scholarly journals Student attitude to distance education: Pros and cons

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 1319-1327
Author(s):  
Lyudmila P. Illarionova ◽  
Natalya V. Karzhanova ◽  
Alfia M. Ishmuradova ◽  
Sergey V. Nazarenko ◽  
Andrey V. Korzhuev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Questionnaire Method ◽  
Distance Courses

This article is aimed at identifying the peculiarities of students' attitude to distance education. As a leading method, the questionnaire method was used, which made it possible to identify the students’ positive and negative attitudes regarding distance learning more effectively. The article considers students' ideas about distance learning, identifies the positive and negative aspects of the distance learning process. The authors of the article in the process of research revealed that many students of various fields of study are interested in participating in distance courses, but within the framework of mastering a second education. Some students note the usefulness of distance courses, the use of their materials at any time, and the convenience of going back to the materials they have completed at any time to fill in gaps or recall a topic. Some students reported a violation of the educational process in the distance format due to the repeated lack of Internet or its poor quality. Most of the students expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of contact communication in the distance learning process. It is proved that the majority of students believe that distance education will never replace traditional education. Mainly students of technical areas of study gave a negative assessment of the distance education system. It was revealed that students of various fields of study took distance courses that were held in other cities or countries. From the point of view of many students, educational websites have an inconvenient interface.    Keywords: distance education, distance courses, students, learning process, pros and cons.

scholarly journals Online learning as a result of globalization during the pandemic Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 01020
Author(s):  
Evgenia Kokhanovskaya ◽  
Elena Smychkova ◽  
Maria Chai
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Online Technologies ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Characteristic Features

Research background: The article discusses and compares the models and characteristic features of contemporary electronic distance learning (EDL). The relevance of the use of distance technologies in education, including extreme situations like a pandemic, is justified. The main emphasis is placed on the organization of the learning process, using online technologies. Purpose of the article: This research aims to analyze and evaluate the efficiency of working in the format of electronic distance learning (EDL), as well as to investigate into various EDL models, based on the example of teaching Russian as a foreign language at the Institute of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication of Sechenov University during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Analysis and synthesis of empirical observation.The study makes it possible to assess the pros and cons of EDL from the point of view of both students and the teaching staff. Of particular importance is the fact that the authors present not only the analysis of the learning process but, also, the examination of the EDL results. Findings & Value added: The data presented in the work show the demand for making a connection between EDL and the traditional form of education with a view to ensuring the continuity of the educational process and improving the quality of the content created of electronic educational resources. Thus, the integration of EDL and its combination with traditional methods made it possible to avoid economic and educational losses in the extreme context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE INTRODUCTION OF ELEMENTS OF DISTANCE EDUCATION IN THE LEARNING PROCESS

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (33) ◽  
pp. 404-422
Author(s):  
B. M. AITBAYEVA ◽  
A. M. MAULENOVA ◽  
Z. B AKHMETZHANOVA ◽  
Z. A. KENZHEBEKOVA ◽  
B. O. RAKHIMBAYEVA
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Postgraduate Education ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Global Trends

Distance education is essentially the basis for the development of educational institutions that provide innovative services, which cannot be obtained elsewhere. It is believed that distance education is a substitute for the traditional as part of simplifying and cheapening the learning process. At the same time, the leading global trends suggest the need for the development of elements of self-education and the expansion of the geographical nature of educational offers. The relevance of the study is that it is necessary to distinguish between the use of distance education methods in the traditional sphere and the sphere of training professionals. The paper presents the concept of the need to integrate elements of distance education in the process of preparing university teachers. The authors believe that teachers in drawing up courses and applying learning technologies use the same techniques as in distance learning. Therefore, the use of distance learning technologies can be shown as the basis for the development of advanced training programs and additional professional education. The authors proposed a study on the need and sufficiency of the use of distance education technologies and the possibilities for their integration into the process of postgraduate education. The practical significance of the work is determined by the fact that the possibilities of self-development of teachers are fully disclosed, not only as subjects of the educational process but also as subjects of training.

