Distance learning (hereinafter referred to as DO) - totality information technologies ensuring delivery to students of the main volume of studied material, interactive interaction students and teachers in the learning process, providing students with the opportunity to independently work on mastering the material being studied, as well as in the learning process. Distance learning currently claims to be a special form of education (along with full-time, correspondence, evening, and external studies).
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ORGANIZATION OF DISTANCE LEARNING
IN GENERAL EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
ST. PETERSBURG
Introduction
Federal state educational standards focus attention modern school on the comprehensive development of the personality of each student, training and psychological and pedagogical support for categories of children with different educational capabilities and needs. This formulation means satisfaction educational needs schoolchildren, which:
- due to deviations in their development or health, they cannot study according to the usual class-lesson system;
- during a certain period they cannot attend school due to sports competitions;
- have outstanding learning abilities in various subject areas and need an in-depth level of mastery of the basic educational program.
In practice, schools are often faced with the fact that traditional resources for effective learning These categories of students are simply not enough. Then the natural problem of organizing the education of such children arises. Distance learning can help solve the problem.
Distance learning (hereinafter referred to as DL) is a set of information technologies that ensure delivery to students of the main volume of studied material, interactive interaction between students and teachers in the learning process, providing students with the opportunity to independently work on mastering the material being studied, as well as during the learning process. Distance learning currently claims to be a special form of education (along with full-time, correspondence, evening, and external studies).
An education system built on the basis of distance learning educational technologies, most closely meets the principle of humanism, according to which no one should be deprived of the opportunity to study due to poverty, geographic or temporary isolation, social vulnerability and the inability to attend educational institutions for various reasons.
Distance learning is a consequence of the objective process of informatization of society and education and includes best features other forms and represents a promising, synthetic, humanistic, integral form of education.
Object of study:Distance learning.
Subject of study:Stages of work on organizing preschool education at State Budget Educational Institution Gymnasium No. 49 in the Primorsky District of St. Petersburg.
Purpose of the study:Planning for the implementation of preschool education in the State Budget Educational Institution Gymnasium No. 49 of the Primorsky District of St. Petersburg.
Research objectives:
- Explore regulatory framework on the topic of the diploma project;
- To study existing experience in organizing preschool education in educational organizations in St. Petersburg;
- Assess the possibilities of introducing advanced education technologies in State Budget Educational Institution Gymnasium No. 49 of the Primorsky District of St. Petersburg;
- Develop a roadmap for the implementation of advanced education technologies in gymnasium No. 49 of the Primorsky district of St. Petersburg;
- Consider an in-house system of advanced training on the topic “Organization distance learning V educational organization».
Research methods:analysis, synthesis, generalization, systematization, questioning.
1.1 Features of distance learning
There is no unified terminology in the field of distance educational technologies. In the literature, terms such as distance learning, distance education, Internet learning, distance educational technologies are actively used. These technologies are used to describe the features of distance learning using modern information technologies or traditional postal and fax communications.
Employees of the distance learning laboratory of the Institute of Content and Teaching Methods of the Russian Academy of Education give the following definitions:
Distance learning is the interaction between a teacher and students at a distance, reflecting all the components inherent in the educational process (goals, content, methods, organizational forms, teaching aids) and implemented by specific means of Internet technologies or other means that provide interactivity.
Distance education is education implemented through distance learning.
The concept of “distance learning technologies” is closely related to the concept of “distance learning”. the federal law dated 01.07.2002 No. 110819-3 “On amendments and additions to the Law Russian Federation“On Education in the Russian Federation” and the Federal Law “On Higher and Postgraduate Professional Education” give the following definition to this concept:
Distance educational technologies (DET) are educational technologies implemented mainly using the means of information and telecommunications, with indirect or incompletely indirect interaction between the student and the teaching staff.
Under "mediated interaction" in this definition interaction at a distance is understood.
