scholarly journals ONLINE EDUCATION IN A REGIONAL UNIVERSITY BEFORE AND AFTER THE PANDEMIC: MOTIVES, PROBLEMS, POTENTIAL

PRIMO ASPECTU ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 7-26
Author(s):  
Nadezhda G. BAGDASARIYAN ◽  
Natalia E. MELNIKOVA ◽  
Tatyana V. BALUEVA
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Online Course ◽  
State University ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Managerial Decision ◽  
Regional University ◽  
Empirical Typology ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Educational Product ◽  
The University

The article examines the phenomenon of online education, which is very actively spreading in foreign and domestic education systems, but requiring monitoring of this process. The problems of online education are analyzed according to the assessments of domestic and foreign authors, including the materials of annual conferences held by the Sloan Consortium Corporation (now Online Learning Consortium (OLC)). The data of a sociological study of the motivation and readiness of online education actors at a regional university using the methodology of nonparametric statistics are presented. The cluster analysis, carried out by the K-means method, made it possible to obtain an empirical typology of tutors and students of Dubna State University and identify target groups among university members of faculty as online course developers and among university students as consumers of an online educational product. A comprehensive analysis of the theoretical and empirical blocks made it possible to identify trends in the development of online education, problem areas associated not only with the economic component, but also with motivational reinforcement, which can be considered among the factors of managerial decision-making by the university administration.

Evaluation of educational product by students as criterion of real Image of University

2021 ◽  
pp. 86-90
Author(s):  
N.R. Khachaturyan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Real Image ◽  
State University ◽  
Direct Relation ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Educational Product ◽  
The University ◽  
Personal Questionnaire

Analyzed are behavior of applicants before and after entering the university, as well as forms of image of the university based on real perception in the context of the educational process. Modern universities are focused on attracting as many applicants as possible, since this has become a criterion for evaluating universities against the background of competitors. The positioning and promotion of the university is based on the rather ephemeral concept of “image”. The image at the stage of admission is reinforced by the constants set by the university, which after the applicant's admission become phantom and have no direct relation to the educational process, the prestige of the university, or the prospective employment in the labor market. The research process was provided by sending a personal questionnaire, compiled in Google, to the contacts of groups of students and teachers of the Rostov State University of Economics (Rostov-on-Don). The final conclusions are based on the generalization of the participants ' responses, their collective discussion, and the development of an algorithm for structural analysis of the real and virtual advantages of the university that affect the formation of a favorable image of the university in the minds of its audience.

scholarly journals Priorities of a Regional University Educational Activities Modernization

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (10) ◽  
pp. 108-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. A. Olkhovaya ◽  
S. V. Pankova
Keyword(s):  
Career Guidance ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
University Education ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
State University ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Regional University ◽  
Education Centre ◽  
The University

The article is focused on the problem of educational programs modernization on the basis of principles of project-oriented training and students’ involvement in solving scientific-research and industrial-technological tasks relevant for the region. Special attention is paid to the multilevel career guidance work at Oreburg State University (special projects such as pre-university education centre “Applicant”, University Computer School, University physics and maths school, “University Saturdays”). The task of creating a complex of educational and intellectual products that ensure high competitiveness of university graduates is considered. For this purpose, the University reali- zes two educational projects: “School of leadership” and “Going to study at OSU”. These projects implement project-oriented training, involve employers in educational process. As a result, students present their own business projects with financial support. Special course of technological entrepreneurship is aimed at development of business thinking, business planning, management skills, key competences to start a business or to conduct innovation projects at companies. Modernization of educational practices gives considerable topical relevance to the question of young teachers and researchers retention at the University, their integration in academic community.

scholarly journals Online Education at Voronezh State University

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 103-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. E. Chupandina ◽  
A. V. Semenikhina
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Electronic System ◽  
General Information ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Open Education ◽  
State University ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
The University

The article describes the state of online learning at Voronezh State University and presents general information about its main components, such as e- library resources, electronic system for education process management, and  the university’s online courses. Since 2001 the University is a participant of  the scientific and technological program “Creation of the open education  system in the Russian Federation”. Within the framework of this program an  informational and educational portal Voronezh. OpeNet.ru − “Voronezh  virtual university” has been established, which is a part of the mega-portal of the Russian informational and educational environment of open education  (www.OpeNet.ru). In 2007 the University has started the work for  implementation of network education based on LMS Moodle. Online education is being realized on three levels: e-library resources,  organization of educational process (“Electronic University”), and online  courses (distant courses, university online courses, and open online courses).  Distant courses include 59 courses on ecology and learning  foreign languages worked out in the framework of Tempus project. At  present Voronezh State University is developing its own open online courses  (MOOC) using the experience of Tomsk State University and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. The implementation of online learning makes it  possible to realize two main principles of modern education − “education for  everybody” and “lifelong education”. 

scholarly journals Calculus Course Assessment Data

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matti J. Pauna
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Object ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Florida State University ◽  
State University ◽  
Automatic Assessment ◽  
Assessment Data ◽  
Course Assessment ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
The University ◽  
Intensive Work

