DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATION BY MODERN TECHNICAL MEANS AS A COMPONENT OF EDUCATION

Abstract

Communication is an important component of the entire continuous educational process and it is dictated by the need to meet the requirements of society for improving the effectiveness of education. Modern technical tools make it possible to organize communication in various ways and in different formats – synchronously and asynchronously. The objective of the study is to consider didactic features and possible options for organizing communication interaction within the higher education with such digital resources as messenger, social networks, e-mail, forums and chats. The study compares an already formed cluster of scientific papers devoted to the study of issues of communication between the members of the educational process and personal author’s experience in organizing interaction between teachers and students using the example of the general education discipline at university “Foreign language.” From a theoretical point of view, possible variants of communication in a digital environment are considered with a description of the didactic features of various modern means of communication. The practical part of the work is to develop a methodology and implement the concept of instant messenger communication for various learning systems, including the project method. Features of the main software for communication are given, indicating advantages and disadvantages. The methodological principle of supporting project activities in the messenger for the discipline “Foreign language” at the National Research University “MPEI” is shown. In addition to organizing extracurricular activities, the messenger also provides direct communication with teachers outside the time and territorial framework, transmitting education into an interactive format and increasing student motivation. The comparison of the didactic capabilities of social networks, forums, chats, e-mail and videoconferencing is carried out in terms of organizing interaction between the teacher and the student. Communication is a prerequisite for an effective educational process, taking its quality to a different level and making it more accessible – the boundaries of the traditional educational process are expanding. The organization of training with the introduction of digital tools makes the process more flexible and individualized, making it interactive, which undoubtedly has a positive effect on the motivation of students.