THE MAIN DIRECTIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISTANCE LEARNING AT THE AGRARIAN UNIVERSITY
G. A. Khonin, G. G. Levkin, V. V. Semchenko, V. R. Glukhikh
Omsk
Keywords: education, higher education, teaching methods, distance learning, agricultural universities, computers, Internet technology, electronic textbooks, information technology, web sites
Abstract
In modern society, introducing information technologies into the educational process is of a great importance. This article is devoted to distance learning, a form of education where information technologies are widely used. Distance Learning System is a high-tech area, which requires substantial investment into the development of educational materials and informational means of training. In our opinion, a simple “shifting” of the existing traditional system of education without proper training and development of a special system only leads to decreasing of the education quality. On the other hand, a high-tech distance learning system developed in detail will provide qualitatively different products for training in certain areas of science and practice which do not require full-time participation of the teacher. In the paper there is proposed a model using elements of distance learning for educational institutions of higher education (Agricultural University), the main forms of distance learning are considered.
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