Online course as a tool of internal internationalization in Russian higher education
The article is devoted to the implementation of internal internationalization in Russian higher education through online course. The article is focused on internationalizing the course considered as one of the possible ways of internal internationalization. The authors present their experience of approbation of the “Intercultural Business Communication” online course, designed to build and develop intercultural communication competence in international groups of undergraduate students. The aim of approbation was to understand the effectiveness of training in international groups of undergraduate students in the format of an online course that was not previously used in the educational process, as well as to determine the optimal conditions for the subsequent implementation of this format. The methods of research were: the quantitative and qualitative analysis of feedback, the method of questioning students, data collection on the results of the course. Methodical decisions on management of the online course, on the organization of the interactive part of the course are revealed.