Online Training on the MOODLE Platform as the Environment Forming a University Student’s Educational Autonomy

This article aims to summarize the experience of European and Russian scientists on the issue of a university student’s autonomous educational activity. The issue is undoubtedly relevant, since the modern educational model is based on the principles of personal responsibility for the content and quality of one’s education and implies the student’s competence in planning, organizing and managing his/her educational activities not only during the period of study, but throughout his/her life (Lifelong learning). The article describes the experiential training of second-year students at RUDN University. Its results and conclusions showed the effectiveness of e-courses on the MOODLE platform in building the student’s learning autonomy. The experiment also demonstrated another strong point of online learning, i.e. its great contribution to the development of students’ self-study, self-discipline and responsibility. The authors emphasize the universal nature of the skills associated with organizing, regulating and managing one’s educational activities. Mastering these techniques within the training period will be able to fulfill successful self-education and self-development throughout his/her life. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.