 Master students; used IBM SPSS Statistics 23 for statistical analyses. Students were mostly easily registered (together the answers «very easy» and «rather easy») – 63-78% of students of different courses for studying in Moodle. Some difficulties are recorded by about 9-16% of students (together the answers are «very difficult» and «rather difficult») of different courses during registration. There was no statistically significant difference, according to the 2-criterion (p ≤0,05), in the indicators of student registration on various grounds: educational and professional level (Bachelor/Master), form of study (full-time/part-time training), gender (men/women), profession (pedagogical/other). The current research work found that students who were registered in Moodle system «very difficult» and «difficult», respectively, 81,4% and 58,9%, did not have any academic disciplines in Moodle system or had had very few ones before the Covid-19 pandemic. The lack of relevant e-learning experience probably led to further difficulties when registering with Moodle. The article describes the minor use of Moodle to educate students before the Covid-19 pandemic, as only 25% of Bachelor students and about 30% of Master students had studied most academic disciplines on this platform. These figures increased to almost 84% and 88% of Moodle use during the Covid-19 pandemic in distance learning, respectively. Bachelor (72%) and Master (78%) students expressed the wish to study most academic disciplines in Moodle after the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. A statistically significant difference (p≤0,05) was found between comparable groups of students (bachelor/master) before the Covid-19 pandemic regarding the use of Moodle, such a difference was not found during and after the Covid-19 pandemic