It is also necessary to mention some terms actively used in foreign literature:
Computer-basedTraining (CBT) - the use of computers in interactive training and testing;
ElectronicLearning (E-learning) - electronic learning or Internet training, i.e. providing access to computer training programs via the global network;
DistanceCommunication - application communication technologies to implement functions such as organizing meetings, discussion groups, etc., in conditions of remote interlocutors;
Interaction - interaction, exchange of information, ideas, opinions between students and teachers, usually occurring to support learning;
Multimedia (multimedia) - systems that support the interactive use of text, audio, video and graphics converted into digital format.
The distance learning system differs from traditional forms of education:
High dynamism associated with the flexibility of students’ choice of training courses;
Large volume independent activity students;
Using all possible forms of educational and methodological support;
The level of motivation of consumers of educational services;
Comfortable conditions for organizing in-depth study of specific problems, providing alternative ways of obtaining information;
Availability of interactive communication.
Distance learning has the following characteristic features
Flexibility presupposes the ability to study at a convenient time, in a convenient place and pace, while the student is given an unregulated period of time to master the discipline;
Modularity provides the ability to form a set of independent training modules syllabus, meeting individual or group needs, to form an individual educational trajectory;
Parallel means training in parallel with professional activity, i.e. on-the-job training;
Coverage ensures simultaneous access to many sources educational information(electronic libraries, data banks, knowledge bases, etc.) large quantity students, communication via the Internet with each other and with teachers;
Economy assumes efficient use training areas, technical means, vehicles; concentrated and unified presentation of educational information and multiple access to it reduces the cost of training specialists;
Manufacturability means the use in the educational process of the latest achievements of information and telecommunication technologies that contribute to the advancement of humans into the global post-industrial information space, as well as student-oriented pedagogical technologies;
Social equality ensures equal opportunities to receive education regardless of the place of residence, health status, elitism and financial security of the student;
Internationality presupposes the export and import of world achievements in the educational services market, the ability to use global information resources;
The new role of the teacher, who must organize and coordinate cognitive process(act as a manager of the educational process), constantly improve the courses he teaches, increase creativity and qualifications in accordance with innovations and innovations in the field of ICT.
The following abbreviations are used in this thesis project:
ICT - information and communication technologies;
DO - distance learning;
DMS - distance learning systems;
DET - distance educational technologies;
GOS - state educational standards;
EUMK - electronic educational and methodological complex;
OIS is an educational information environment.
1.2 Regulatory and legal support for the organization of distance learning in an educational organization.
Regulatory support for the organization of distance learning in an educational organization has the following structure:
Federal regulations
Regulatory acts at the regional level
Regulatory acts at the local level (intra-school documentation).
Legislative framework for organizing distance learning at the federal level:
Federal Law of December 29, 2012 N 273-FZ (as amended on July 3, 2016, as amended on December 19, 2016) “On Education in the Russian Federation” (as amended and supplemented, entered into force on January 1, 2017)
Article 16. Implementation of educational programs using e-learning and distance educational technologies: “Organizations implementing educational activities, has the right to use e-learning and distance educational technologies in the implementation of educational programs in the manner established by the federal executive body.”
Federal target program for the development of education for 2016-2020, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of May 23, 2015 No. 497.
Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation dated May 6, 2005 N 137 “On the use of distance educational technologies.”
Legislative framework for organizing distance learning at the regional level:
Decree of the Government of St. Petersburg dated 06/04/2014 N 453 (as amended on 03/23/2016) “On state program St. Petersburg "Development of education in St. Petersburg" for 2015-2020"
Regulatory and legal support for the organization of distance learning at the level of an educational organization:
“Regulations on the implementation of educational programs using distance learning”;
Order “On the implementation of distance learning and approval of the road map for the implementation of distance learning”;
Order “On the appointment of a person responsible for organizing a subsidiary”;
Order “On the appointment of distance learning teachers”;
Roadmap for implementing distance learning.
Agreement on the development of an educational program in distance learning.
The Regulations “On the Implementation of Educational Programs Using Distance Educational Technologies” should contain the following sections:
General provisions;
Organization of the educational process using additional education;
Rights and obligations of participants in the educational process;
Organization current control and intermediate certification of students;
Job description of the person responsible for the subsidiary in the public organization;
Job description of a preschool teacher.
