Distance technologies in action: E-learning in exile (the experience of Donetsk National University, Ukraine)

Resumen

This academic year due to the complex socio-political situation in the east of the country and continuing armed conflict Donetsk National University has to evacuate to other city – Vinnitsya. There was no doubt that in these new conditions an effective teaching just would be impossible. If it were not for distance learning technologies are provided. Distance learning has become a staple in education during the past few years. In Ukraine, distance learning is regulated by the "Regulations on distance learning", approved in April, 2013. According to it, distance learning can be understood as "a set of educational services provided to the public at large with using specialized educational environment based on the means of data transmission at a distance". Some aspects of applying of distance technologies in higher educational institutions in Ukraine are shown in the paper. The main goal of the paper is to describe own experience of the distance learning in Donetsk National University. Exactly because of independence of e-leaning on the distance between the teacher and students training in the University is going on without trouble. So, from October 2014 university teachers have restored, designed and implemented many distance learning courses on the platform Moodle (https://moodle.donnu.edu.ua/) for the organization of teaching in all 10 Departments of the university. Training of teachers was assigned to The Center for Continuing Education. Distance learning courses are developed based on the experience of world leading universities and can be used for teaching persons with physical disabilities. More detail of our experience will be covered in the paper. size:9.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Major research interests: non-directive teaching, distance technologies in education, teaching mathematics in higher school.  ctive teaching.