The Contemporary Distance Learning Industry in the Context of COVID-19

Karim El Guessab (), Rita Vyazova (), Rita Vyazova (), Andrii Kurguzov () and Liudmyla Kompaniiets ()
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Karim El Guessab: Zaporizhzhia National University, Ukraine
Rita Vyazova: Zaporizhzhia National University, Ukraine
Rita Vyazova: Zaporizhzhia National University, Ukraine
Andrii Kurguzov: Zaporizhzhia National University, Ukraine
Liudmyla Kompaniiets: Zaporizhzhia National University, Ukraine

Postmodern Openings, 2021, vol. 12, issue 2, 494-509

Abstract: The article examines the state and trends in the development of distance learning in the world in conditions of covid-19, identifies the main specific difference between distance education and other forms of education, and analyzes the state of the world market of educational services via the Internet. The important features and characteristics of distance learning, examples of its organization in higher educational institutions, as well as statistics on the development of distance learning in the world are presented. The main problematic points on the way of introducing the distance education system in the context of a pandemic and the factors hindering the development of this promising form of education are identified. In addition, the article examines the psychological and pedagogical features of distance learning with the current conditions of the development of education at the university. The psychological characteristics of students and their learning difficulties have been determined. It also clarified the problems faced by teachers in the organization and implementation of distance learning. Practical recommendations for the support of distance learning for students have been developed.

Keywords: distance learning; COVID-19; postmodern society; the psychological and pedagogical features (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I2 O0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.18662/po/12.2/320

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