1.3. Options for organizing distance learning in educational organizations in St. Petersburg
The practical implementation of distance learning in public education in St. Petersburg is organized using a variety of ICT technologies: from the use of regular email and blogs to a complex system such as Moodle. Below are examples of various options for organizing a preschool education in an educational institution in St. Petersburg, studied during the preparation of this diploma project.
1.3.1. Experience in organizing distance learning at State Budget Educational Institution Gymnasium No. 528 of the Nevsky District of St. Petersburg.
GBOU gymnasium No. 528 presented an electronic application to the educational program - an innovative product “Content”. This is the author’s option for implementing distance learning. The platform for remote support of the educational program directly covers academic subjects from grades 1 to 11 and is intended for students of different categories at all levels of education (primary, basic and high school). Loading curricula comes from AISU "PARAGRAPH" to ensure data integrity within information system gymnasium. “Content” has 2 electronic applications: “School GLONASS” (a database of competitions and olympiads) and “Test Designer”, with which you can create tests in various subjects, get detailed statistics on mistakes made and overall coefficient mastering the studied material.
Interaction between student and teacher occurs via email and the teacher’s website (page).
The proposed product allows:
To form a single content space of the educational organization and mechanisms for managing it to improve the quality of education;
Provide support for the main educational program of the gymnasium using distance learning technologies;
Carry out a transition to a model of continuous education for the basic category of students with high-quality methodological support using electronic educational resources;
Activate independent work students and expand its range during and after school hours;
Create comfortable conditions for students to master the program material different groups health, students studying at home or missing classes for any reason;
Provide the opportunity for in-depth study of subjects for gifted children in accordance with the principles of developmental education;
To increase the degree of satisfaction of students and parents with the educational process at the educational institution.
“Content” is a powerful, innovative, universal and very technological product.
1.3.2. Experience in organizing distance learning in GBOU school No. 683 in the Primorsky district of St. Petersburg.
In GBOU school No. 683 of the Primorsky district of St. Petersburg, the implementation of distance learning has been implemented on the Moodle system platform since December 2009.
The main goal of organizing preschool education at school No. 683 is to expand the educational space for children with disabilities.
Many users can work in Moodle at the same time (their number is limited only by the server capacity). To connect a new workplace to Moodle, no additional costs are required - you just need to connect the new computer to the network (local or Internet).
Today Moodle is a unique system that is in every sense a shell for connecting training courses from various manufacturers, fully integrating training courses into the educational process.
1.3.3. Experience in organizing distance learning at GBOU school No. 258 in the Kolpinsky district of St. Petersburg.
GBOU school No. 258 of St. Petersburg has been an experimental site in St. Petersburg since September 1, 2015
Distance learning system(SDO, LMS) is important tool in the work of e-learning specialists. An LMS may be a major expense if you are looking for a reliable, all-in-one eLearning system that will meet all your eLearning development needs.
Fortunately, there are plenty of LMSs that are open source, that is, distributed for free. You will be able to choose a dynamic, flexible system that will meet all your requirements, within the allocated budget.
The following 11 distance learning systems are free and may be of interest to you.
TOP 11 free distance learning systems for organizing e-learning
1. Moodle
Today, Moodle is undoubtedly one of the most popular open source LMSs.
11. Teachbase.
The Russian development of the Teachbase distance learning system has received recognition from more than a dozen companies. The service is ideal for solving problems corporate training, but is also quite applicable to private trainers.
Teachbase is a remote access system, which means that you do not need to install it on your computer, maintain or configure it. To create a course (or take it), you will need Internet access and a computer or mobile device.
The key feature is simplicity. Everything is intuitive, thanks to the visual interface. Creating and launching a course on your own will take even a beginner more than an hour. Any issues that arise are promptly resolved by the Internet School staff (the creators of the service). Free technical support is available through a communication channel convenient for the client.
