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1.General information on the topic of master's thesis
2.Information on distance learning (DL)
2.2
Requirements for creating DL courses
2.4 The
general structure of distance
education
2.5
E-Learning
platform of support of
distance
learning
2.6
A system
of
distance learning STELLUS
2.7
Benefits of
Distance Learning
2.8
Disadvantages of Distance Learning
1. General information on the topic of
master's thesis
Urgency of
the topic
of distance learning is that the results of social progress, which were
previously concentrated in technology, today concentrated in the
information
area and the development of Internet-technologies there is a new form
of
learning that involves other methods, means and forms of interaction
between
teacher and students.
Distance education is becoming
increasingly popular because it allows you to take a training course in
any
discipline on the job for those who work or for those who do not have
the
opportunity to study the full-time.
The
purpose of master's thesis is to analyze the use of distance learning
methods
in electrical occupations.
Objectives
of the work:
•
Study of modern methods and technologies for distance learning;
•
Market research of computer training;
•
Analysis of the use of platforms for distance learning;
•
Preparation of the distance learning course on the subject "Electrical
apparatus".
Distance
learning has shown itself as a progressive educational technology of
the XXI
century.
Ddistance
learning
is a very convenient way of
learning by the fact that in contrast to distance education, it
provides direct
communication and constant feedback between student and teacher.
The
practical value lies in the application of DL in industry and in
teaching the
course "Electrical apparatus".
2. Information on distance learning (DL)
2.1 What is distance education
Distance
learning (DL) — set of technologies that provides
students with the
basic
delivery of study material [1], interactive communication between
students
and
teachers in the learning process.
The
main feature of DL is to provide students the opportunities to obtain
independently the required knowledge, using advanced information
resources
provided by modern information technologies [2]. Information resources: knowledge and
information bases, computer, including multimedia, training and control
systems,
video and audio, digital libraries - along with traditional textbooks
and
create a unique distributed learning environment, accessible to a wide
audience.
2.2
Requirements for creating DL courses
Formulation
of training objectives. Students'
understanding of its goals and objectives of the study, which should be
clearly
stated in the program.
Motivation. Motivation — component of training,
which
must be maintained throughout the learning process. It can decline rapidly if the level of
tasks does not correspond to the level of training of the student.
Create prerequisites for the perception
of
educational material. To
do this, support materials can be used (guidelines for students)
included in
the kit package ready or prepared by the teacher.
Submission of educational material. The strategy of the material is
determined
by the educational problems being solving. An important problem is the design of
training, applied to the display screen. You must use a well-known principles of
readability.
Assessment. During the work student should be aware
of
his progress. Most
important in distance course is the organization of communication
"student
- teacher - the student." For
these purposes, we recommend the organization of work of students in
projects
or cooperative learning, discussion.
Feedback. This criterion is crucial for the
student,
less - in a testing program, and more - in the training [2]. Computer is able to provide feedback
assistance,
this may be an individual.
The material can be represented by
several
means of training (publications, audiovisual, etc.), each of which has
its
didactic capabilities. The
instructor should be aware of these opportunities, be able to
distribute
educational material on various media, to form one set of learning
tools
(case), as a system of carriers of educational information designed to
address
the totality of teaching tasks. Means
of DL
may be:
1. Computer training system in normal and
multimedia variants.
2. Educational books (hard copies on paper
and electronic version of textbooks, teaching aids, manuals, etc.)
3. Network training manuals.
4. Audio training and information materials.
5. Video training and information materials.
6. Remote laboratory workshops.
7. Simulators with remote access.
8. Databases and knowledge with remote
access.
9. Digital libraries with remote access.
Figure
1 — Process of
distance
learning [8]
2.4 The general structure of distance
education
The main actors in the training center
are: administrator, curator, teacher and students.
The administrator organizes the work of
the Training Centre.
Curator organizes the training process.
Teacher prepares training materials,
conducts group and individual counseling with students.
Listeners are combined in learning
groups. All students study the same learning
course [4]. Number of students in the group is not
limited. It
is attached to the curator in charge of organizing the educational
process, and
the teacher leading the training.
2.5 E-Learning platform of support of
distance
learning
E-Learning (short for English.
Electronic
Learning) — a system of electronic (virtual)
training.
E-Learning platform developed with the
support of various management system relational database and
application
server.
A student who is trained to help before,
can use distance courses from different manufacturers, which are united
in a
common bank. However,
multiple platforms of distance learning are not fully compliant, and
the
migration distance courses from one platform to another is not always
possible. Creating a web portal with a
multi-platform support for up to using popular e-learning platforms and
tools
for migration, distance learning courses is a resolution of this
situation. It should be noted that should obey the
relevant international standards for selected platforms support
distance learning,
in particular standard SCORM [5]. And
also should take into account the massive use of DL, speed of its
evolution
and complexity of platforms to support distance learning and
information
technologies, which are used in the development of e-learning platforms.
2.6
A system of
distance learning STELLUS
STELLUS — versatile, modular, multimedia hardware
and software package, built
using
network and web-based technologies to support distance learning.
STELLUS
allows you to:
• manage the teaching process
(create
individual and group schedules);
• plan the teaching load;
• Prepare training materials
and tests;
• conduct tests in an automatic
mode;
• Receive statistical reports
for
analysis.
All events in the learning process are
recorded in databases. These
data can be used for statistical analysis.
STELLUS can be easily integrated into
the
learning process of any educational institution. The complex provides all the necessary
tools to create distance learning courses, programmed learning
materials and
test items [6].
Users have access to the courses and
tests, posted on a corporate network or the Internet using standard
web-browser
(IE 5.5 and above).
2.7
Benefits of
Distance Learning
• the opportunity to engage in
a
convenient time, in a convenient location and temperature;
• Parallel to the professional
activity
study, ie job
training;
• Reduce costs of training;
• recourse to many sources of
educational
information (digital libraries, data banks, knowledge bases, etc.). Communicating via the Internet and
through
e-mail each other and with teachers;
• a concentrated representation
of
educational information and multi-access to it, increasing the
efficiency of
absorption material;
• the possibility of training a
large
number of people;
• equal educational
opportunities
regardless of their residence, health status, elitism and material
well-trained;
• use in the educational
process of the
latest achievements of information and telecommunication technologies,
which
educates and work with them;
• import and export of world
achievements
in the educational market [7].
2.8
Disadvantages of Distance Learning
• lack of communication with
other
students to share experiences;
• lack of practical skills and opportunities to discuss with the teacher questions that have arisen in a specific example.
Distance learning expands and updates
the role
of a teacher who will coordinate a cognitive process, continually
improve the
courses they taught, to improve the creativity and skills in accordance
with
the innovations and innovation.
The positive influence of distance
education and the student, enhancing their creative and intellectual
potential
through self-organization, the pursuit of knowledge, ability to
interact with
computers and independently make responsible decisions.
The quality of distance education is not
inferior to the ideal quality of full-time education, and improved by
attracting outstanding staff of faculty and education use the best
teaching
books and supervising tests on subjects.
