Open AccessRussian Students’ Readiness for Distance Learning: Current Situation and Future Challenges
Author(s) -
В. Н. Кирой,
Д. Н. Щербина,
А. А. Чернова,
EA Denisova,
Д. М. Лазуренко
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
universitetskoe upravlenie: praktika i analiz
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1999-6659
pISSN - 1999-6640
DOI - 10.15826/umpa.2021.02.016
Subject(s) - distance education , pandemic , quarter (canadian coin) , covid-19 , the internet , context (archaeology) , psychology , digital literacy , higher education , mathematics education , medical education , pedagogy , political science , computer science , geography , world wide web , medicine , disease , archaeology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
In the context of the COVID pandemic, there has dramatically increased the significance of distance learning technologies. Higher education will most probably increase their usage even after overcoming the coronavirus. This paper aims at assessing Russian university students’ readiness to exercise distance learning technologies. The survey within Rostov-on-Don universities provided data on 428 students’ skills in using Internet technologies when studying. It is shown that in the pre-pandemic period, no more than a quarter of students had the necessary skills to participate in video conferences, and about 16 % of students took online courses autonomously. Only 6,5 % of the respondents could manage both technologies that comprise distance learning. The results obtained on the relationship between academic performance and self-participation in online courses, as well as on the relationship of these indicators with general digital literacy and immersion in social networks, should be taken into account within wide computerization of education during the pandemic.