the article examines the economic efficiency of using domestic artificial Internet technologies in the educational field, which is an urgent problem of state educational policy and management of educational institutions, since the digital transformation of education requires significant investments, the validity of which must be confirmed by economic calculations that take into account both direct effects (cost reduction for the creation and maintenance of physical laboratories, automation interactions between participants in the educational process, reduction of paper document flow), as well as indirect effects (increasing the availability of high-quality education for remote regions, the formation of in-demand competencies in the field of working with distributed digital systems, improving the employability of graduates). Based on the synthesis of the provisions of the economics of education, the theory of network interactions and the analysis of practices for introducing artificial Internet technologies into the educational process, the author examines the main areas of application of domestic solutions in education, including virtual laboratories and simulation environments, platforms for distributed learning based on distributed ledger technologies, systems for conducting online exams with proctoring, as well as tools for automation of interaction between participants in the educational process.
Elkhan G. Azimov, Vladimir A. Zhiltsov, V.M. Filippova
Since 2020, the term “metaverse” has been spontaneously used in both scientific and media discourse, particularly in relation to multiplayer virtual worlds and the new generation of the Internet Web3. These resources spontaneously form artificial language environments, which are sometimes used within the communicative approach to foreign language teaching. However, there is no common definition of the metaverse in the scientific literature. The aim of this study is to analyze the linguodidactic potential of virtual language environments in metaverses for communicative teaching of Russian as a foreign language. This study examines the features of metaverses in the context of virtual learning and the broader scientific discourse dedicated to modern approaches to computer-assisted linguodidactics. The research employed a comprehensive set of methods, including scientific observation, critical analysis of literature, study and synthesis of foreign language learning experiences using v-learning technologies as described by foreign scientists, and terminological analysis. The study resulted in an analysis of the linguodidactic potential based on the most current scientific works on the topic. A set of identified features led to an updated understanding of the metaverse as a technology in education. The findings suggest that virtual language environments in metaverses have high linguodidactic potential for communicative teaching of Russian. Virtual language environments in metaverses possess several properties inherent to real ones, which enhances students’ motivation and deep engagement in the learning process. This prospectively justifies the expansion of these technologies in distance learning of Russian as a foreign language.
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Foreign Language Teaching Methods
Innovations in Education and Learning Technologies
Статья посвящена возможности внедрения в образовательную среду блокчейн-технологии посредством смарт-контрактов. Для достижения данной цели перед авторами были поставлены следующие задачи: исследовать блокчейн-технологии на предмет применимости в образовательной среде; обосновать необходимость применения смарт-контрактов в учебном процессе; разработать алгоритм внедрения смарт-контрактов для хранения учебной информации и использования ее для дальнейшего анализа. Проведенный анализ образовательной среды подтолкнул авторов к предложению использовать блокчейн как инструмент управления учебным процессом. Для разработки смарт-контрактов выбрана платформа Ethereum. Программный код смарт-контракта был скомпилирован в компиляторе Remix. Также авторы провели сравнительный анализ норм национального законодательства и юридического понимания термина «смарт-контракт».
Статья посвящена рассмотрению сущности и содержания технологий Web3 и метавселенных в контексте общей компьютерной лингводидактики и обучению РКИ. Данная работа также содержит основные сведения, характеризующие общие тенденции в развитии интернет-технологий в данной парадигме. В статье рассматривается роль виртуального обучения (v-learning) и его основные характеристики применительно к реализации коммуникативного подхода к обучению языку в условиях дистанционного образовательного процесса. Описываются возможности метавселенных для создания виртуальных интерактивных образовательных пространств и языковых сред. Рассмотрены основные особенности метавселенных на примере проекта Spatial, позволяющего создавать интерактивные виртуальные пространства. Тезисы данной статьи иллюстрированы примером демонстрационного проекта виртуального образовательного пространства на платформе Spatial.io. The article is devoted to consideration of the essence and content of Web3 technologies and metaverses in the context of general computer assisted language learning and teaching Russian as a foreign language. This work also contains basic information characterizing general trends in the development of Internet technologies in Web3 paradigm. The article examines the role of virtual learning (v-learning) and its main characteristics in relation to the implementation of a communicative approach to language learning in the context of the distance educational process. The possibilities of metaverses for creating virtual interactive educational spaces and language environments are described. The main features of metaverses are considered using the example of the Spatial project, which allows you to create interactive virtual spaces. The theses of this article are illustrated by an example of a demonstration project of a virtual educational space on the Spatial.io platform.
