Experience that should be not lost: distance education at universities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Keywords: distance education, university, information technology, COVID-19, survey

Abstract

                The article discusses a number of problems manifested  during the sudden forced transition of educational institutions to the use \pagebreak of exclusively distance learning technologies in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the specifics of these problems for the  areas of higher education related to the use of information technologies. A feature  of these fields is the preparedness of teachers and students to use modern information technologies, as well as the high motivation of students. Under the conditions of force majeure, when the necessary stage of designing distance learning and  filling it with content was forcibly skipped, both general and specific problems in organizing the educational process arose. The article analyzes the results of surveys of teachers and students conducted by the authors, which made it possible to list these problems and identify their economic and organizational reasons.

Author Biographies

Lyudmila Vyunenko, Saint Petersburg State University, 7-9 Universitetskayay Emb., 199034, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Candidate of Physics and Mathematics,  Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems in Economics, l.vyunenko@spbu.ru

Lyudmila Gadasina, Saint Petersburg State University, 7-9 Universitetskayay Emb., 199034, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Candidate of Physics and Mathematics, Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems in Economics, l.gadasina@spbu.ru

Irina Egorova, Saint Petersburg State University, 7-9 Universitetskayay Emb., 199034, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Candidate of Economics, Associate Professor, Department of Information
Systems in Economics, i.egorova@spbu.ru

Alexandr Yurkov, Saint Petersburg State University, 7-9 Universitetskayay Emb., 199034, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor, Department of Information
Systems in Economics, a.v.yurkov@spbu.ru

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Published
2020-09-30
How to Cite
Vyunenko, L., Gadasina, L., Egorova, I., & Yurkov, A. (2020). Experience that should be not lost: distance education at universities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Computer Tools in Education, (3), 86-99. https://doi.org/10.32603/2071-2340-2020-3-86-99
Section
Computers in the teaching process