In this paper we describe computer-aided assessment methods used in online Calculus courses and the data they produce. The online learning environment collects a lot of timestamped data about every action a student makes. Assessment data can be harnessed into use as a feedback, predictor, and recommendation facility for students and instructors. We also describe late professor Mika Seppälä’s seminal work at the University of Helsinki to develop online materials and tools for learning mathematics since 2001. He also utilized these methods in Calculus teaching at Florida State University. The open online course “Single Variable Calculus” was held in Helsinki in 2004. This intensive work evolved into a complete online English Calculus curriculum starting from the Fall 2013 and soon recognized as an alternative route for taking traditional university Calculus courses in Helsinki. Automatic assessment systems of mathematical competencies, such as STACK and WeBWorK, can take a student’s answer as a mathematical object, e.g. a function or an equation, and check whether it satisfies the requirements set for a correct answer as well as give immediate and meaningful feedback. That is a powerful tool especially for formative assessment: log data shows that many students prefer to start with quizzes and when necessary, consult lecturing materials

scholarly journals Information space as a factor of optimization of the future specialists’ self-education

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 57-72
Author(s):  
Elena A. Mingazheva
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Functional System ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Information Space ◽  
State University ◽  
Academic Courses ◽  
Education Of Students ◽  
The University ◽  
Pedagogical Literature

The training of a specialist at a university is determined by the quality of the educational process, during which it is necessary to take into account the situation on the labor market. Successful training largely depends on the students self-education, which is difficult and limited in the context of a pandemic. The conditions of todays realities dictate the methods and forms of the process of self-education of students. During the pandemic, students practice self-education on a remote basis. We consider this form as a complex functional system with its own logic of development and relatively independent stages of learning via the Internet. Changes in various fields of activity are observed daily, which increases the requirements for the quality of education of a competitive individual; the idea of online education using electronic information platforms that serve as a means of self-education of students at the university is analyzed. The process of organizing the educational process in disciplines and tasks from the position of digitalization, through the introduction of modern digital technologies in the process of education of academic courses at the time of the pandemic in the country and the world, becomes significant. The conceptual apparatus considered in the paper: information space, educational space, self-education, competence, competence approach. It clarifies the need to teach the discipline in combination to acquire professional experience; the idea of revealing and enriching the inner potential of each person, his development and self-education throughout his life is substantiated; a detailed analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature is given. The results of a comprehensive study conducted at Chelyabinsk State University confirm the dependence of communicative competence on the students self-education during the pandemic.

scholarly journals Education quality at regional university in students assessments

2020 ◽  
pp. 130-141
Author(s):  
Mikhal V. Boguslavsky ◽  
Natalia S. Ladyzhets ◽  
Egor V. Neborsky ◽  
Olga V. Sannikova
Keyword(s):  
Education Quality ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Full Time ◽  
State University ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Regional University ◽  
Practice Organization ◽  
The Face ◽  
The University

The article presents the results of an empirical study whose purpose was to identify students’ assessment of the quality of education at a regional university. The study was conducted on the basis of Udmurt State University as part of the research project “Transitive University in the face of global, national and regional challenges” in February-March, 2019. In total, 611 full-time students were interviewed. Despite the fact that the university is on the 228th place out of 2060 organizations engaged in research activities and is of high potential, the quality of education as a whole is estimated by students at a low level and the main complaints are reduced to the poor state of the facilities of the educational environment and the practice organization.

scholarly journals Regional University as a Social Institution (on the example of the Ingush State University)

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 164-175
Author(s):  
Israpil M. Sampiev
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
Main Element ◽  
General Description ◽  
State University ◽  
Regional University ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The University

The article analyses a regional university as a social institution on the example of the case of the Ingush State University. A general description of the university is given. It is shown that a regional university in modern conditions as a social institution acquires special significance both as a scientific institution, and as the main element of the regional educational space, and as a center of an innovative economy. The Ingush University focuses on continuing professional education, that includes pre-university training, secondary vocational education, higher vocational education at various levels, as well as postgraduate and additional vocational education. Opportunities for obtaining secondary vocational and higher education for socially vulnerable segments of the population are expanding. The university is one of the largest employers in the region, therefore, the article emphasises its role in solving the problem of graduates employment. The university provides opportunities for stable employment for representatives of the highest qualifications, who otherwise would not have been able to find an occupation due to the peculiarities of the structure of the depressed regional economy. In addition, the conditions for the development of small innovative enterprises are being formed at the Ingush State University. The driving force behind this process is the Engineering Center, a supplier of a sorbent with a high sorption capacity to the Russian market. The centre is aimed at a long-term solution of problems in the development of modified sorption materials that are used in a wide range of industries, including medicine and agronomy, to eliminate environmental pollution as a result of oil spills, to purify wastewater from various organic substances. The culture-creating role of the university in the space of regional culture is multifaceted. The university, on the one hand, is part of the world cultural and educational community, on the other hand, it works to preserve, develop and spread the culture of the regional peoples. The article analyses the integrative function of the university in the creation and support of a single educational and cultural space as an important condition for state unity and sustainable development of our multinational country. The role of the rector's personality in solving the problems facing the regional university in modern conditions is emphasized.

