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Stanko Pelc

Tools like Nearpod, Padlet, Kahoot, Wordwall, and Quizizz can be replaced
by Moodle plugins. Moodle’s built-in H5P interactive content features and
comprehensive quiz question options make this possible. Additional plugins
like ‘Sticky Notes’ and ‘Board’ facilitate collaborative learning through com-
menting and idea sharing, while ‘E-voting’ enables quick knowledge and
opinion checks.
Providing students with the opportunity to use Moodle as instructors,
through student-led e-learning platforms, could encourage them to explore
its features and integrate technology into their learning more effectively.
However, in this study, only 7 students mentioned using e-learning platforms
and only 6 mentioned using tools for creating interactive content. Students’
responses focused on the tools they use most frequently. This may explain
why they didn’t mention using Moodle’s built-in features and plugins to a
greater extent. In other words, students might have simply reported on their
usual study habits, overlooking the potential of Moodle in their responses.
The third question that students responded to concern the possible pro-
gress in the use of digital technologies by course teachers: Some wrote that
it was difficult to judge this, as many teachers only teach their subject for one
academic year. However, the majority of the students expressed their opin-
ions on this in many ways, with the prevailing view being that there are also
significant differences between teachers in this regard and that there is still
much room for improvement. Twelve responses indicated that no progress
had been observed, while fourteen responses indicated that progress had
been observed only for specific teachers or even for one teacher alone. Since
smart boards were newly purchased in the current academic year, nine re-
sponses expressed that some teachers are now using them, albeit to a mod-
est extent.
The fourth question was about students’ satisfaction with the digitalisation
of their study process. Overall, they expressed that they are satisfied with the
level of digital support for the study process, but that there is room for im-
provement. They want teachers to use more advanced Moodle features and
not just for distributing study materials and collecting assignments. Many
students mentioned smart boards and the underutilisation of them for an-
ything more than projection by most teachers. Certain students even want
more use of artificial intelligence in the classroom, while another one would
like to see Zoom used more often so that some parts of the study (on Fridays)
could be done remotely. Some students would like to see more interactive
tasks and quizzes added to the Moodle online classroom. They also think that
teachers should be role models for students who are training to be teachers

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