Despite all the ease of operation, Teachbase has a wide range of functionality. Available features:
— Personal Area– for each of the participants. When you enter the service, the materials assigned for review are immediately visible.
— Testing after passing the material with test parameters settings.
— Statistical reports for the course organizer, for analysis and improvement of the course.
— User base with filtering capabilities.
— Editors – educational materials can be processed directly in the system. By the way, the author is provided with free space on the server for remote storage of materials.
— Communication between users – using webinars and other tools.
To get started with Teachbase, just register. You can start launching your training course right away. The first 14 days from the moment of registration are free - you can fully appreciate the benefits of the service and study it. In the future, the tariff will depend on the number of participants. What is important is that you only pay for active users.
There is also a free option to use Teachbase in the future. What is important is without any functionality limitations. Use the service for free if the number of active listeners is no more than 5 people per month. Few? Perhaps for some, yes, but for small companies, it is often quite enough.
(eLearning) in a company, like launching a rocket, requires investment, careful design, teamwork and more.
In this article, together with experts from the eLearning field, we will analyze the entire cycle of launching distance learning and tell you step by step how to bring eLearning into “orbit”.
Step 1. Determine the goals for launching distance learning
A rocket is sent into space for various reasons: to explore a new planet, to launch a satellite into orbit, or, for example, to deliver payload to astronauts. There is always a goal. It’s the same with distance learning - there is no point in introducing it simply because it is fashionable.
If you opened this article, then you already have an idea why your company needs online training. If not, a little advice: it’s easier to find the goal by starting from the “pain point”. What problem are you hoping to solve with eLearning?
For example, the Skyeng company had a need to quickly train 120 new employees to teach English online and work on the Vimbox platform. Now, with the help of eLearning, the company trains 200 professionals per month.
Permenergosbyt wanted to develop staff on-the-job and quickly conduct testing. With the help of eLearning, the company automated the certification system in six months and took control of knowledge in 74 branches of the Perm region.
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What do you want to achieve? The more specifically the goal is formulated, the easier it is to hit the bull's eye.
The MW-LIGHT company produces and sells decorative lamps all over the world. The range includes 300 collections, each with from 10 to 100 models. At the same time, the assortment is updated by 35% per year. It was difficult for salespeople to remember the features of each model. Sometimes a sale fell through simply because an employee could not properly talk about a new product.
MW-LIGHT set a goal: to increase customer loyalty in six months by training salespeople in the company’s products. Now there are electronic courses for employees for each collection. Result: the number of grateful customers has doubled, as has the number of successful transactions.
Head of the MW-LIGHT distance learning project
“Think ahead about how to measure eLearning success. The number of employees trained and the number of tests passed are only the basis of the overall performance picture. You can “pump” hundreds and thousands - it’s of little use. You need to look at the business result.
For example: employees immediately learn about product innovations, after training managers, additional sales doubled, costs for training staff in the regions were halved (there is no longer any need to pay travel allowances for a trainer, plane tickets and a hotel room), and so on.”
Summary of step 1: you know the purpose of distance learning and key indicators, by which you will measure the success of the project.
Step 2. Choose tools for distance learning
How they work spaceships? Experienced rocket scientists will answer something like this: “Each rocket has a different design. It all depends on the task.” For example, the American Shuttle includes launch boosters, a fuel tank and an orbital ship. This is enough to reach low Earth orbit. But you won’t get to Mars - you’ll need other components.
The eLearning arsenal also directly depends on the goals. As a rule, for distance learning, companies use one of three types of tools or the entire set at once:
- webinars;
- distance learning system;
- editor of electronic courses.
Let's look at each of them in detail.
Webinars
This is a face-to-face seminar in an online format: you give a lecture to employees from several branches at once, only while sitting at a computer in the company’s central office, in a cafe or at home in a comfortable chair and soft slippers.
A webinar is similar to a conversation on Skype: you can speak into a microphone, write in a chat, show your desktop on a PC or a presentation. The lecture can be immediately recorded on video and sent to employees so that they can refresh their knowledge later.