scholarly journals An Appraisal Look into Shielded Online Education in Covid Era: Resilience Revisited

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 156-171
Author(s):  
Mojtaba Teimourtash ◽  
Morteza Teimourtash
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Online Programs ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Approach To Learning ◽  
Quantitative Data Analysis ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Academic Year

Education has been regarded as the backbone of human advancement in all areas of activities as the ultimate goal of education is to develop better citizens. Online Education has been known as the alternate approach to learning. The outbreak of Covid-19 virus has infected all nations in the world and debilitated all areas of human activities, hence, education was not an exception. The dominancy of online education in Iran experienced a breakthrough during Covid pandemic and like other activities, it witnessed a fragile stance, and, in a nutshell, reality was far from ideality. The present study aimed at depicting the adversities exerted during the implementation of Online Education in Covid pandemic era and the term Shielded Online Education could vividly justify online programs in higher education. Learners showed an astonishing accomplishment attending shielded fashion of online education in Iran in such a way that a new definition to the notion of resilience could be introduced. A resilience questionnaire before and after an online course in the second semester of the academic year 2020-2021 was conducted with 60 junior undergraduate EFL learners majoring at Translation in Islamic Azad University Tehran. The Resilience Questionnaire was collected from control group and the experimental one. The data obtained went through quantitative data analysis confirmed that shielded online courses outperformed significantly in enhancing the learners’ resiliency in Covid era and what was gained was far beyond what was expected. The education stakeholders, policymakers, teachers and syllabus designers could benefit from the findings of the present study which in turn could shed light on the ins-and-outs of the maneuverability aspects of better enactments of online courses through online education.

scholarly journals STUDENTS’ NEEDS IN TRANSITIVE CHANGES OF REGIONAL UNIVERSITY

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 393-401
Author(s):  
N.S. Ladyzhets ◽  
E.V. Neborskiy ◽  
O.V. Sannikova ◽  
M.V. Boguslavsky
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Migration Behavior ◽  
Full Time ◽  
State University ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
First Case ◽  
Regional University ◽  
The University ◽  
University Training

The aim of the study is to clarify the needs of students in transitive changes at Udmurt State University during the transition to a transitive strategy of the university innovation ecosystem development in the region. The theoretical part substantiates the main transformational challenges of our time, affecting the field of universities in a transition society - a transitive society, in which the need for constant innovation changes becomes normative. Based on the results of focus groups held at Udmurt State University in 2018, the main problems and factors of impact on the educational environment of a regional university were identified that may be useful for managerial analysis and decision making. Two quantitative studies of 2019, with the general title “Graduates’ assessment of the quality of education at Udmurt State University and their own educational, migration and career prospects,” turned out to be significantly more effective. In the first case, a questionnaire survey of bachelors of 3 and 4 courses and first-year undergraduate full-time students (n=611) was conducted, in the second case - an online survey of UdSU graduates who completed university training in the period 2008-2018, currently residing outside Udmurtia and registered on the vk.com platform, (n = 281). The following were analyzed: the main reasons for choosing UdSU as a university of the first level of training; the quality of university training, the infrastructure of the university, the compliance of educational programs with modern labor market requirements; main post-graduate strategies and factors influencing the migration behavior of graduates.

scholarly journals How Economics Faculty Can Survive (and Perhaps Thrive) in a Brave New Online World

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 155-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Navarro
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Discussion Boards ◽  
Online Content ◽  
Student Interactions ◽  
Online Delivery ◽  
Virtual Office ◽  
Games And Simulations ◽  
The University

The academy in which we toil is moving rapidly towards a greater role for online delivery of higher education, and both fans and skeptics offer strong reasons to believe this technological shock will have substantial disruptive effects on faculty. How can we as economic educators continue to provide sufficient value-added to justify our role in a world where much of what we now do is effectively being automated and commoditized? In this brave new online world, many successful and resilient faculty will add value (and differentiate their product) not by producing costly and elaborate multimedia lectures in which they become a superstar professor-celebrity, but rather through careful, clever, and innovative choices regarding both the adoption of the online content of other providers and the forms of online interactions they integrate into their course designs. Possible forms of faculty-to-student and student-to-student interactions run the digital gamut from discussion boards and electronic testing to peer assessments, games and simulations, and virtual office hours. This article explores basic descriptive and prescriptive questions economic educators and their administrators are likely to face as the online education tide rises. For example, how much does it cost to develop online content and how much time does it take? What are the key “ingredients” for a pedagogically sound online course? Throughout, I will draw on both the extant literature as well as my own experience at the University of California, Irvine, where the online evolution is advancing rapidly.

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