"Modern digital educational environment in the Russian Federation" (project passport on the website of the Ministry of Education and Science) is a priority project within the framework of the state program "Development of Education" for 2013–2020. NRU HSE implements one of the project's tasks: the development and implementation of methods and tools for psychometric analytics of online courses.

The automated psychometric analytics service was developed by specialists from the HSE Online Learning Directorate and integrated as a subsystem of the online.edu.ru portal (a “one-stop-shop” information resource), which provides access to hundreds of Russian online courses. The functionality of the service is available to all users - developers of online courses registered on the portal. Data analysis of online courses using the service allows you to improve the content of online courses, optimize content for different groups of students, carry out assessment more objectively and, as a result, increase the learning efficiency.

When taking an online course, its listeners leave a so-called "digital footprint": statistics on video views, on the performance of test tasks (time of passage, number of attempts, ratio of correct / incorrect answers), according to the assessment of the work of other students (peer review). This data set, which is stored on the online course platform, is automatically analyzed by the service.

The service analyzes an online course in four main areas: content difficulties, changes in student readiness, student interaction with content, and evaluation of assessment tools. The analytical report that the course developer receives includes recommendations for improving the quality of the online course. Reports and recommendations allow you to optimize the difficulty and accessibility of course content for listeners, increase student engagement, align the difficulty levels of the course and student readiness, and improve the evaluation tools of the online course (test assignments and assignments for mutual assessment).

At the development stage of the service in 2017, 270 online courses were analyzed and refined. More than 100 authors, developers and methodologists have been trained at the Higher School of Economics to work with analytics, and for future users of the service, it has been developed and published in open access, containing teaching materials and recommendations for modernizing online courses. Improved courses started during the fall session of 2018.

After making adjustments, the online course again undergoes an automatic psychometric examination and receives the corresponding "quality mark" - a mark in the course passport on the "one window" resource. The priority project "Modern digital educational environment in the Russian Federation" pays great attention to assessing the quality of online courses posted on the "one window" resource, their comprehensive examination and increasing the effectiveness of training. Multilateral expertise serves to increase competition between platforms and developers, stimulates authors to improve the quality of online courses, provides access to reliable information about online courses to educational organizations and students in the implementation of virtual academic mobility, builds trust on the part of users and educational organizations in online learning generally.

NRU HSE won the competition for the development of the project "Development and implementation of methods and tools for psychometric analytics of online courses" of the priority project "SCS" in 2017.

The service was launched on the online.edu.ru portal in September 2018.

For advice on developing a converter for psychometric analytics data, send your application to the address: [email protected] marked "Converter for psychometrics service"

The priority project in the field of education "Modern digital educational environment in the Russian Federation" was approved by the Government of the Russian Federation on October 25, 2016 as part of the implementation of the state program "Development of education" for 2013-2020.

Presenting the project at a meeting of the Presidium of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Strategic Development and Priority Projects, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev emphasized that the formation of a digital educational environment is a strategic state task.

Currently, a number of initiatives are being implemented in our country aimed at creating the necessary conditions for the development of the digital economy in Russia, which increases the country's competitiveness, the quality of life of citizens, and ensures economic growth and national sovereignty. First of all, these are the "Strategy for the Development of the Information Society in the Russian Federation for 2017 - 2030" and the Program "Digital Economy of the Russian Federation".

The digital economy requires a competent workforce. And for their preparation, it is necessary to properly modernize the education and vocational training system, bring educational programs in line with the needs of the digital economy, widely introduce digital tools for educational activities and integrate them into the information environment, provide an opportunity for citizens to learn according to an individual curriculum throughout their lives. - anytime, anywhere.

The priority project "Modern digital educational environment in the Russian Federation" is aimed at solving some of these problems. The goal of the project is to create by 2018 conditions for a systematic improvement of the quality and expansion of opportunities for lifelong education for all categories of citizens through the development of the Russian digital educational space.

To achieve this goal, the path of widespread introduction of online learning has been chosen, including massive open online courses - training courses with interactive participation and open access via the Internet.

On this path, modern technologies and best practices of online learning are used, the scientific potential of the leading universities in Russia, the experience of already existing online platforms and business projects. The project stipulates that in 2017 at least 140 thousand students will undergo online education, and by the end of 2025 - more than 11 million. Already in 2017, as a result of the work of the SCS, schoolchildren, students and teachers will have access to 450 online courses from twenty of the best Russian universities.

The implementation of the priority project in the field of education "Modern digital educational environment in the Russian Federation" provides for a number of key areas, which are being developed in parallel:

  • adoption of legal and regulatory acts aimed at the development of online learning. In particular, fixing the status of online courses as equal parts of educational programs;
  • creation of an information resource that provides access to online courses on the principle of "one window" and unites a number of already existing online learning platforms through a unified user authentication system;
  • creation by 2020 of 3.5 thousand online courses for secondary, higher and additional education programs with the involvement of leading developers, both from government agencies and the business community;
  • formation of a system of expert and user assessment of the quality of the content of online courses;
  • the creation of ten Regional Centers of Competence in the field of online learning;
  • training and education of at least 10,000 teachers and experts in the field of online learning;

In the summer of 2017, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation held a competition among Russian universities to develop elements of an educational platform. Among the winners of the competition were the country's leading universities: Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, NUST "MISiS", ITMO University, UrFU, Tomsk State University, Far Eastern State University and others.

The successful implementation of the priority project "Modern digital educational environment in the Russian Federation" will radically change the approach to teaching citizens of the country, prepare Russia for the transition to a new technological order - the digital economy.