Webinars are usually used in business when they want to reduce costs and the number of face-to-face trainings. For example, the insurance company Centras Insurance regularly trains heads of sales departments and salespeople from 17 branches of Kazakhstan through webinars. A program for personnel selection and adaptation was developed for the first group, and a course on sales techniques for the second group. The company saved on travel, hotel rooms and travel expenses for trainers who previously traveled across the regions. At the same time, the quality of education did not suffer.
Head of Personnel Development Department of JSC Insurance Company Centras Insurance
“When choosing a webinar platform, find out how often technical glitches occur. There is nothing worse than a connection being cut off at a key moment in a lecture.
It is desirable that the platform supports testing, surveys and interactivity: the ability to “raise your hand”, emoticons to indicate mood, etc. All this is good for engaging in learning. Listeners are not tempted to switch browser tabs and check social media.
Important point: before renting the platform, make sure that the branches have a good Internet connection. Otherwise, you will waste your money - none of the employees will be able to contact you.”
Distance learning system (DLS)
SDO is virtual school, where you can train staff from anywhere in the world: assign courses, tests, track progress and analyze results.
In the distance learning system you can:
- Create a knowledge base. Store electronic courses, tests, videos and other educational content in one place, rather than on hundreds of CDs and flash drives. At any convenient time, employees can go to the portal and repeat the material they have covered.
- Upgrade staff from a distance. In a few clicks, assign a course to a specific employee, company department or branch.
- Monitor the quality of training. For each material in the LMS, you can collect detailed statistics. You will always know how the material was learned and tests passed, and you will be able to evaluate the progress of employees.
- Keep in touch with students. An internal chat or forum is a place where employees can exchange ideas, write about what material was useful, what could be improved, and what other topics would be useful for e-courses.
“When choosing a distance learning system, decide on the type: LMS with installation on the company’s server or a cloud solution.
In the first case, you actually blindly implement a system into the company’s server that your employees will be forced to use for a very long time. And if for some reason it turns out to be inconvenient, the company is unlikely to agree to change it: after all, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of rubles have been invested in the purchase. You will have to purchase a system taking into account the number of employees you plan to train. In addition, it is difficult to maintain a “stationary” LMS - the help of IT specialists is needed. Launch period: 3-4 months.
To quickly implement an LMS, it is better to use cloud technologies. They do not require installation on a server, you only need Internet access. You can start training immediately after registration. At the same time, the system is often not inferior in functionality to a “stationary” LMS, and it can be managed by one person - an HR specialist or an employee of the training department. IT skills are not required. Launch time: 1-2 days.”
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Course Editor
In addition to the distance learning system, you will need a tool for creating electronic courses, tests and interactive simulators.
In the editor you can create slides with text and graphics, add animation, narration, and record a video. Depending on the tool, the possibilities can be very different.
To create an online course, you don't have to be a programmer or designer - you just need to know PowerPoint. For example, this course is made from a simple presentation:
The course was created in the iSpring Suite program. How it works: Once you install Suite on your computer, a separate tab will appear in PowerPoint.
Come in, add pictures, animation, audio, video, tests to the presentation - the course is ready. Now it can be loaded into the LMS and assigned to staff.
Employees will be able to study the material at any time and from any device: computer, tablet, smartphone.
Training Specialist Inventive Retail Group
“With iSpring, our company produces three courses per week for re:Store, Samsung, Sony Center, LEGO, Nike, Street Beat, Rookie, UNOde50 and kid rocks.
Creating e-training in iSpring is as easy as putting together a presentation. Big plus: content library. There is no need to draw up technical specifications for the designer or rummage through photo stocks. iSpring offers hundreds ready-made templates, backgrounds, characters, pictures. You simply select content from ready-made materials, modify it to suit the company’s objectives, and create the e-training.
In just six months, our company has developed more than a hundred online courses.”
Result of step 2: you have determined which eLearning tools are most suitable for the company, analyzed the distance learning market, and selected suitable offers.
