Challenges of Online Education in a Lockdown Environment

Tat&#039;yana N. Kalugina

doi:doi:10.12737/2587-9103-2021-10-3-56-60

UDC 81 BISAC EDU001030

Challenges of Online Education in a Lockdown Environment

Published в Scientific Research and Development. Modern Communication Studies · Volume 10, Issue 3, 2021 · Pages 56–60 · Rubrics: Сommunication science and education

DOI 10.12737/2587-9103-2021-10-3-56-60

Received: 16.03.2021 Accepted: 11.06.2021 Published: 23.06.2021

Authors

Tat'yana N. Kalugina ¹

1 Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) (Department of English # 8, Senior lecurer)
from 01.01.2014 until now

ABSTRACT

Lockdowns in Europe, the United States and Russia have forced universities to abandon the traditional format of education and move to online. The article analyzes the statistics of a sharp decline in foreign students studying at universities in the United States, Great Britain and Russia, and examines the attempts of world universities to reduce financial losses. Comparison of the difficulties faced by the teachers of Russian and Western universities revealed similar problems, the main ones of which are devaluation of co-presence, the growth of academic cheating and the lack of control over the student's independent work. The only possible way to objectively assess the student's knowledge during an online session is to change the format of the exam, namely the introduction of the Open Book Exam. Exam questions within this format are formed in the form of a solution to a specific "case", which makes it possible to assess not the student's ability to memorize theoretical material, but his ability for critical and analytical thinking, the skills of applying the knowledge gained in practice.

KEYWORDS

online training; pandemic; foreign students; devaluation of co-presence; multi-vector communication; academic dishonesty; Open Book Exam

Information References

Authors:

1. Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) (Department of English # 8, Senior lecurer)
from 01.01.2014 until now

Type:

Article

Pages:

from 56 to 60

Status:

Published

Subject area:

UDC 81
BISAC EDU001030 Administration / Higher

Language:

Russian

Keywords:

online training; pandemic; foreign students; devaluation of co-presence; multi-vector communication; academic dishonesty; Open Book Exam

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