Questions about the project

What is the priority project "Modern digital educational environment"?

The priority project in the field of education "Modern digital educational environment" is aimed at increasing the accessibility, relevance and quality of education through the use of modern online learning technologies, as well as the potential of the country's leading universities, online educational platforms and business solutions.

What is the time frame for the priority project?

The passport of the priority project "Modern digital educational environment in the Russian Federation" was approved on October 25, 2016 at a meeting of the Presidium of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for strategic development and priority projects. The project implementation period is from 10/25/2016 to 02/01/2021.

What are the key elements of the priority project?

The first element of the Modern Digital Educational Environment project is the One Window Resource (ROO). After registration, the user gets access to online courses contained in the Resource registry. This eliminates the need to register on multiple online education platforms. Another important component of ROE is the user's digital portfolio.

The second direction for the implementation of SCS is to assess the quality of online platforms and courses available through the RPO. It provides for both expert and user assessment of the level of course content. Thus, a mechanism for ranking courses by quality will be implemented.

The third element of the project is the creation of ten Regional Centers of Competence in the field of online education. Their task: training of teachers and administrative staff, dissemination of experience in the implementation of successful methods and practices of online learning, tracking the dynamics of creating a digital educational environment.

Finally, the fourth direction of the project is professional development in the development, use and examination of online courses that train developers to create high-quality courses, and teachers to use them in their work.

What are the specific tasks of the project and who performs them?

  • Development and testing of a system for assessing the quality of online courses in order to develop academic mobility of students using online courses. Contractor - UrFU im. B.N. Yeltsin;
  • Development and implementation of methods and tools for psychometric analytics of online courses. Executor - NRU HSE;
  • Development and testing of a system of access to online courses on the principle of "one window" using a unified system of identification and authorization of students and the formation of digital portfolios. Contractor - ITMO University;
  • Development of online courses and simulators that provide competencies in the creation of online courses. Contractor - MIPT.
  • Development of online courses and simulators that provide the formation of competencies in the field of expertise of online courses. Contractor - RANEPA;
  • Development of online courses and simulators that ensure the formation of competencies in the use of online courses. Contractor - UrFU im. B.N. Yeltsin;
  • Creation of 10 regional centers of competence in the field of online learning. Performers - TSU, PSTU (Volgatekh), Lomonosov Moscow State University, SFU, FEFU, SFU, TulSU, IKBFU Kant, Tyumen State University, SPbPU
  • Promotion of online learning technologies and information support for a priority state project. Contractor - NUST MISIS.

How will legislation in the field of online education change?

The legislation will change in the interests of students and educational organizations in order to improve the quality and accessibility of education. In particular:

  • a new procedure has been developed for the use of e-learning and distance learning technologies by universities, colleges and schools in the implementation of educational programs, within the framework of which the definitions of "online course", etc. are provided, as well as the minimum requirements for the implementation of online courses;
  • a regulatory legal act of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation came into force, providing the possibility of transferring the results of mastering online courses with a reduction in the period of mastering an educational program;
  • it is planned to conduct an experiment on the implementation of a virtual academic mobility project, when a student of one university will be able to choose whether to master a specific discipline in a traditional format at his university or online in another. At the same time, the funds for the implementation of part of the program will be received by the university in favor of which the student made the choice.

Why did it become necessary to implement the priority project "Modern digital educational environment in the Russian Federation"?

The current challenges facing the country and its citizens dictate the inevitability of modernizing the educational system in Russia. There is a need to create an environment in which the principle of lifelong learning - learning throughout life - could be effectively implemented. This became possible precisely due to online technologies that erase any barriers. According to experts, many traditional professions will disappear in the next 10 years. New technologies of training and professional retraining will make the task easier for those who find themselves face to face with the need for quick retraining.

The successful implementation of the priority project "Modern digital educational environment in the Russian Federation" will radically change the approach to teaching citizens of the country, prepare Russia for the transition to a new technological order - the digital economy.

What is the role of the priority project in transforming the education system in Russia?

In world practice, massive open online courses (MOOCs) have already become an integral part of the education system. Russia is still at the beginning of this path. The project "Modern digital educational environment in the Russian Federation" will effectively, within several years, make online learning a harmonious part of the existing educational system. At the same time, free access of citizens to online training courses of any level will be provided with the possibility of crediting their passage by educational institutions and obtaining certificates confirming the successful completion of studies. Finally, the implementation of the priority project "Modern digital educational environment in the Russian Federation" contributes to the integration of secondary and higher education, continuity in the academic environment, the penetration of online technologies into education and their effective application through increasing the competencies of teachers.

What are the planned results of the priority project implementation?

Already in 2017, as a result of the project "Modern digital educational environment in the Russian Federation", schoolchildren, students and teachers will have access to 450 online courses from twenty of the best Russian universities, and at least 140 thousand students will receive distance learning.

Planned results of the project by 2020:

  • the total number of online courses available through the “one window” resource should exceed 3.5 thousand;
  • over 6 million people are required to complete online training.

An increase in the number of available courses, an increase in the efficiency of online learning, and an increase in opportunities for taking online courses in the formal education system will allow to reach an increase in the number of students in online courses to 11 million people by 2025.

What is the budget of the priority project "Modern digital educational environment"?

Over the next three years, about 1.3 billion rubles will be allocated from the federal budget for the implementation of the priority project "Modern digital educational environment in the Russian Federation". In addition, the project involves co-financing from extra-budgetary sources in the amount of 1.9 billion rubles. The money is distributed on a competitive basis among the country's leading universities. These funds will be raised from the internal reserves of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation by prioritizing expenditures.

