Introduction and dissemination of innovations during the pandemic: the experience of educational organizations in Krasnoyarsk

Abstract

The educational process, not only in our country, but also in the world, has undergone drastic changes since March 2020. The total transition from traditional classroom classes to distance education occurred due to the threat of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). The changes affected not only the learning process, but also the innovative activities that were implemented in educational organizations. The purpose of this article is to describe and analyze the experience of spreading innovations in schools in the city of Krasnoyarsk during the pandemic to identify related problems and ways to solve them. The main idea of the work is to study the transformation of the phenomenon of educational innovations in school education in the context of universal distance learning. Within the framework of the study, the possibility of organizing distance learning and conducting innovative activities during the pandemic was monitored. The survey was conducted for all educational organizations in the city of Krasnoyarsk. Secondary analysis and interpretation of the survey results, systematization and classification of the theoretical and factual materials used, analysis of management practices and experience of educational organizations in the conditions of extreme transition to remote mode were carried out, which together made up the author’s research result. In the course of the work, the key problems faced by the education system of the city of Krasnoyarsk during the transition to remote operation were also identified.