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Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 8(12), pp. 6960 - 6966
DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.081263
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Digital Learning: Students' Assessment of Webinars and Web Conferences as a Tool for Acquiring Knowledge and Skills
Anna Alexandrovna Basmanova *, Yulia Alexandrovna Grunina , Elena Alexandrovna Kargovskaya
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Foreign Languages Department, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, Russia
ABSTRACT
At a stage where the latest information technologies develop rapidly and are integrates into all spheres of human life, higher education institutions are aimed at preparing future Humanities specialists for the work in completely new conditions of the information society. This causes the problem of finding new forms, methods and means of organizing the educational process that will ensure the effective use of information and communication technologies. The purpose of the research is to study the quality of the webinar work of the teachers of the Department of Philosophy through its assessment by students for further improvement, considering the comments and wishes received. In the research, the authors used such theoretical methods as the study of scientific, methodological and pedagogical literature on the problem of using webinars and web conferences as a tool for obtaining knowledge and skills. In order to improve the quality of teaching the discipline "Philosophy" and increase the scientific and methodological level of the application of webinars, considering the opinions of students, a sociological study was conducted. The method of sociological research was a questionnaire survey, in which 51 first-year humanities students of the university took part. Based on the questionnaire of Humanities students, qualitative data have been obtained, such as students' motivation to attend webinars, students' attitudes to the content of webinar materials, students' ideas about the usefulness and appropriateness of webinars and how webinars on Philosophy influence personal, intellectual and professional development of future Humanities specialists.
KEYWORDS
Digital Learning, Web Conference, Webinar, Motivation, Quality Assessment
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Anna Alexandrovna Basmanova , Yulia Alexandrovna Grunina , Elena Alexandrovna Kargovskaya , "Digital Learning: Students' Assessment of Webinars and Web Conferences as a Tool for Acquiring Knowledge and Skills," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 8, No. 12, pp. 6960 - 6966, 2020. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.081263.
(b). APA Format:
Anna Alexandrovna Basmanova , Yulia Alexandrovna Grunina , Elena Alexandrovna Kargovskaya (2020). Digital Learning: Students' Assessment of Webinars and Web Conferences as a Tool for Acquiring Knowledge and Skills. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 8(12), 6960 - 6966. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.081263.