Online Education in the Russian Arctic: Employers’ Confidence and Educational Institutions’ Readiness
The rapid spread of online learning demonstrates that it is becoming one of the trends in the development of vocational education in the modern world. Along with the obvious advantages of online learning such as cost reduction, cross-border opportunities for receiving it, and adaptability for studen...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b187bfd318ec4191ae3142f794aebfeb 2023-05-15T14:46:08+02:00 Online Education in the Russian Arctic: Employers’ Confidence and Educational Institutions’ Readiness Konstantin S. Zaikov Aleksandr A. Saburov Aleksandr M. Tamitskiy Aleksey S. Nikiforov 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126798 https://doaj.org/article/b187bfd318ec4191ae3142f794aebfeb EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/12/6798 https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050 doi:10.3390/su13126798 2071-1050 https://doaj.org/article/b187bfd318ec4191ae3142f794aebfeb Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 6798, p 6798 (2021) online education distance learning the Arctic region educational institutions employers Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126798 2022-12-31T09:44:30Z The rapid spread of online learning demonstrates that it is becoming one of the trends in the development of vocational education in the modern world. Along with the obvious advantages of online learning such as cost reduction, cross-border opportunities for receiving it, and adaptability for students, educational institutions encounter specific difficulties: a lack of optimal teaching methods, inflexibility of the institutional environment to the use of new teaching technologies, the transformation of communication between teachers and students, and technological unpreparedness for the development of online learning. At the same time, the need to solve the problem of accessibility of education and fill the shortage of labor resources in Russia, in particular its Arctic zone (AZRF), will contribute to the spread of online learning practices. To consider developing online education, this article, on the one hand, presents the results of a study of the regional employers’ confidence in education in a non-traditional format and, on the other hand, shows the readiness of vocational educational institutions to implement training programs in a distance format. The main research method was a questionnaire survey, in which 2240 organizations and 344 professional educational institutions located in the Russian Arctic took part. The survey results indicate that more than half of employers (58%) declared the applicability of online learning in the Russian Arctic, but about 40.6% of companies do not consider applicants with a diploma from online education. At the same time, employers’ confidence in distance learning in higher education is lower than in vocational secondary education. Additionally, the majority of institutions of higher education (62.5%) believe in the possibility of using distance education in the Russian Arctic, while organizations of vocational secondary education (64.98%) have the opposite opinion. Based on the results of the study, recommendations for federal and regional authorities were prepared. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Sustainability 13 12 6798 |
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The rapid spread of online learning demonstrates that it is becoming one of the trends in the development of vocational education in the modern world. Along with the obvious advantages of online learning such as cost reduction, cross-border opportunities for receiving it, and adaptability for students, educational institutions encounter specific difficulties: a lack of optimal teaching methods, inflexibility of the institutional environment to the use of new teaching technologies, the transformation of communication between teachers and students, and technological unpreparedness for the development of online learning. At the same time, the need to solve the problem of accessibility of education and fill the shortage of labor resources in Russia, in particular its Arctic zone (AZRF), will contribute to the spread of online learning practices. To consider developing online education, this article, on the one hand, presents the results of a study of the regional employers’ confidence in education in a non-traditional format and, on the other hand, shows the readiness of vocational educational institutions to implement training programs in a distance format. The main research method was a questionnaire survey, in which 2240 organizations and 344 professional educational institutions located in the Russian Arctic took part. The survey results indicate that more than half of employers (58%) declared the applicability of online learning in the Russian Arctic, but about 40.6% of companies do not consider applicants with a diploma from online education. At the same time, employers’ confidence in distance learning in higher education is lower than in vocational secondary education. Additionally, the majority of institutions of higher education (62.5%) believe in the possibility of using distance education in the Russian Arctic, while organizations of vocational secondary education (64.98%) have the opposite opinion. Based on the results of the study, recommendations for federal and regional authorities were prepared. |
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Online Education in the Russian Arctic: Employers’ Confidence and Educational Institutions’ Readiness |
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