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THE NEW ROLE OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION.

In the framework of “Open Education System in the 21^st Century” Russia offers two projects: 1. World Technological University; 2. Distance Education and Scholarly Cooperation Program which is open for participation of any state. The well-rounded education of population, informatics and new technologies in education are the main ideas of this program. The order and tasks from education to industry for the first time were formulated in the report of Moscow University Rector.

Currently in Russia there are more than 150 “Information Technological Centers” which have access to the Internet. Nowadays it is necessary and urgent for education to implement the new technological achievements. They present completely new possibilities for creative work, for the acquisition and strengthening of job skills as well as the ability to apply new teaching techniques in practice.

Today Russian universities and higher educational institutions are not only centers of science, education and culture but they are centers of business activity as well. Thanks to telecommunication networks students cannot only essentially increase their informational potential, but also get a unique possibility to communicate with their colleagues all over the world. In fact, Russia’s students can graduate from foreign universities while remaining in Russia. Also many countries abroad study the Russian language and get engineering and humanities education using information networks. The creation of the Unified System of Distance Education with the use of both available now and newly developed technical aids is crucial for Russia. Distance learning based on the use of computer telecommunication networks provides constant student-teacher link. The use of information technologies has been supplying a lot of good to the mankind. But it also challenges to human mind, practical activity of people, public morals, economics and international politics.

The Internet offers full university-level courses to all registered students, complete with real-time seminars and exams and professors’ visiting hours. The Web is extremely flexible and its distance presentations and capabilities are always up-to-date. The students can get the text, audio and video of whatever subject they are willing to have.

Many educational resources already are available through the Web. Libraries are adding their catalogs and universities are posting information about degree programs in the Web. You can find research documents containing information about almost any subject. Before long (soon), traveling to a library to find this information may become a near obsolete venture (out-of-day practice). Instead students can find any information sources they need without leaving their desks. The possibilities for education on the Web are amazing. Many college and university cases presently create Web pages for semester class projects. Research papers on many different topics are also available.

There are resources on the Internet designed to help teachers become better teachers – even when they cannot other their students the benefits of an on-line community. Teachers can use university or college computer systems or home computers and individual Internet accounts to educate themselves and then bring the benefits of the Internet to their students by proxy. There are other Internet applications: scheduling, inter- personal communication, meeting, international conferences and congresses – can be particularly valuable to teachers, students and others with an interest in education. Many Internet and education specific resources make great inroads into creating information “on demand”. This page can be of special interest to college students or those who are heading for the university.

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