Will the project lead to a reduction in the number of teaching staff in the regions?

The introduction of online courses in the educational process is intended to expand the boundaries of traditional education, providing more opportunities for students and teachers. First of all, the SCOS project will allow universities, colleges and schools to strengthen the priority areas of training, redistributing the workload of teachers and implementing some of the disciplines online. This means that teachers, due to the freed up time, will be able to interact more with students in the framework of practical and laboratory work.

On the other hand, the project creates a new format of competition between universities and teachers throughout Russia, which may lead to the reduction of some categories of teachers. Only those who are not ready to engage in advanced training in their subject area will fall into the risk group.

M.Kurnikov- Good evening, 20:04 in Moscow, Maxim Kournikov is at the microphone, usually at this time we have the Blog-out program, but Michael Nucky is on a business trip, and today, instead of listening to Blog-out, we will talk about modern digital educational environment in Russia. Our guest is Marina Borovskaya, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. Good evening.

M. Borovskaya- Good evening.

M.Kurnikov- Let's immediately understand what today, in principle, we mean by the digital environment and online education, at the level of higher education?

M. Borovskaya- We understand the creation of certain platforms, the opportunity for teachers, teachers, professors, people engaged in science to digitalize their courses, knowledge, build a system according to which a student, student, postgraduate student can supplement and improve this knowledge, we are working on this system for very many years, the world is becoming digital, actively digital. And this makes the system of higher education also work on creating new products that increase contacts, improve the speed and quality of information processing, allow more knowledge to be given in a short period, backed up with literary references, sources, scientific references. So this expands.

M.Kurnikov- When we talk about the role of the Ministry of Education, do you just look here and help the universities that do it? Or do you create such platforms yourself?

M. Borovskaya- The task of the ministry is to create tools. And, probably, even at the first stage, support such platforms with state funds. Therefore, various kinds of projects periodically appear, the creation of a digital environment, the development of various kinds of online courses, programs, platforms, today such online platforms appear actively. In particular, a number of platforms such as the modern educational environment are today the subject of discussion in the scientific and pedagogical community.

Therefore, our task is not just to create a tool, but through testing, pilot testing, to carry out promotional activities so that the teaching staff, the main thing - the students themselves, feel the effectiveness of this kind of tools, from this kind of activities.

M.Kurnikov“Again, I'm just trying to understand. What is online education? It's just such a way to get knowledge remotely. Or are there any differences from what we used to call distance education?

M. Borovskaya- You know, this is a very serious topic in terms of understanding. In general, this is a technology, a technology for transferring knowledge, one of the forms that allows you to transfer a larger amount of knowledge in a short period and check with the help of tests, one-time tasks in a shorter operational period, how much the student has achieved.

M.Kurnikov- Then I do not understand why the Ministry of Education should do this. Well, some teacher wanted, for example, to record his lecture, he posted his lecture - here you are, online education. Or not?

M. Borovskaya- The state is a regulator, the state regulates the system. And if the state today sees for itself a new stage of development, a new milestone in the digital economy, the task of the state is to create tools, methods and technologies by which not just all institutions, authorities, state structures and, in fact, universities themselves, if we talk about educational institutions, they will master it. That is, they will saturate their infrastructures with the digital economy, build a digital environment.

And the second task of the state is to educate the population, each person personally, to use these digital platforms, digital environments, the personal account system, access to electronic payments, and various kinds of electronic resources created in the system. This is the function and task of the state. And then, when regulation in this part is restored, first - normative and legal. Then - economic, financial, social regulation, when all these instruments have already been put into effect, so to speak, then the system begins to live an independent life.

Now we have come to the stage when the world of the digital platform, the world of online learning, is entering an attempt to live independently. That is, now the interest in online learning has begun to increase sharply, a number of national projects - the digital economy, the national project "Science, Education" pushed us to this. And today we understand that we are on the verge of such new solutions, which, in fact, are coming out of the state institutional structure into real life.

M.Kurnikov- By the way, let me remind you that our listeners can ask questions. The number for SMS is + 7-985-970-45-45, in the next part I will definitely go to them. Just from what you said, I have several sub-questions.

First, life forces, the world changes. When we talk about this online learning system that you are now introducing in Russia. We focus on some ready-made samples, are we reinventing our own bicycle? If we focus on whom? Who is the leader in this environment, who has already filled some bumps, maybe?

M. Borovskaya- Well, the process of immersion in such an attempt at environment did not begin today. The first experience was in 2005, when the first national project "Education" was launched and the first system was being modernized, the first federal universities appeared, new digital solutions appeared, and digital campuses began to be created. Then this system was actively developed. We are always in contact with the world, we are always in contact with the world's leading universities, this contact has never been interrupted. And in the educational system, in the world of science, these contacts are quite long and long, we are interested in this.

In the world of science, a lot of projects today are carried out due to virtual contacts, when you can transfer your material, your sample, your experiment, which will be carried out for you on real equipment by those, in fact, participants who have this equipment, this is a system of collective centers use. This system works today. Online platforms are the same centers of use where a set of courses is uploaded, and you can use these courses.

Now we are talking about the next stage of loading, rebooting, when we want to teach how to use these courses to everyone who has not yet felt the interest, importance, and effectiveness of such solutions. The creation of an online industry, an online platform, an online infrastructure is a complex process for both parties. Difficult for a teacher, because at first glance it seems that he wrote a course and sleep freely, rest when someone comes to read and use it. In fact, this is hard virtual work that needs to be supported all the time.

