scholarly journals Distance Education in Higher Education: The Perspective of Key Social Actors

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Zaborova ◽  
Tatiana Markova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Classroom Instruction ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
University Management ◽  
Wide Audience ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Social Actors

This article considers the perspective of the key social actors (students, teachers and university management) regarding distance education development in Russia. In the modern information and digital age, distance education – based on the possibility of disseminating knowledge through modern computer technologies – is being actively introduced into the Russian higher education system. The pace of implementation is increasing in Russia, yet its assessment as a new form of learning and teaching is ambiguous. There are clear advantages to this form when compared with traditional face-to-face classroom instruction including: the accessibility of education to a wide audience; the possibility to earn a degree irrespective of place of residence; variability of learning time selection; relatively low tuition fees. At the same time, however, many believe that the quality of education received by distance students is lower than that received via face-to-face teaching, due to both the lack of student’ readiness and the difficulties related to pedagogical process organization and management. This study considers whether distance higher education will continue to develop in Russia. The answer to this question depends to a large extent on the perspective of the key social actors. The study analyses their attitudes to distance education and make the following conclusions: 1) University management generally accept this form because of its economic advantage and attitudes of the higher education authorities. Students also vote in favour, because it allows them to earn a degree without giving up work, family and home-related commitments. The most negative assessment is given by teachers who conduct classes at a distance and can compare distance learning outcomes with those in the traditional face-to-face classroom instruction. Keywords: distance education, quality of education, social actors, students, teachers, university management

scholarly journals The impact of digital technology on the quality of higher education

2021 ◽  
Vol 99 ◽  
pp. 01044
Author(s):  
Elena Zaborova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Significant Information ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Continue Research ◽  
The Impact

COVID-19 pandemic intensified the transition to online learning practices. The article aims to analyse how students perceive distance education quality compared to face-to-face education mode. The author argues that the groups of social actors, interested in the promotion of distance education in higher schools, include: university leadership, geographically and physically disadvantaged students. In the period 2015-2020 the group of USUE researchers conducted a series of students’ surveys. Analysing the survey findings, the author states that despite the benefits of distance education, students consider that the quality of distance learning is inferior to the traditional face-to-face education mode. Among the problems faced by students in distance learning, is their inability to select information, assess its reliability, and differentiate significant information from insignificant. It is concluded that it is of great importance to continue research into the impacts of digitalization on the quality of higher education.

Scholarship of Trans Disciplinary Learning (TDL) as an Innovative Pedagogy in University System

2016 ◽  
pp. 119-138
Author(s):  
Manmohan Rahul ◽  
Pratika Mishra ◽  
Shikha Gupta ◽  
Jitender Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Private University ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
University Management ◽  
University System ◽  
Innovative Pedagogy ◽  
Oriented Approach

Pedagogy in higher education is evolving by adopting and testing multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary pedagogy to make their students more knowledgeable and also more employable in industry. The pedagogy of Trans disciplinary is established as a project based and research oriented approach which is adopted by a private university in Haryana by the name of Star University which was established in 2012 as per UGC guidelines. The Star University management is dedicated to providing an advanced quality of education and so with the above ideology in mind they have incorporated Transdisciplinary learning as part of their basic curriculum. It is done in the form of a project wherein students are asked to take a project each semester from a pool of courses that have been designed and defined for every semester. The result makes the author believe that Trans disciplinary pedagogy is successful.

scholarly journals The Expansion of Higher Education and the Returns of Distance Education in China

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fengliang Li
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Chinese General Social Survey

The returns of traditional face-to-face education are widely analyzed, but there is a need for empirical studies on the returns of distance education. Further, comparative studies on returns of both traditional and distance education using high-quality data are rare. Since 1999, continuous and rapid expansions have occurred in the whole Higher Education system in China. Given this background, what are the changes in returns of both traditional face-to-face education and distance education? This study analyzes the returns of both of these formats from 2003 to 2006 using the data from the China General Social Survey Open Database (Chinese General Social Survey [CGSS], 2018), adding educational background as a dummy variable to the Mincerian income equation. The empirical results show that Distance Higher Education can significantly increase the income of learners, the returns of distance education are lower than those of traditional face-to-face education and that from 2003 to 2006, the returns of distance education decrease dramatically.