The article discusses the characteristics of a digital educational environment in the context of professional distance training of elementary school teachers. It highlights the reasons for the relevance of digital transformation in education and outlines the architectural changes in professional distance teacher training in line with the development of digital technologies. The article analyses relevant research and structures the positions of legal regulation in these categories. It provides a definitional analysis of the concepts of «educational environment», «digital educational environment», and «professional distance training for elementary school teachers». The article identifies the systemic features of the educational environment and draws parallels to the conditions of a digital educational environment. It presents the nature of interaction between the learner and the educational environment. The article distinguishes the characteristics of an environmental approach as a methodological basis for shaping the «digital educational environment». It defines the educational resource of digital technologies, including telecommunications, Web technologies, cloud technologies, big data technologies, social networks, massive open online courses, artificial intelligence technologies, digital footprint technology, blockchain (distributed ledger technologies), chatbots, and immersive learning technologies (virtual and augmented reality), as well as robotic systems. It presents the structure of the digital educational environment in the context of professional distance training for elementary school teachers, including information-content, organizational-activity, spatial-subject, social-communicative, psychological-didactic, cognitive-motivational; creating a space on digital resources or platforms for locating educational information; establishing communication channels using digital tools; and educational-methodical support (distance/electronic courses, digital libraries, digital online translators) created with the help of digital resources. Keywords: digital educational environment, professional training of elementary school teachers, distance learning, pedagogical system, digital transformation.
The relevance of the study was explained by the fact that the support of management of the distance learning information processes is associated with the problem of effective allocation of system resources used upon transferring and processing of educational information. The purpose of this study is a comprehensive analysis and development of the principles of developing an electronic portal for the system for continuous education. In the work, the authors used general methods of generalization and systematization, as well as the method of mathematical calculations. 150 teachers of secondary and higher primary schools took part in the calculations. The results of the calculations made it possible to confirm the need to use distance learning technologies with blockchain elements in educational institutions. The use of blockchain technologies for the implementation of an electronic portal can increase the motivation of students and teachers, facilitating work in the learning process. Keywords: continuous education, distance learning, blockchain, electronic portal, automation of learning.
The Law Institute of Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) pays much attention to innovations in the legal field, including the correct understanding by students of categories such as "digital rights" and "smart contracts," which have recently been legislatively enshrined in the norms of Civil Law of the Russian Federation. Digital rights are obligations and other rights, the content and conditions of implementation of which are determined following the information system's rules that meet the characteristics established by Law. The Russian Federal Law of March 18, 2019, N 34-FZ "On Amendments to Parts One, Two and Article 1124 of Part Three of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation" establishes a new method of concluding a written transaction -using electronic or other technical means that allow the content of the transaction unchanged on the physical data carrier. The expression of his will used by a person using electronic or other technical means (for example, when filling out a form on the Internet) is equivalent to a simple written form of a transaction. According to the legislator, this should become the basis for the conclusion of the so-called "smart contracts" in the Russian Federation. The article's conclusions could be of importance while learning and teaching in the Russian universities following the novelties in the legislation and the necessity of the learners to catch up with the modern educational requirements.
In the article the components of technological basis of information and communication systems and the basic processes of its improvement are proposed and researched in general terms. The interaction between the user and Web service is monitored (information services, which are provided to users through Web technologies). Today, the evolution of the creation and formation of a multidimensional information communication environment is a determining factor for the innovative development and efficient functioning of all structures and social systems of the information society. Precisely by the communication sphere, that is transformed in the context of global information opportunities, the free access to knowledge, connections between people and communities, the accumulation, dissemination and enrichment of social experience are ensured. Today there is an active formation of a single global world economic, legal, information space to ensure the free and efficient business activity of all entities in the Internet. The world information space includes a system of services (services), the most important of which are: 1) Computing Services (Data / Computation Services) – means of placing data and their transportation between applications, access to computing and network resources; 2) Information Services – means of submission, processing, storage and access to information; 3) Knowledge Services – means of accumulation, submission, restoration, publication, search and processing of knowledge. Various institutional structures on the Internet create their own information models through the Website, creating certain information and economic spaces by means of intellectualized software (multiagent systems or software agents as agents of economic activity) in the global electronic environment or object-oriented software (site, portal, e-mail box, etc.). It is the Web server, a kind of business card of an enterprise that represents a set of interconnected Web pages, presents the company and its services. The homepage of the company website tells you about the history of the company, its profile, projects, products / services, business partnerships, etc., namely, general information about what the organization provides and what offers. This page often has links to portals (multifunctional sites) of e-markets or e-shops, which are the entry points to the global network of all participants of the business process, as well as a place for placing electronic catalogs of goods, services, transaction management, logistics processes, payments etc. Today, Web2 and Web3 technologies are replacing Web technologies. They are based on social networks, a collaborative effort to develop information resources. Corporate blogs, Wiki encyclopedias and others are based on these new technologies.
Елена Николаевна Смольянинова, Светлана Валерьевна Кривошапова
The development of education in Russia today is characterized by the search for new forms and methods of the system operation, increasing variability of educational institutions and educational programs. Positive processes in the development of national education result in the decentralization of educational institutions and providing them with significant autonomy and diversity, the network of educational institutions, new content and technology education, a choice of educational subjects for students and institutions, forming the market of educational services, opportunities and multi-layered financing educational institutions. These transformations are related to the changes in the approach to teaching students of correspondence courses in the condition of use of remote teaching techniques.