The second point: there is a lot of information, the creation of digital technologies has led to the fact that a huge amount of information creates a delusion that this is knowledge. This is not knowledge. The information world today requires verification of knowledge. And here we need teachers, teachers, people who carry out this verification of knowledge. That is, we had to change the teaching methods, we had to teach not to expand the knowledge base, but to verify this knowledge.

M.Kurnikov- From what was received, testing and everything else, yes. But we will definitely go into more detail about how this works, I have more philosophical questions here. And how do universities react to this, do all universities say: “Excellent, this is what you need”? Or there are those who ask why, why, they teach personally that it is better ... Do universities understand you?

M. Borovskaya- You know, today we probably have more supporters who say that they understand, but in fact are not fully immersed. The stage when everyone was rejected and massively refused - we have already passed that. Today we have more people who hope that everything will be fine, that everything will be implemented. And they are also trying to create some kind of online stories.

In fact, while they are more mimicking this story. And this is an important moment, a period has come when each teacher must personally understand if he wants to stay in the profession. It is important for him to enter this system today. Moreover, it is not always the creator who logs in, but rather the user of those online courses and online projects that are offered to him.

And if this teacher today checks on himself how these online stories work, how this knowledge is collected and accumulated, and tests himself how he meets these requirements, he will gain a foothold in this profession. Now the time has come when it is important and urgent to do this. And just mimicking in the expectation that everything will pass by will no longer work.

M.Kurnikov- That is, there are some universities or teachers who say: "Well, okay, they came up with a fashionable thing, now we will endure, pretend that we are doing everything," but in fact they are not imbued with the idea?

M. Borovskaya- Yes, this time has already passed. Today, it seems to me, more and more of our colleagues, teachers, professors understand that the success of their profession lies precisely in mastering new technologies.

M.Kurnikov- Are there any universities that you can call the leaders in this kind of online education?

M. Borovskaya- Yes, it just took place, for example, we just ... Summed up the results of the top-100 project, we deserved leading universities. And there each of them demonstrated absolutely brilliant achievements in this area, created online courses, projects, training system. That is, the ability to use these technologies in teaching, in organizing scientific research, which is also important.

And today we were at MISIS, opened another project session on the subject ratings of Times Education there, and also observed how these online technologies, online platforms are actively being introduced into such a turnover today. Therefore, there are many universities that participate in this. I can name federal universities, there are 10 of them, very active. National Research. Just two weeks ago, we also completed another summing up of the flagship universities, regional universities, 33 of them are participating in this project today. And you know, they are also very good, they began to understand that in network programs, in network projects - the solution of many problems.

Today, through network partnerships with leading universities, they can optimize many of their tasks and build a system of optimal training. They are also actively embedded.

M.Kurnikov- What super task do you set yourself? So that online learning replaces the classic college walk with pairs or not?

M. Borovskaya- No. The fact is that this is one of the technologies, one of the forms of education. We can say, and we see this in a number of examples and projects, that visual projects, visual practices, they expand the forms of memorization, technologies of mastering. We see from the residual knowledge that young people who, through the visualization program, studied, for example, Lake Baikal, they had the opportunity to walk along the shore of Lake Baikal in these pictures, see the depth of the waters, the degree of occurrence of rocks, study the whole nature that is surrounded.

And after a certain check, measurements, when they tried to assess their residual knowledge, it turned out that the assessment of knowledge in this kind of mastering the material rises to 90-92%.

M.Kurnikov- Visualization can be done at a lecture, if the teacher gets confused, he can do it. However, take a look. At the Higher School of Economics, if I remember correctly, most of the lectures will be switched online, because students often do not attend. But the online mode will be great. How do you feel about such statements and to what extent is this the future of our education?

M. Borovskaya- In the education system, everything is good in moderation, we have a system of checking, again, the same residual knowledge, according to which we see how and to whom in the individual trajectory which product benefited. Sometimes it is desirable for a person to read for themselves and using their eye contact improves perception. The other needs to decide for himself, the third needs to hear, the fourth must definitely try and check how it works in practice.

All the teaching mechanisms and tools that have been created today, they all work well. We know that the combination of skillful practices, lectures, seminars, a competent professor, a living real and a leading world leader who is ready to show you the main accents of the subject, that is, the area into which you are immersed, is a rather important combination.

The challenge for universities is to find this combination model. The main thing is to adjust it correctly. And here the center of responsibility, the degree of responsibility is transferred to the student himself. And he must choose for himself the technology that suits him best.

M.Kurnikov- That is, ideally, when a student comes to a university, he will say: “So, this is what I study, go to lectures, take an online course,” and so on?

M. Borovskaya- Yes of course. This opportunity exists today.

M.Kurnikov- Is it legally possible?

M. Borovskaya- Of course. In the Law "On Education", today every young person has the opportunity to form an individual trajectory, who can put together a certain line of courses that he will take in real time, which he will take online, which he will transfer from one semester to another. The credit-modular system that we are talking about, it works. But it must work effectively. And all the grounds and rights of young people studying at the universities of the Russian Federation are available today.

M.Kurnikov- I graduated from high school almost several decades ago ... I cannot imagine this. Well, maybe it really works like that, but I can't imagine that a student will come to his dean and say: “I don't really like it, for some reason I cannot attend the lecture course, but I found an online course in this what university ”, and they have no right to refuse him?

M. Borovskaya- Well, a little like ... I'll add how. There is a credit-modular system: if you choose an engineering course or study in some engineering program, but you get that your stratum ... That is, you see yourself in small and medium-sized businesses, and you want to organize your own business, start-up company and so on. Then you understand that you need to get these elective courses, law, economics, investment design, business management. And you need these modules to build your own trajectory.

