The benefits of using MOODLE in teacher training in Romania

AbstractThe utilization of the e-learning environments for teacher training programs is at the beginning in the Romanian system for teacher continuous formation. Also, the rules for approving this kind of formation program are not approved yet, due the ongoing modification to The Law of Romanian Education. There are a lot of e-learning environments in our academic institutions, but now the free resource Moodle for e-learning course management system gain new users every day. Some of the benefits which recommend Moodle for being implemented in the Romanian's programs for teacher training are the subject of our paper: different types of assignments, chats, forums, databases, glossaries, lessons, multiple types of tests with one or more items, quizzes, wikis, surveys and the SCORM/AICC module