scholarly journals The Comparative Characteristic of Modern Online Tools for Testing Knowledge in the Process of Distance Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 109-123
Author(s):  
I.S. Zinovieva ◽  
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A.G. Zembitska ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Comparative Characteristic ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
School Students ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Testing Tools ◽  
Online Tools

Most of the educational institutions in Ukraine were forced to switch to distance learning, which is why there arose the question about the availability of technical means to ensure the fullness of educational process. The article investigates modern systems of testing students' knowledge in the process of distance education. Currently, there are quite a few LMS (learning management systems) that can optimize the learning process of distance education. The works of scientists related to the problems of organizing effective learning and the complexity of the transition to distance learning are considered. This article assumes the method of testing not on-ly as a tool to assess the level and quality of learning, but also as a means to obtain recommen-dations for improving the learning process in the whole. Based on the results of the analysis, a comparative description was created and an assessment of the suitability for intermediate control of knowledge of primary and secondary school students, the most common at this stage of school distance learning online knowledge testing tools. Thus the advantages and disad-vantages of these tools are revealed. As a consequence the most universal systems that can fully provide the learning process in terms of distance education and the most convenient tools for assessing knowledge are identified.

scholarly journals Pedagogical ethics in distance education

2021 ◽  
Vol 127 ◽  
pp. 01003
Author(s):  
Irina Valerievna Chernova ◽  
Veronika Viktorovna Katermina
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Traditional Education ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
The Relationship

2020 was a truly revolutionary year in terms of education – from the paradigm of predominantly traditional education, we had to rapidly “step” into a distance format, regardless of our desire and readiness. In 2020 two tectonic shifts happened at once: the shift from synchronous offline classes (education) to synchronous online and then from synchronous formats to asynchronous and mixed. In addition to issues related to the technical support of the educational process, the issue related to the development of new professional and pedagogical principles and rules that would contribute to the highly moral behavior and activities of the teacher in creating a comfortable environment for all participants of distance learning process, emphasizing that ethical requirements must reflect the relationship between teachers and learners. We conducted a research aimed at revealing the principles and values the teachers consider crucial to follow when conducting online classes, the skills they think they need master in order to raise the level of their professional expertise, improve the effectiveness of teaching and learning processes, and make their students self-confident and independent. The results of the survey can be used in designing special courses devoted to professional or pedagogical ethics in online learning.

scholarly journals Distance education as a part of the educational process during the quarantine at universities

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3D) ◽  
pp. 655-668
Author(s):  
Elvira E. Samatova ◽  
Olha B. Nesterenko ◽  
Oleg A. Dvoryankin ◽  
Sergey M. Grigoriev ◽  
Irina V. Popovicheva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Kyrgyz Republic ◽  
Access To Information

The study aims to assess the effectiveness of the current distance learning process in the higher education institutions, to identify the types of distance learning, negative and positive aspects of its implementation, to describe the prospects and approaches to solving the problems of distance education at universities. The study was based on the analysis of the questionnaire survey of lecturers throughout Ukraine and the Kyrgyz Republic results, which were received in the period from March to April 2020. The novelty of the research conducted in the article was to find solutions to the emerging difficulties in the pedagogical staff of Ukraine and the Kyrgyz Republic during the first periods of the pandemic outbreak. The proposed methods can be used to achieve long-term practical results in providing support to higher education institutions, their leaders, lecturers and students in organizing distance learning, as well as to overcome barriers to lecturers' access to information on the usage of digital tools for distance learning.

scholarly journals EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE ELECTRONIC LEARNING PROCESS IMPLEMENTATION IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-92
Author(s):  
Savely Cherkezov ◽  
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Elena Efimova ◽  
Natalya Rutta
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Education System ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Electronic Learning ◽  
Process Implementation ◽  
Interactive Lessons ◽  
Distance Education System