Today, percent ... I will express high expectations, but I can say that in the leading universities of the country 8-10% of young people, today they are trying to model their own history in this way. Of course, this requires tutors and mentors, this is the mentoring system that is being created. If a young person plans to build his career in scientific terms and stay in science, he needs more the philosophy of science, scientific knowledge, methods of scientific research, so he is able to get these modules precisely by strengthening this component. How can a young man from the first or second year decide where he wants to go - I also admit such a question.

For this he uses a system of tutors, mentors, practical scientific seminars, access to companies, corporations that are partners of universities. This experience is unambiguous for leading universities today. And here I can quite calmly say about it, about 30 universities for sure that live according to this model. Today I believe that 30 universities also understand that this is the real future, for them even the real present. But the percentage of young people who decide on such individual tricks is also not very high yet.

There is a certain fear. Maybe even the personification of responsibility is a little worried about it.

M.Kurnikov- It is clear that there should be some kind of super-motivation to break the usual stereotypes, because we are used to it: you go to lectures, go to seminars, then you receive a diploma, write term papers. And here you need to take the initiative yourself.

Do I understand correctly that you are motivating universities, among other things, to push students to choose some kind of online courses? Or not? Or is such a task not worth it?

M. Borovskaya- Today we want these new technologies to appear in the university community. I myself studied in the direction of "political economy". And then the whole country of political economy studied according to the textbook of Rumyantsev. This is not online, but, nevertheless, the standard textbook by which we all mastered our knowledge.

The teachers conveyed it to the students in different ways, they built different teaching technologies, different methods, somewhere by lectures, somewhere by seminars, somewhere by the method of individual trajectories. The most important thing is that this did not frighten anyone, that there was only one textbook - and think about the diversity of scientific schools that developed as a result of such mastering of this knowledge. Therefore, today online courses are also one of the technologies and models that allows you to get access to the best practices. This is the most important thing, it seems to me. Get access to the best practices, where a scientist, a specialist who knows how this equipment works and all its capabilities, will show you through virtual access how you can use the mode of this equipment.

The equipment is expensive, high-precision, it is necessary for the first skills to develop this way. And after that, the entry into the profession takes shape. Therefore, educators today are interested in this gradual immersion method going through the best practices. Because sometimes, by showing a bad example, bad practice on low-quality layouts, you can simply discourage this interest.

It seems to me that this is also the success of online learning, here you can immerse yourself, you can feel, so to speak, a real closeness to world names, to world stars, to people who are recognized in the world or in the country for specific courses and practices.

M.Kurnikov- If we talk about goals and objectives, again, with what we have now. Is it possible to unlearn and get a diploma today through online learning? Or not?

M. Borovskaya- First, it can be done. And we know a number of global and Russian platforms that require certification at the end of the course, in particular, returning to the Modern Digital Environment project, here I also want to say that at the end of each course a corresponding certification is expected.

A young person who has completed such an online course can apply for certification, that is, passing his test or exam as part of his curriculum, that is, he passed this course on this platform, looked at it, conducted all the stages of this course, conducted all the test tasks that are given there in stages. And for his final certification, he returns to his university and takes exams.

He can also use the platform, obtain a certificate and access - it is paid. But the young man studies on a budget, he already believes that everything worked out for him, that he has access. And then he only expands his capabilities, he received this course from the best lecturer, who today is the best specialist in the country on any specific issue.

Therefore, today we are just talking about creating mechanisms and these tools that will allow young people to use purely network programs to access this online resource with full certification. Of course, the question arises as to what will be done by those teachers who remain in those universities that are contracted to provide these courses.

M.Kurnikov- Those who were supposed to teach students who will now study online?

M. Borovskaya- Yes. And therefore this is the problem that I told you about. That is, today it is important for every teacher in his profession to try to find the niche that will become his professional niche. A mentor, tutor, a person accompanying young people in the field of scientific research, in the field of organizing skills development practices. Because today for our young people, this is the next stage, which we are not discussing today, the topic is a little different. But then there are real practical skills that are needed. It is not enough to learn from virtual accesses to take samples with pipettes or to do some experiments using virtual accesses, you still need to learn how to do it in real life. And this is the task of those universities that are ready and receptive to these new technologies. And expand opportunities for their students.

M.Kurnikov- Listening to what you are saying, I am most worried about regional universities, which in this situation may be left without those who directly attend their classes. But we'll talk about this after the news. I will only remind you that our guest is Marina Borovskaya, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.

M.Kurnikov- We are continuing our program. Let me remind you that our guest is Marina Borovskaya, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. And we are talking about online education, about how it is being implemented now, what we are facing. And I said, for example, that I am worried about regional universities, which in such a system, if suddenly everyone starts to get involved in online education and take online courses in the best universities, what will the teachers who remain in these universities do. And will it not devalue the profession of a university teacher in general, if it is not some of the best university in Russia?

M. Borovskaya- Maxim, you know, about 4.2 million young people study in our system of higher education. And, of course, each of them has its own expectations from this process. Each of them is interested in quality education, if possible, but education is a two-way process. One gives knowledge, the other receives. The system of filling young people with this knowledge is an important part of the learning process, therefore, everyone chooses for himself where and how to get his knowledge.

Probably, the flow of all those who wish, in fact, to accommodate the Moscow and St. Petersburg universities today are not able to young people, this is firstly. Secondly, regional universities, we must give their due, today, for the most part, are quite active.

Teachers of regional universities are also quite active in this, these are their jobs, this is their professional community. Therefore, when we see the activity of regional teachers, professors, teachers who actively attend online projects, online conferences that participate on various platforms, when these resources are exchanged, they also try to master these technologies for themselves.