Step 3. Calculate your budget and draw up an action plan
How much does a rocket cost? For the ship to fly to the ISS, it will take 2.589 billion rubles, and to Mars - 10 billion dollars. The price directly depends on the goals and resources you use.
Once the goal is defined and the tools are selected, it becomes easier to estimate how much distance learning will cost.
You should budget for more than just the cost of eLearning tools. Add to the list the salary for the distance learning team, money for the development of electronic courses, the purchase of computers for employees - everything without which eLearning will not take off.
Vladimir Radzhapov,
Managing Manager for Business Development at eQueo
“Once the goal has been determined, the tools have been selected, and the budget has been calculated, create a work plan. It needs to describe in detail the entire sequence of actions. Estimate the exact deadlines for each item.
Example: the supplier promised to set up the LMS in 2 days, 5 days will be spent on developing the course, 5 days on the pilot launch and additional configuration of the LMS. The project will take 12 days in total.
The next step is to present the plan to management. Information should be brief and well-reasoned. What needs to be shown:
- Project goals from a business point of view. Example: reduce the share of full-time training by 40%, increase the speed of adaptation of a new employee in the company (for example, from 30 working days to 20), and so on.
- The company's benefit is how much it will save or earn. Example: the Sweet Life company is introducing a new Slastun bar to the market. You need to tell 3,000 sales representatives about the features of the product. On full-time education It will take 2 months and xxx rubles. For remote - 5 days and xxx rubles less.
- What resources will you need: LMS, course editor, webinar platform, computers for employees in branches, e-course developer.
- Project budget: the project will require N rubles.
- When to expect results: the project will be launched in xxx days.
Also present the project to top managers and heads of key departments. If they don’t know what eLearning is, they can get in the way.”
Result of step 3: you know the eLearning price tag, management has approved the budget, an action plan is ready, the project launch dates are known. You can buy tools for distance learning and get started.
Step 4. Prepare training content
LMS installed. Now you need to fill it with content. An empty distance learning system is like a rocket that has not been loaded with tools and supplies, and has not been filled with fuel - so early in space.
Upload presentations, books, instructions, videos, electronic courses to the LMS - everything that employees need to learn.
Ideally, at this stage, you should have an eLearning development plan for a year or two ahead and a list of materials needed to study. But at the start, it is enough to release one electronic course to conduct a pilot launch and “test” the system.
If you plan to regularly develop courses for your company, you will need two specialists:
- Methodologist - collects information, writes a script for an electronic course, comes up with practical tasks, and typesets a draft version of the course. Often in Russian companies this task is performed by a specialist from the HR department or a business coach who previously conducted face-to-face classes.
- Designer - selects illustrations, characters, designs the course in a corporate style.
Consultant for organizing distance learning
“If a company rarely needs new courses or you don’t want to keep eLearning specialists on staff, there are two options: buy ready-made e-courses on the market or order from experienced developers.
Ready courses. These are template trainings for general topics
: time management, personnel management, working with Outlook. Each one looks like a simple PowerPoint presentation: text, picture, video. Any company can download such courses via the Internet.
- Cheap. On the market, such courses cost from 40,000 rubles or more. The price tag depends on the topic, complexity, and interactivity of the course.
- Free test drive. As a rule, sellers allow you to study the course before purchasing.
- Save time. No need to develop content yourself. The optimal solution for a quick start in eLearning.
Courses to order. Experienced developers “tailor” the course to your company, taking into account the tasks and characteristics of the business, corporate style, etc. Such courses become business card educational portal, they are talked about, they are recommended, they cover a wide range of target audience
: time management, personnel management, working with Outlook. Each one looks like a simple PowerPoint presentation: text, picture, video. Any company can download such courses via the Internet.
- students. Cost: from 120,000 to 5,000,000 rubles. Development time: from a week to two months.
- Teamwork. The course is created by a team of professionals: educational designers, illustrators, developers and testers, experts and methodologists.
- Methodology. The training is collected according to the canons of pedagogical design, making it as interesting and useful as possible for employees.
Individual approach. The course is developed specifically for your company, taking into account the specifics of the work and the characteristics of the business.”