Problems of Strategic Management in the Education System

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 4-9
Author(s):  
Leonid Basovskiy ◽  
Elena Basovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Education System ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
And Control

The paper put forward hypotheses that the conditions for the formation of human capital in the education system and the quality of education are decreasing, that the transition to a post-industrial economic system provides a priority demand and stimulation of the work of highly qualified specialists with higher education. To assess the hypotheses, an analysis carried out using Rosstat data on the structure of unemployment by education levels and on the level of wages of employed workers with different levels of education. The generalization of the results of the analysis made it possible to establish that the value of human capital formed in the education system, the quality of education is steadily decreasing. The human capital of workers, formed in the higher education system, is most in demand in modern conditions, but the quality of higher education, the value of the human capital formed in the process of obtaining it, is steadily decreasing. The reason for the decline in the quality of education is the administrative and control style of management used in the education system and the outdated form of strategic management based on the application of orders, standards and control, which, being inherited from the industrial economy and, as is known, is ineffective and ineffective. Competitive in modern conditions.

scholarly journals REFORMING HIGHER EDUCATION IN UKRAINE: TRENDS AND STRATEGIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (190) ◽  
pp. 34-37
Author(s):  
Raisa Prima ◽  
◽  
Dmytro Prima ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Education System ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
State Level ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Main Component

The article analyzes some general trends and outlines strategic benchmarks of the domestic dimension for reforming the educational sphere. In the context of modern theoretical paradigms, globalization, innovation, quality of education as trends that actualize and cause reform educational processes in Ukraine are distinguished. Globalization poses a challenge for education in general and for national educational systems, in particular, a number of problems that require a speedy response both at the state level and at the level of civil society institutions. The answer to them should be the leitmutif of further reform of the domestic educational sector, where the key position is not the unification of higher education, but wide access to the diversity of educational, scientific and cultural achievements of other countries, a deep combination of educational and scientific activities. We are talking about a new philosophy of education and science, learning and education, new approaches, goals and priorities, that is, a new paradigm for the development of higher school. In terms of innovation, the education system must change the paradigm of building and functioning, steadily moving into a river ahead of education, when scientific knowledge, changing its orientation from technogenic and economic to humanistic and environmental, outpaces the transformative activities of people. The quality of education is seen as a significant step towards European integration, because, first of all, promoting European cooperation in ensuring the quality of education is a requirement of the Bologna process; secondly, quality assurance of education is one of the leading conditions that promotes mobility, connectivity and attractiveness of the higher education system of any country, the main component of the prestige of higher education institutions; thirdly, the main responsibility for quality assurance lies with the institution of higher education in accordance with the principle of institutional autonomy.

scholarly journals Improving Methodological System for the Development of Managerial Competence of Heads of Higher Educational Institutions

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 372-378
Author(s):  
G. Otamurodov ◽  
A. Matnazarov ◽  
A. Japakov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Leadership Potential ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Managerial Competence ◽  
Effective Organization

This article discusses about the development of management skills and leadership potential of the higher education institutions and these establishments play an important role in improving the quality of education, effective organization of scientific and innovative activities in the country. Priorities have been identified for the development of proposals and recommendations on the meaningful and targeted organization of work on training, retraining, advanced training and development of scientific and innovative activities of teachers in the higher education system.

scholarly journals Sistem Penjaminan Mutu Pendidikan Tinggi di Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-175
Author(s):  
Andi Arif Rifa'i
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Quality Assurance System ◽  
External Quality ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Assurance System ◽  
The Government

Quality assurance is an important part of the higher education system which ensures that the effort to achieve quality is in accordance with the quality standards set by the government. The problem of the low quality of human resources of a nation is a manifestation of the inability of the quality assurance system to work effectively. Application of a model that is less effective in quality assurance, will have an impact on achieving the quality of Education. In Indonesia, various changes in the regulation of the quality assurance system began in 2006 - until now, basically both conceptually but not optimally in implementation. Internal and external quality assurance of higher education (HE) institutions has not produced satisfactory results, with the still low competitiveness of HE graduates and the competitiveness of the nation's human resources.

EFFICIENT QUALITY MANAGEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH QMS IDEOLOGY

2019 ◽  
pp. 75-83
Author(s):  
Marina Omurbekova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Quality Management System ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Kyrgyz Republic ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Current State

Annotation: The article discusses the current state of quality management systems in universities of Kyrgyzstan, their main characteristics, and also offers some recommendations for improving the quality management of education based on the QMS. Special emphasis is placed on the premises of the formation of a quality management system in the conditions of development of the higher education system of the Kyrgyz Republic. It is noted that until now there are no regulatory documents regulating the choice of one of the models of the quality management system in higher education. Educational institutions have the right to choose a model for the formation of a quality management system. The authorselected the main problems of the current state of education quality management in higher educational institutions of the Kyrgyz Republic. Based on the analysis, were proposed specific ways and directions of work in order to improve the quality of education based on quality management. It is emphasized that in modern conditions the introduction of a quality management system guarantees the quality of education and increases the competitiveness of universities.