Therefore, the question to the professional community about which of them will be the first in this race remains open for now.

M.Kurnikov- We are now talking about a specific platform that you do, that you do. First, explain to me why it was necessary to create this platform, if each university can do it on its own and show its individuality, and so on?

M. Borovskaya- Firstly, we have a lot of such platforms, we must pay tribute. The task today is to build such a unified interface so that these courses that are there are visible and in demand by the entire community. And therefore, universities themselves, in fact, came to this very need. Initially, the ministry acted as a regulator, supporting those rudiments of the modern digital environment that accumulated in various educational organizations.

Today, when there are many such platforms, there is a need to integrate them. And those platforms that have collected a quality resource began to stand out. Some time ago, we discussed this topic with journals, when only high-quality publications appear in the journal, and when the editorial service, the expert community monitors the high level of publications, then interest in the journal grows and does not fall. We know such world leaders in science who keep their names for years.

It's the same with digital platforms. When these platforms contain a high-quality resource, and it is assessed by the whole group of the expert community, when we see how many requests came to this or that online course, how many young people ... Even today we have already calculated the break-even point at which this online course becomes effective ... If more than 17 users have contacted him ...

M.Kurnikov- Look, let's talk about specific things then. For example, I am 18 years old, I finished school. I may have even entered a university. How can I take these online courses and what do I need to do? I need to register somewhere, do I need to go to some site? And, most importantly, if at some point I want to quit, what is the threat to me?

M. Borovskaya- Firstly, there is the first level of access, which allows you to simply enter and see which courses are offered.

M.Kurnikov- To each? It doesn't matter if you have a higher education, no education, you are 15 years old, 17 ...

M. Borovskaya- For individuals, this is a use for everyone. We are trying to include, and now colleagues are actively working on this, they are trying to include universities here through agreements, because it is important for universities to get access for their students to this platform, to provide this access. And therefore, university collectives are now entering into agreements.

M.Kurnikov- So all students will be informed and registered in advance?

M. Borovskaya- Yes.

M.Kurnikov- Good. Let's say I went in and looked. I have never taught, I do not know, astrophysics, but I want to. Something is bothering me, will there be an entrance barrier for me so that I can attend a course on conditional astrophysics?

M. Borovskaya- No.

M.Kurnikov- That is, I just take it and listen? It's free?

M. Borovskaya- Yes.

M.Kurnikov- That is, in fact, there is a set of lectures on any topic at the university level for free? Does it look like just a bunch of lectures, or do I have to go through after each lecture to access the next one, some tests and something like that?

M. Borovskaya- This is probably a good question and an important one. This is not a YouTube system, it is important, because there you connected and watched, a lecture in a minute, found yourself an entertaining, popular science channel. This is a learning system, a system that allows ... You can quit at any stage, you can take the first or second lecture, you can watch it at regular intervals. But this is not the main thing.

This is a training system, that is, there is an educational and methodological logic that is laid down.

M.Kurnikov- Is it also a list of literature that I need to read, tests?

M. Borovskaya- This is a training course that allows you to navigate from one source to another by hyperlinks, to see how some structure works. How does a device work. How you can conduct the experience with virtual suggested descriptions. Moreover, the courses are completely different. Some courses with more visualization, where specific exhibits or specific devices are shown. Some courses - with less visualization, with more reading and emotional storytelling, especially when it comes to world names, people who are famous, popular.

But this is not YouTube, this is a serious educational activity that requires immersion, maximum training and high dedication, personal responsibility, which, in fact, probably worries.

M.Kurnikov- Are there any time bindings for those who decided to study online? That is, every morning at eight in the morning. Or every day at eight o'clock in the evening a person has to sit down to a computer. Or can he at any time of the day or night?

M. Borovskaya- There are some when it comes to some kind of contacts. For example, you can talk to a native speaker. And then you will have a specific time cycle assigned when you connect to this carrier.

And there are courses when you turn it on yourself at the right time. But that's not the point. You have a course of, say, 15 lectures, and you must master them in a maximum of 30 days, let's say. And on day 30 you will no longer have access to this course, you will have to dive again.

Moreover, in our platforms there are no such restrictions yet, but we are increasingly agreeing that it is impossible to leave permanently hanging cycles, because the library of participants is expanding, there are many of them, the courses all look open, but not fully mastered.

This is what today does not allow us to say that now we will all switch to online training, because when you immerse yourself in a specific course, take it, seek advice, to tutors, then you go to your teacher on the course from which you are studying ... It is important for you to talk, contact about a specific subject. At a real lecture, at a live, at a real seminar, you have the opportunity to ask again, to clarify. Today we are actively trying to add this option to online products, it also starts working, mentors appear ...

M.Kurnikov- The university will have to keep a staff of people who will answer questions.

M. Borovskaya- Not the state, this is all - the task of the lecturer and the community that he founded. This is a professor ...

M.Kurnikov- And then questions will come to the mail, he will answer them.

M. Borovskaya- And today we more and more often see that these answers are at night, that is, he runs this course like a blog.

M.Kurnikov- Listen, does the lecturer receive a separate salary for this, separate money?

M. Borovskaya- No. See, it's also important. By the way, colleagues are also discussing with us. I, as a representative of public authorities, ministries, they discuss this topic with us. That is, you are interested in having many subscribers on your blog, online course, then you are in constant contact. And the presence of 17 of them, break-even, and then there can be as many as you like. That is, the higher the quality of this resource, the more people connect to this product, the more people see that it is a good broadcast, high-quality presentation and good material, and is easy to digest. And you have mastered complex things with the help of this particular specialist easily and affordably. This is an important point.