Results of step 4: you have uploaded one or two electronic courses to the LMS for a pilot launch.
Step 5. Conduct a trial run of distance learning
Before sending a rocket to the stars, engineers conduct a “dry launch” - they launch the ship along a ballistic trajectory, without putting it into orbit. This is a kind of general run-through, which helps to work out mistakes before the real flight.
For distance learning, a “dry start” is also important. Instead of immediately “forging” the pros according to new standards, try out eLearning on a test group first. Its task is to identify difficulties in working with LMS.
Co-founder Corporate
e-Learning Club
“For a pilot launch, it is worth choosing potentially loyal employees. It is best to select people for the testing team together with the heads of the departments for which eLearning is being prepared.
The focus group does not have to be large. It all depends on the size of the company. If it employs 150 people, then 10 will be enough for a trial run.
The first course must necessarily end with a survey: is it easy to use the LMS? did the course open quickly? what difficulties arose?
Instead of a questionnaire, you can collect a survey and put it at the end of the course. People will test the first course and write about their impressions, difficulties, mistakes they noticed, and tell what they learned.”
Results of step 5: conducted a pilot launch of distance learning, received a list of comments from the focus group, and corrected errors. You can start training.
Step 6. Conduct internal PR for distance learning
Like any new project, eLearning needs advertising support. If employees go to educational portal only by order from above, which means the implementation failed. How to increase the authority of distance learning?
Alexander Lopar,
eLearning expert
“First, involve management in distance learning. The top echelons of the company should take a couple of courses and firmly declare: “eLearning is cool!” If the idea of e-learning takes root among managers, then team members will automatically follow. After all, it is the manager who encourages his employees to learn.
To make the project more beneficial, connect eLearning with a project that is critical for the company: you need to train sales representatives from 10 branches in a new product line in a short time or “train” managers in working with a newly installed CRM in a month.
Don’t forget about internal PR: news, announcements, course trailers, video greetings, awards, ratings, congratulations.
Collect feedback from colleagues about the courses completed, record interviews - broadcast what heights those who completed the training have achieved. This will highlight the benefits of the new learning format.
Pay special attention to the motivation of “students”. To help you get involved in learning:
- Focus on benefits. Explain to employees how the course will benefit them. To remain motivated, employees must understand the real benefits of e-learning, and also use the acquired knowledge in the “battle”.
- Certificates. Give out certificates for completed courses: “Junge of the month - completed all courses in the SDO”, “Golden brain of the company - scored 100 points in the test.” Research shows that status at work is just as important to employees as financial rewards. It is important for people to feel that management sees their achievements.
- Virtual board of honor. Make a rating of excellent students. Thanks to public recognition and approval, rating leaders strive to keep the bar, and others receive an incentive to study better.
- Feedback. React to the comments and wishes of employees: make changes to courses, create new content based on requests, correct errors in the LMS.”
Results of step 6: everyone in the company says “eLearning” with respect, employees actively use the LMS, the internal chat is bursting with the number of additional orders for content.
Step 7. Evaluate the effectiveness of distance learning
So, the ship called eLearning left the atmosphere. You are at the helm. Now the main thing is to stay the course.
How to understand that you are “flying” in the right direction:
- collect employee feedback;
- compare the achievements of those studying remotely and in person;
- regularly conduct knowledge snapshots;
- track how your employees’ successes are changing, whether their performance indicators are improving: the number of closed deals, completed projects, etc.
eLearning has reached “orbit” if it solves real business problems, helps employees gain new skills faster, or reduces training costs.
Then you can choose a different route and fly to new stars.
Remember
- Before you start distance learning, decide on the direction: where and why you are flying.
- LMS, course editor, webinar platform - the configuration of the eLearning rocket depends on the goals and objectives of the stellar campaign.
- A detailed action plan will help “sell” the idea to management and get a budget for the flight.
- “Dry start” will help you find errors and debug the eLearning rocket.
- For a space mission to be useful, it must solve a real business problem.