scholarly journals Online and Digital Education at Universities of Uzbekistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 46-61
Author(s):  
L. S. Makhmutkhodjaeva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
The Republic

Purpose of the study. The digital turn in higher education and pedagogical technologies requires the use of a variety of teaching approaches and methods. The quarantine period in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic caused the need for a radical transformation of the higher education system, its new paradigm in a modern digital society. In such conditions, it becomes necessary to form a digital educational environment and many countries, including the Republic of Uzbekistan, have faced this task. Students need to develop skills in working with information, in particular, the use of information and communication technologies in the process of solving cognitive tasks and performing creative tasks in cognitive and educational activities. All these processes update the topic of the article and require an analysis of the experience of using electronic educational resources in the Republic of Uzbekistan.Materials and methods. The methodological basis of the research was the activity-oriented, personality-oriented, systemic, project-based and individually creative approaches. The analysis of the historiography of the problem showed: despite a significant number of studies in the field of application of various information technologies in historical research, there are still no works that would summarize data on working with electronic educational resources in the Republic of Uzbekistan. This article is an attempt to offer an analysis of the possibilities, as well as the main advantages of using electronic educational resources in teaching disciplines in higher education, using the example of Uzbekistan.Results. The article examines electronic resources for distance education that are present in the CIS countries, since online educational resources as a complex of various educational materials, for which gadgets are used, can improve the quality of education and diversify the forms of teaching. The author analyzes the conditions and prospects for the development of distance education in the Republic of Uzbekistan, notes a conceptual approach to educational digital platforms that contribute to improving the quality of education. The system of higher education of the Republic as well as the conditions and prospects for the development of distance education in the Republic of Uzbekistan are investigated. The author identifies the main trends in the modern online educational environment. In addition, the advantages and disadvantages of electronic educational resources have been identified. The article defines the strategic goals for the development of higher education in the Republic of Uzbekistan at a new stage of development, and also presents an analysis of Internet resources for distance education that are available in Uzbekistan. Conclusion. Thus, we come to the conclusion that in the current conditions, many countries are switching to digital and electronic means of education; the article shows the main Internet resources that contribute to the effectiveness of the system of professional training for bachelors, using the example of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The effectiveness, intensity, activation, individualization, and communicativeness of the educational process depend to a greater extent on how electronic resources are used, what tasks are solved during their use.

scholarly journals The Main Directions of Improving Higher Education in the Republic of Uzbekistan in the Context of Digital Transformation of the Economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-47
Author(s):  
S. S. Sadykov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
The World ◽  
The Republic

The purpose of this paper is to study the main directions of improving higher education in the Republic of Uzbekistan and to develop optimal solutions that contribute to the achievement of high results in this area of the economy. In the modern period, under the influence of the processes of globalization and universal digitalization, serious qualitative changes are taking place in the world economic system, which are reflected in the development of all sectors and spheres of the economy, including the education system. Materials and methods. In this paper, methodological conclusions and fundamental provisions for the development of the higher education system are used. The information base of the research is made up of materials from official statistical sources, data from periodicals. When writing the paper, methods of analysis, synthesis, special methods of working with computer networks and computer databases were used. Results. This paper highlights the basic directions of the development of the higher education system in the Republic of Uzbekistan in the context of the global digitalization of the economy. The paper shows that in the modern period in the Republic of Uzbekistan the training of highly qualified personnel is the primary task in the development of the country. The author notes that the development of higher education is implemented on the basis of a whole set of government documents and is aimed at optimizing the higher education system in order to achieve high indicators in the world educational ranking. In addition, the paper shows that a large role in the development of higher education is played by the demands of the economic and social sphere, science, the technological complex, the labor market, as well as the predicted needs of their further development. The author also states that taking into account all interrelated factors in the development of economic, social and technological processes will make it possible to form an optimal system of higher education in a single socio-economic complex of the country. In this paper the author suggests that digital technologies are individualizing the educational process, diversify, and develop students’ independence. Thus, the quality of education improves, and it is not only the full and high-quality fulfillment of the requirements of the curriculum: classes begin to meet the personal interests and needs of students and graduate students. As one of the conclusions of this study, the author noted that the main task of modern higher education in the Republic of Uzbekistan is to ensure the quality of education on the basis of maintaining its fundamentality and compliance with the current and future needs of the individual, society and the state, the effective use of the advanced pedagogical and digital technologies. Conclusion. This paper presents the results of studying the development of the higher education system in the Republic of Uzbekistan, studied the best practices in this area and outlined the main directions for further improving this sector of the national economy.

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