M.Kurnikov- We need to encourage a specialist for this.

M. Borovskaya- Well, this is the number of subscribers, as we have ...

M.Kurnikov- This is, as they say, social stroking, as they say.

M. Borovskaya- He works. This is his job, his professional one. This gives him these loans, we have a credit-modular system.

M.Kurnikov- That is, more people want to get to him.

M. Borovskaya- Of course. And loans are transformed into money.

M.Kurnikov- Oh, this is important. Let me remind you once again, because we have questions about what kind of service it is. Let me just remind you that our guest is Marina Borovskaya, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. And we are just talking about the platform that the Ministry of Science and Higher Education controls and is engaged in.

Then, continuing the learning process for a specific person, then he took this course, it's free. But any passing this exam at the end of the course is paid. If I paid and did not pass, and my knowledge was not accepted as satisfactory, what should I do?

M. Borovskaya- Probably, you know, I'll be back a little bit more. It's not all free. He entered on a budget or on a contract, he has access. That is why now the universities are signing agreements. That is, he entered here, this university is included in online networks, in online platforms, he has access to library knowledge bases, to the Tretyakov Gallery, including this online platform. And from this online platform he has such a way out.

That is, universities among themselves, entering into these relationships, support this network program. The number of subscribers from this university will still be credited to this professor. That is, for a young person there are opportunities for choice. Either he goes to a live lecture to a specific professor, or he chooses online courses, masters it like this.

M.Kurnikov- Some famous university, some famous specialist?

M. Borovskaya- Yes. And not only that ... Now, when we are trying to reach this system of agreements. When you enter a university, you are told that this university is subscribed to the Cambridge lectures, subscribed to the MISIS lectures, subscribed to the Stanford lectures. And you understand that you will have these subscriptions available to you. You can master part of the product, part of your educational programs with the help of such courses.

And then you will be accompanied by the same teachers who are your tutors and mentors.

But here's the second question you're talking about. You have mastered this course. And now you have to go to the final certification for this course. And, if you are just an independent, separate user, you entered this platform without a university, you took this course for free. And he must pay only for the final certification, that is, obtaining the certificate itself and testing.

If you are a student of this university ... The university is already in this network.

M.Kurnikov- But for me, as not a student, what is the order of prices? That is, I pay a thousand, ten thousand?

M. Borovskaya- Now, since this platform is trying to get used to it, the cost of certificates in it is insignificant, it is 1500-2000 rubles. Now we are talking about how the market will have a demand for certain courses. As licensing agreements, you know, when you sign up for a program, they tell you: "we will issue a license agreement."

M.Kurnikov- What does it look like? Is this the paper that will come to me later in the mail? Or will I just print from the printer and that's it?

M. Borovskaya- These are the systems that we are already discussing today, the modern digital educational environment, where a personal account is created for the participant himself, where a portfolio is created. This portfolio is a document with which young people already come from schools to universities today, where their progress and steps are tracked, this whole story is digitized, this portfolio is preserved by this young man. We want it to last for his next production life, because the digital footprint of this young man is accumulating there. Where did he go, what courses he mastered ... He entered the course but could not master, entered the course, passed it to the end and could not be tested. Or he didn't want to.

And now this digital footprint is being assembled, which allows a young person, and, consequently, a partner-employer who wants to see him as an employee, to see what the learning rate is ...

M.Kurnikov- That is, I, as an applicant for a place, can send the employer a link to my profile, and he can see what I really went through. And the Ministry of Education confirms that I have studied this, this and this. And there are estimates.

M. Borovskaya- Not the Ministry of Education. An online platform that is certified by the Ministry of Education.

M.Kurnikov- Nevertheless, are there any grades or is there a pass / fail?

M. Borovskaya- Of course, points. That is, the number of points. Various indicators, from 0 to 10. As a rule, the standard is 100% complete development. And there is a percentage line. For each course, depending on these loans, according to which the educational standard is being built today, from these loans someone has a step of 5 loans, someone has 15.

M.Kurnikov- If we are already talking about employers. But if I am an employer, I have a rather large team, and I understand that I do not have enough specialist, or even specialists in some specialty. I can try to pump them through this platform in this way and get my hands on the results, how did each of them go through all this?

M. Borovskaya- Of course. You remember this story with “Total dictation”. “Total dictation” at the moment, many business partners, many companies, especially where you have to work with writing letters, many today instruct their employees to go through this dictation in order to confirm the right to write the appropriate texts.

The same system works here as well. If a young man brings you in his resume that he owns, for example, Excel and prescribes this as the competence that he has, you ask him to be checked, tested, and you see the degree of his proficiency. And you understand that his possession is, but it is only 10% of the skill that is included in this program.

Therefore, this system allows us to give a young person another time to take this course. And you will see that this young man has a brilliant sink rate, because in five days he has already gone from 10% possession to 90%.

M.Kurnikov- Does the employer have to pay for testing every time?

M. Borovskaya- Differently. It depends on what competencies you put in the requirements for the arrival, you can lay this in the competence for hiring, because you do not accept a driver without a driver's license, and then train him, right?

You know, this is also an important part. Already on the instructions of the President, it was formed today. And in those federal projects that are discussed and adopted, there is one federal project called "Education for Everyone." Today we understand that it is also important for adults to enter this digital environment well and competently. And now to get these skills through online programs, through online access. Because an adult already understands more responsibility for his independent learning and knows that he can somehow supplement himself with either additional education or additional vocational education when he wants to improve.

