Abstract
The paper explores the ways how Russian students with different social background view the cloud- based foreign language learning. The empirical data was collected through questionnaires and in-depth interviews of students from metropolitan and regional universities, taking into account the students’ family incomes, ethnic and religious affiliation. Quantative and qualitative methods were combined to interpret the survey results. Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) was used to process statistic data. The paper reveals the issues the students feel sensitive about. The research findings lead to the conclusion that it is the students’ family background in terms of metropolitan or remote region origin and income level that most affect their positive/negative attitude and also the degree of aptitude to cloud-based learning. The research findings aim to contribute to better understanding of the issues regarding the overall cloud-based course design and implementation. Key words: Cloud-based education, technology-supported foreign language learning, cultural diversity, ducation.
Highlights
Modern technologies have been changing and influencing the world of education with the strong focus on flexible ways for learning communities to access and share the information with a view to produce a new knowledge that matters both for the community as a whole and for an individual in particular
Cloudbased learning goes beyond a local institution server usage for educational purposes and lays technological grounds for learning community members to store and share learning objects
Mention should be made that among those 43% of the learners who knew about cloudbased learning technologies there were 20% of Moscow students who finished Moscow schools, 10% of the students who came to study at Metropolitan universities, 13% of the students from regional universities
Summary
Modern technologies have been changing and influencing the world of education with the strong focus on flexible ways for learning communities to access and share the information with a view to produce a new knowledge that matters both for the community as a whole and for an individual in particular. It is cloud-based learning that recently has become one of the most used terms when discussing the future of education. The above statements stem from current publications related to the issues under study
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