Online Learning in the Context of Pandemic in Russia

Authors

  • Valentina A. Sushko Associate Professor, PhD of Sociology Department of Sociology. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
  • Gennadi B. Pronchev Associate Professor, PhD of Physics and Mathematics, Department of Sociology. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18662/rrem/13.2/407

Keywords:

COVID-19, Russian online education, pandemic, academic stress, information and communication technologies, online educational platforms

Abstract

The urgent transfer of education in Russia to a distance format in the context of a pandemic has significant differences from a properly planned online learning based on wide-scale open online courses. Educational organizations that are forced to work with students remotely in order to reduce the risks of the spread of coronavirus should be aware of this difference when assessing the effectiveness of so-called "online learning" using distance learning technologies.

Such a drastic measure was forced and urgent. Not all universities were ready for this radical restructuring of the educational process based on objectively different levels of development of information infrastructure, provision of disciplines with electronic educational resources, and readiness of teachers to use digital platforms and services in the educational process.

This article analyzes the capabilities of online educational platforms and the opinions of students and teachers, who teach and study online in conditions of the pandemic.

Author Biographies

Valentina A. Sushko, Associate Professor, PhD of Sociology Department of Sociology. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Associate Professor, PhD of Sociology Department of Sociology. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Gennadi B. Pronchev, Associate Professor, PhD of Physics and Mathematics, Department of Sociology. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Associate Professor, PhD of Physics and Mathematics, Department of Sociology. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

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2021-08-13

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Sushko, V. A., & Pronchev, G. B. (2021). Online Learning in the Context of Pandemic in Russia. Revista Romaneasca Pentru Educatie Multidimensionala, 13(2), 01-17. https://doi.org/10.18662/rrem/13.2/407

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Vol. 13 No. 2 (2021): Revista Românească pentru Educaţie Multidimensională

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