The COVID-19 pandemic that began a year ago was marked by mass isolation of the population and transition to the remote interaction in many areas of human life. In this regard the ability of the domestic vocational education system to fully function through electronic, mobile and remote forms and means of carrying out educational activities is of particular importance. Thus, the problem arises of choosing a software platform for a distance education system that can meet the criteria for organizing and implementing a high-quality and uninterrupted educational process at a university under conditions of distance learning. The article presents the experience of implementing e-learning in the conditions of isolation of students and teachers of Rostov State University of Economics (RINH). The purpose of the article is to analyze the educational capabilities of the Module distance education system based on the experience of its practical application. The research methods used are methods for collecting and accumulating data, methods of assessment and experiential learning. The practical use of the Module system has revealed such shortcomings as the lack of the possibility of conducting interactive lessons in the mode of videoconferencing and the built-in system for testing students' knowledge. Nevertheless, the authors have concluded that the platform is acceptable for solving educational problems. The experience gained in distance learning made it possible to determine the main subsystems that software tools for implementing the distance learning process must meet

Distance Learning Overview

2011 ◽  
pp. 1174-1180
Author(s):  
Linda D. Grooms
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Organizational Boundaries ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Face To Face Instruction ◽  
Distance Courses

The knowledge explosion, the increased complexity of human life, and the ubiquitous nature of technology coupled with the globalization of the marketplace herald the need to embrace the most effective methods and formats of teaching and learning. Currently providing powerful educational opportunities, the science and technology of distance learning continues to multiply at unprecedented rates. Where just a short time ago traveling from village to village verbally disseminating knowledge was the only process of training those at a distance, today many eagerly embrace the rapidly expanding synchronous and asynchronous delivery systems of the 21st century. So what exactly is distance learning? In very simplistic terms, distance learning is just that: learning that occurs at a distance (Rumble & Keegan, 1982; Shale, 1990; Shale & Garrison, 1990) or that which is characterized by a separation in proximity and/or time (Holmberg, 1974, 1977, 1981; Kaye, 1981, 1982, 1988; D. J. Keegan, 1980; McIsaac & Gunawardena, 1996; M. Moore, 1983; M. G. Moore, 1973, 1980, 1989a, 1989b, 1990; Ohler, 1991; Sewart, 1981; Wedemeyer, 1971). In his 1986 theory of transactional distance, Michael Moore (Moore & Kearsley, 1996) defined distance not only in terms of place and time, but also in terms of structure and dialogue between the learner and the instructor. In this theory, distance becomes more pedagogical than geographical. As structure increases, so does distance. As dialogue increases, distance declines, thus accentuating the need for interaction in the distance learning environment. Saba (1998) furthered this concept, concluding, the dynamic and systemic study of distance education has made “distance” irrelevant, and has made mediated communication and construction of knowledge the relevant issue…. So the proper question is not whether distance education is comparable to a hypothetical “traditional,” or face-to-face instruction, but if there is enough interaction between the learner and the instructor for the learner to find meaning and develop new knowledge. (p. 5) To facilitate greater interaction in the geographically and/or organizationally dispersed distance environment, today, individuals most often use some form of technology to overcome the barrier of separation, affording institutional and learner opportunity to transcend intra- and inter-organizational boundaries, time, and even culture. By definition, the paradigm of distance learning revolutionizes the traditional environment (Martz & Reddy, 2005); however, even with this change, learning, which involves some manner of interaction with content, instructor, and/or peers, remains at the core of the educational process. Although imperative in both environments, these three types of interaction seem to be at the hub of the ongoing traditional-vs.-distance argument. Traditionalists often fear that with anything other than face-to-face instruction, interaction somehow will decrease, thus making learning less effective, when in reality, numerous studies have revealed no significant difference in the learning outcomes between traditional and distance courses (Russell, 1999). In fact, distance courses have been found to “match conventional on-campus, face-to-face courses in both rigor and quality of outcomes” (Pittman, 1997, p. 42). Despite these findings, critics still abound.

