Abstract
One of the leading problems of teaching is maintaining the students’ motivation for learning. In the current epidemiological situation, improvement of education quality using digital platforms and educational services by creating conditions for increasing the learning motivation of students is an essential and relevant task. Therefore, the aim of the research was to study the motivation of the educational activity of junior students during the COVID-19 lockdown period and the development of effective approaches to increase the learning motivation of students in the context of distance learning using the Microsoft Teams platform. Research methods: Theoretical analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature, generalization; experiment, questioning, testing and data processing methods. In total, 107 undergraduates took part in the study. The difficulties and benefits that students encountered during the lockdown, as well as the attitude of students to the distance learning format, were revealed. There were specified dominant motivators, intentions and motives that determine the educational activity of students. We have presented approaches to the content management of the educational process in a distance format, with various ways and techniques of increasing the educational motivation of students under the conditions of distance learning.
Highlights
A uniquely designed questionnaire that consists of 15 questions—this is aimed at studying the attitude of students to the distance format of classes, identifying difficulties and positive aspects that they encountered during the lockdown, as well as performing a self-assessment of their physical and mental health; A methodology for diagnosing the students’ motivation for learning
On the basis of the study, we investigated the problems of organizing the educational process in a distance format, which can affect changes in the students’ educational motivation
The process of adaptation to the conditions of distance learning does not occur by default; it is interconnected with the needs and motivations of an individual, and the attitude to the new conditions of the educational process
Summary
One of the key problems of the educational process is the motivation of students’ learning activities It has acquired particular importance in connection with the current epidemiological situation and with the forced and urgent transition of higher educational institutions to distance learning [1,2,3,4,5]. In March 2020, force majeure circumstances made most Russian universities fundamentally restructure the educational process, moving towards reliance on the level of their IT infrastructure system development, based on the availability of electronic educational resources and the digital proficiency of teachers and students to use software, online platforms and services in the educational process. Taking into account the IT infrastructure, Russian universities have developed various scenarios for students’ training in an online environment and corresponding requirements for the given formats of the educational process
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