And so we, through the system of such access, provide them with the opportunity ...

M.Kurnikov- All this time I just follow the messages that come on the air. You know which topic caused the most, so I see, the explosion has begun. Here is the story of how a person has an online footprint. And then you can see what he learned, what he didn't learn. And can a person not show it, can he make this profile private? Because, let's say he took five courses for himself, and finished only one. And everything else - so, for themselves, as they say. I wanted to see what it is.

And then the employer comes in and looks: "Yeah, I typed, I haven't finished anything, so I am irresponsible."

M. Borovskaya- Firstly, it does not directly characterize the participant.

M.Kurnikov- Well, you never know. Such questions come, that's why I ask.

M. Borovskaya- And secondly, you know, of course, this profile, it is his personal profile. Moreover, access is regulated there. That is, this office is closed for any external user, we have offices of the tax inspection, we have offices of financial responsibility, we have offices of personalized plastic cards. All these accesses are closed. And we don't open them to anyone. And, if we want to authorize our access to close family members or somehow describe our rights, we regulate it.

M.Kurnikov- Does a person decide for himself what to open and what not to open?

M. Borovskaya- Of course.

M.Kurnikov- I am very ashamed, because I wanted to ask the whole program about it, but you see, I left it for the very end. As far as I understand, such ways of education, this way of getting education solves the problem, including for people with disabilities, because if there are some problems with the musculoskeletal system ... We know, unfortunately, that not all universities were built at the time when they thought about it. How much space do you see for improvement here?

M. Borovskaya- Why - ashamed? Because you forgot?

M.Kurnikov- Because at the very end I ask. In fact of the matter. You should have asked much earlier.

M. Borovskaya- You know, this is a world of equal opportunities. And today, online education is probably a very important advantage for this kind of guys and people in general, to get access to this kind of software products, this kind of learning systems. Because the opportunities for children who see, for the visually impaired, for the hearing impaired, for all kinds of people with disabilities in musculoskeletal health ... They are now seriously expanded due to this. A new world of professions is emerging, which is also actively being created by the guys who have such restrictions. These are different professions, there are many of them, this world is also changing. Thank you so much.

M.Kurnikov- Thank you. Let me remind you once again that our guest was Marina Borovskaya, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. Goodbye.

M. Borovskaya- Thank you.

This is an open set of information systems designed to provide various tasks of the educational process. The word "open" means the ability and the right to use different information systems as part of the DSP, replace them or add new ones at your own discretion.

Wednesdayis fundamentally different from the system in that it includes completely different elements: both coordinated with each other and duplicating, competing and even antagonistic. This allows the environment to develop more dynamically.

System, unlike the environment, is created for specific purposes and in a coordinated unity. The faster the external conditions provided for in the project initially change, the shorter the life of the system itself.

In order to cope with rapid change, the information technology field first moved to "platforms" and now more and more talk about "ecosystems".

Platform- a construction of the information system that allows third-party developers, using the open tools provided by the platform, to build their own products that can work and interact with other products on the same platform.

Ecosystem- such a construction of information systems that does not require third-party developers to use specific tools for their products: it is enough to implement an agreed data exchange protocol. This makes it possible to ensure the interaction of any information systems if this protocol is implemented.

Currently, Russia is implementing a number of initiatives aimed at creating the necessary conditions for the development of the digital economy, which increases the country's competitiveness, the quality of life of citizens, ensures economic growth and national sovereignty. First of all, these are the "Strategy for the Development of the Information Society in the Russian Federation for 2017 - 2030" and the Program "Digital Economy of the Russian Federation". The coordination of the participation of the expert and business communities in the planning, implementation, development and evaluation of the effectiveness of the program is carried out by ANO "Digital Economy" created by successful Russian high-tech companies. By 2024, it is planned to achieve the following indicators:

  • More than 10 competitive leading companies in global markets.
  • More than 10 successfully functioning industry digital platforms for the main subject areas of the economy.
  • More than 500 successfully functioning small and medium-sized enterprises in the field of creating digital technologies and platforms and providing digital services.

Organizational principles for building a DSP:

Unity- coordinated use in a single educational and technological logic of various digital technologies that solve various specialized tasks in different parts of the DSP.
Openness- freedom to expand DSP with new technologies, including connecting external systems and including interchange of data based on published protocols.
Availability- unlimited functionality of both commercial and non-commercial DSP elements in accordance with the licensing terms of each of them for a specific user, usually via the Internet, regardless of the connection method.
Competitiveness- freedom of full or partial replacement of DSP with competing technologies.
A responsibility- the right, duty and the ability of each subject, at his own discretion, to solve the problems of informatization in his area of \u200b\u200bresponsibility, including participating in the coordination of tasks for the exchange of data with adjacent information systems.
Adequacy- compliance of the composition of the information system with the goals, powers and capabilities of the subject for which it was created, without redundant functions and data structures that require unjustified maintenance costs.
Utility- formation of new opportunities and / or reduction of user labor costs due to the introduction of DSP.

The key principle of informatization of education is the reduction of the bureaucratic burden due to automation tools, artificial intelligence in favor of the concentration of teachers, educational organizations directly on the tasks of the educational process.

IT is a very young field of activity in Russia, which, due to the complex political transformation of the first years of independence, for a long time could not keep up with the technological development of Western countries. But the success of the educational process depends not only on the IT used, but also on the programs, the qualifications of teachers, their willingness to work on new specific competencies. Education will inevitably face a digital transformation - new technologies carry enormous potential in order to meet the challenges of our time and prepare, within the framework of educational programs, starting from elementary school, not for the past, but for the future.