Pedagogical Communication in the Conditions of Distance Education: Models, Methods, Effectiveness

2021 ◽  
pp. 66-70
Author(s):  
I. Osokina
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Mixing Models ◽  
Traditional Model ◽  
Distance Model ◽  
The Russian Federation

The article is devoted to the problem of the effectiveness of distance education, considered from the point of view of the organization of pedagogical communication. The article analyzes the structure and methods of the sociocentric model of education, which is basic for secondary and vocational education in the Russian Federation, and its differences from the distance learning model; the characteristics of the structural and content features of the distance model are given. The article describes the main reasons that reduce the effectiveness of pedagogical communication in the conditions of mixing models of the educational process, which takes place in 2020-2021, and in general, the communicative effectiveness of distance education in comparison with the sociocentric traditional model.

MEGATREND OF DISTANCE EDUCATION: ADVANTAGES, DISADVANTAGES, RISKS

2020 ◽  
pp. 7-18
Author(s):  
Dmytro Dzvinchuk
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Technical Aspects ◽  
Modern Information ◽  
Process Loss ◽  
Independent Work

The article considers some psychological, pedagogical and technical aspects of the introduction of distance learning. It is emphasized that the main purpose of creating a system of distance education is to ensure free access to educational resources through the use of modern information technologies and social networks and to create conditions for citizens to exercise their rights to education. The main disadvantages of distance education are depersonalization, lack of proper motivation of participants in the educational process, loss of educational and socialization functions of education, hyperbolization of independent work, low level of control over the educational process.

scholarly journals Materiais Didáticos para Educação a Distância: Observando Layouts

EAD em FOCO ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorcas Janice Weber ◽  
Lia Raquel Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Educational Processes ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
Distance Courses ◽  
Education Courses ◽  
Training Opportunities

A inserção da educação a distância nos processos educativos formais apontou possibilidades de formação em nível superior para aqueles que estão distantes dos centros de formação e, para além disso, desvelou objetos de investigação. Um exemplo disso são os materiais didáticos, tão necessários para a efetivação da aprendizagem na modalidade a distância. A gama de materiais é grande e, por isso, é interessante conhecer o modo como eles vêm sendo desenvolvidos e utilizados por aquelas instituições que ofertam cursos nessa modalidade. É sabido que há necessidades distintas entre os alunos da educação a distância e os de cursos presenciais, que precisam estar contempladas nos materiais didáticos. Mas de fato estão? Considerando a organização do espaço de estudo como importante no processo pedagógico, como os espaços dos materiais didáticos vêm sendo organizados? Que elementos têm sido utilizados para o desenvolvimento de layouts para materiais didáticos utilizados em cursos a distância? Tais questões são tema deste escrito, que busca, a partir de um estudo de caso, observar materiais didáticos produzidos para cursos brasileiros a distância. Um olhar transversal sobre tais materiais aponta semelhanças com os produtos elaborados para a educação presencial, tão conhecida por muitos.Palavras-chave: Educação a distância; Materiais didáticos; Layout.?Didactic Materials for Distance Education: Observing LayoutsAbstract The inclusion of distance education in formal educational processes pointed training opportunities in higher education for those who are distant from training centers and, in addition, unveiled research objects. An example of this are the didactic materials, as necessary for effective learning in the distance. The range of materials is large and therefore it is interesting to know how these are being developed and used by those institutions that offer courses in this modality. It is known that there are different needs among students of distance education and presence courses that need to be addressed in didactic materials. But actually are? Considering the organization of study space as important in the educational process, as the spaces of didactic materials have been organized? What elements have been used to development layouts for the materials used in distance education courses? This questions are theme of this this written that will, with a case study, observe didactic materials produced to Brazilian distance courses. That observation shown us that analyzed materials have similarities with didactic products for face to face education.Keywords: Distance education; Didactic materials; Layout. 

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