- Check the course more often: collect employee feedback, conduct knowledge snapshots, compare training results with business indicators.
For the successful functioning of subsidiaries, a certain level of informatization of society is first of all necessary.
The following educational services can be provided with the help of educational institutions:
· training courses;
· getting an education;
· continuation or promotion vocational education;
· certified programs;
· contract programs based on orders.
Potential consumers of the subsidiary system are:
· persons living in areas remote from university centers;
· persons wishing to improve their qualifications, acquire new knowledge or obtain a second education;
· applicants;
· persons with disabilities;
· military personnel and members of their families;
· persons wishing to receive education in foreign countries educational institutions;
persons seeking to master educational program in a short time, etc.
Consumers act as listeners (when receiving additional education) and students (when studying in specialist training programs). Consumers must have computer and Internet skills.
Educational process The following specialists provide the following services:
· teaching course developers and teaching consultants (tutors);
· administrators-heads of structural divisions and system administrators of information resources;
· designers and programmers;
· technical support staff.
It is important to note that many DO specialists also perform their functions remotely.
Specialists must have appropriate qualifications.
The material basis of the subsidiary is computer and telecommunication equipment and communication channels. DO software is installed on global network servers. Another name for the software and information complex is the DO shell. The network address of the shell is called a portal (educational portal) - this name has taken root on the Internet behind popular and visited web systems.
Educational portal, however, does not require an idle visit, but authorization and daily work: participation in electronic seminars on a forum or chat, receiving assignments and tutor consultations by email, passing tests, etc.
Educational resources of educational institutions can be represented by documents of various formats and purposes. Typical documents are tutorial, recommendations for self-study courses, tests, digital library(reader). The entire set of documents and means for processing them can be called a network educational, methodological and information complex (SUMIK).
The entire complex of software, communication, information, administrative and pedagogical tools is called the information and educational environment. This is a virtual educational institution.
1.2 Global trends in the development of open education
The global educational space has accumulated vast experience in the implementation and use of DL. At the same time, despite the presence of purely virtual educational institutions, DL is recognized as one of the forms of education along with others.
Initially, distance programs were not much different from the ones we know correspondence form training: educational material was offered on paper, students contacted the nearest regional representatives of the university (1962, Delhi University, India). There was, however, one significant “but” that distinguished distance education even then from our correspondence education: the student had a choice of course program, tutor, training schedule, etc.
With the improvement of television broadcasting technologies, DL on a television basis has become possible. One could talk about the use multimedia V educational process(60s, China).
The real boom in educational activities began at the turn of the 80s and 90s of the 20th century, with the spread of personal computers and global networks.
In the United States, where motivation for innovation is high, by 1999 about 60% of educational institutions used distance learning technologies. There is no national program for the development of subsidiaries, but there is big variety approaches to DL: from partial use of distance learning to complete virtualization of learning. DO resources are offered for both open access(Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and on a paid basis. The creation of free educational resources was made possible thanks to large-scale government support. Many states now provide financial support to subsidiaries both at the national and local levels, understanding the socio-political significance open education.
The USA and Great Britain are on the way to creating a worldwide network of leading universities in their countries. Builds open university space and a united Europe. A number of major meetings on DL issues (1998, Sorbonne; 1999, Bologna; 2001, Salamanca and Prague) allow us to talk about the convergence of European DL from the planned nature of DL in Germany, pre-university DL in France, transitional DL in Eastern European countries.
The main resource of subsidiaries is training courses. Major centers DOs offer from several hundred to several thousand courses.
According to the data, the world's leading centers of subsidiaries are:
· National Center for Educational Education of France, year of creation 1993, number of students 400 thousand people;
· Fern-University of Hagen (Germany), 1974, 55 thousand people;
· Open University of Great Britain, 1969, 200 thousand people;
· National University Spain, 1972, 124 thousand people;
· Anadolu University (Türkiye), 1982, 300 thousand people;
· California Virtual University (USA), 1997, 28 thousand people;
· Canadian Open University in Athabasca, 1972, 14 thousand people;
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