STRATEGY OF IMPLEMENTATION ELECTIVE ONLINE COURSES BASED ON OPEN edX PLATFORM
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11603/me.2414-5998.2017.3.7757Keywords:
medical education, distance learning, online courses, LMS edX, MS Azure, cloud services IT.Abstract
A sequential strategy of implementation elective online courses at medical university on the basis of distance learning technology is revealed in the article. It is shown that successful implementation of online courses is possible in the presence of such components as academic staff readiness to develop new learning technologies and the acceptance of the fact of their changing role in the educational process; students’ readiness to use distance learning technologies; availability of infrastructure at university that provides distance learning services; presence of a quality assurance system for courses content. Particular attention is paid to the need to change the structural organization of the educational process and the role of instructors in the implementation process. The authors substantiated their choice of the Open edX platform for online courses development based on some criteria.
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