Blended Learning: Design and Organization Features on the Basis of the Use of Online Training Technologies

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AbstractIn the context of the digitalization of the economy, fundamentally new approaches are required in the training of engineers based on the capabilities of both modern digital technologies and the digital environment. The modern volume and quality of digital technologies create conditions for the development of new ways of their use in education, as well as the application of world experience in innovative solutions in the field of digitalization of education. One of the key peculiarities of open education is the widespread use of modern digital technologies in the learning process, open educational resources (OER), massive open online courses (MOOCs). There are two trends in the implementation of the concept of open education. The first trend is to use the advantages of OER and MOOCs to maximize access to the world’s highest quality educational services. To solve this problem, it is necessary to develop methods for the use of OER materials in education. The second trend is to create conditions for the design and constant updating of the personal educational environment of teachers and students based on modern digital tools. The use of OER and online learning technologies in the educational process have not become widespread yet. In fact, there is not enough attention which is paid to methodological support for the integration of both educational and digital technologies. These problems can be solved using blended learning technology, which allows combining the advantages of digital and pedagogical technologies, overcoming their disadvantages. Thus depending on the tools used in the digital educational environment, the nature of their application in the educational process, as well as on the degree of restructuring of the educational process, various options for the design and organization of blended learning can be developed. The obtained results of the study allowed us to propose the following recommendations: conducting an information campaign to reveal the prospects, advantages, strategies in the use of OER and MOOCs in higher education; creation of conditions for the development of innovative approaches to the use of digital technologies, the creation of methodological support for blended learning models, the processes of integrating both educational and digital technologies; for the continuous development and renewal of the competencies of teachers and students in the field of using digital resources.KeywordsIntegration of digital and pedagogical technologiesBlended learningOnline trainingMassive open online-courses