Abstract
The paper addresses the identified gap existing in the contemporary scholarship by providing a case study of a public organization’s involvement in addressing pressing issues in the field of informatization of education. First of all, on the basis of the literature review conducted by us, we identify a total of three key areas of informatization of education: (1) intensive development of digital information technology in education; (2) scientific understanding and forecasting of informatization of education; (3) introduction of achievements made in science and technology into the practice of the educational process. Within the case, we briefly outline the key steps in the development of informatization of education in the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation. Then we gradually review the key activities conducted by the Academy of Informatization of Education in different regions, additionally focusing on its leading regional branch. A detailed review allows us to develop a clear understanding of the main direction of informatization of education in Russia, as well as the role played by a public organization in these processes. Also, we emphasize the role of entrepreneurial activities of public organizations to sustain themselves, as well as the need to apply for grant support. Within the three key directions of informatization of education outlined above on the basis of the literature review conducted by us, we also review social projects conducted by public organizations in Russia, particularly those which received financial support from the largest Russian Presidential Grants Fund. Such an analysis allows us (a) to trace federal priorities in providing financial support for public organizations working in the field of informatization of education, as well as (b) to analyze a regional dispersion of the projects supported, including their variety and scope. The research conducted clearly shows that public organizations mainly cover only two key directions, but they almost completely ignore the third demanding direction – “scientific understanding and forecasting of processes in informatization of education.”
Highlights
Nowadays, scientific and technical progress is associated with the active introduction of information and communication technology (ICT) tools in all spheres of human activity
On the basis of the literature review conducted by us, we distinguish a total of three interrelated directions of informatization of education (Wallace, 2009; Callum & Jeffrey, 2013; Arkorful & Abaidoo, 2015; Bhattacharjee & Deb, 2016; Sampson et al, 2016; Vega-Hernández, PatinoAlonso, & Galindo-Villardón, 2018; Harerimana & Mtshali, 2019; Asongu, Orim, & Nting, 2019; Scherer & Siddiq, 2019; Robert, 2019): (1) intensive development of digital information technology in education; (2) scientific understanding and forecasting of informatization of education; (3) introduction of achievements made in science and technology into the practice of the educational process
We note that public organizations have great potential in terms of solving social problems, in the development of informatization of education, and make a feasible contribution to all areas of informatization of education that we have identified earlier
Summary
Scientific and technical progress is associated with the active introduction of information and communication technology (ICT) tools in all spheres of human activity. The Academy of Informatization of Education conducts the following activities (AIE, n.d.): (1) research in the field of scientific and pedagogical problems of informatization of education; (2) Information service of education; (3) examination of software, technical and technological projects, software and hardware for informatization of education; (4) organization and holding of international and All-Russian scientific conferences, seminars, symposia on the problem of developing the program-methodical base for ensuring the informatization of education. Unlimited Opportunities in the Autonomous Non-Profit Organization “Center for “IT-Planeta” Student Information Technology development of information technologies ITPlaneta”, Krasnodar Region
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