Research Of Conditions Application Of Distance Learning Technologies In The Master's Programs

Abstract

The article presents the main results of a study conducted in 2018 at the Institute of Economics and Management of Kemerovo State University (Kemerovo, Russia) in order to determine the conditions for the effective realization of the potential of distance learning technologies in teaching courses in the Master’s program of Management. The study included the study of the master students’ opinion on the possibilities, limitations and prospects for the use of distance learning technologies. The results of the study show that students have the necessary competencies and motivation to learn using distance learning technologies, have a positive attitude to distance learning, they know and understand its main capabilities and limitations. However, undergraduates underestimated the real scale and nature of changes in the conditions necessary and sufficient for the use of distance technology. The presence of a well-functioning electronic information-educational environment and technical support for distance learning are not sufficient to ensure the quality of education. In the transition from traditional educational technology to distance technologies, the structure of situational factors and their influence on the quality of training, the role of individual characteristics of students, their working and living conditions, image life and other factors increase. The study showed that the preliminary special training of master students for distance learning, focusing their attention on autonomy, self-organization, self-government, as well as the obligatory consideration of situational factors, the influence of which is less noticeable during the traditional educational process, becomes an indispensable condition for the effective use of distance learning technologies.