Distance education of students

• Main Authors: Serafima Yurievna Shumakova, Ekaterina Anatolyevna Shugaeva, Inga Konstantinovna Orlova, Artem Yuryevich Lakhtin, Sophia Ravilevna Sadekova, Antonina Nikolaevna Vakulenko
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Editorial AAR 2020-12-01
• Series: Laplage em Revista
• Subjects: Distance education; Internet; Students; Opportunities of distance education; Limitations of distance education
• Online Access: https://laplageemrevista.editorialaar.com/index.php/lpg1/article/view/653

The aim of the study is to reveal the typical social and psychological opportunities and limitations of distance learning via the Internet. The study of scientific-methodical and pedagogical literature on the problem of social and psychological opportunities and limitations in distance learning in higher education institutions were used. The article presents the views of scholars on the theoretical aspects of social and psychological opportunities and limitations of distance education of university students. Different aspects of students' attitude to distance learning in the conditions of coronavirus pandemic spreading have been described based on a survey of humanities students. Based on the results of the research, three groups of opportunities and limitations of distance education of students ― pedagogical, information-technological, and psychological ― as well as their content have been identified.