Virtual learning space in the system of e-learning

Abstract

A virtual learning environment is a software system designed for teaching and learning at an educational institution. In the age of computerization and wide network technologydevelopment, active international cooperation with associate higher educationinstitutes, this kind of learning environment makes it possible to use communication tools in order to train highly skilled workers able to conduct breakthrough scientific research studies in priority branches of production, science and technology guided by advanced world experience. The modern society makes great demands of professional, business and personal qualities of graduates who work in real information space. In the meantime, application of new information technology to education and creation of subject-specific teaching methods with the use of computer means is not as intensive as the time presses. Existing software products do not always meet certain needs of the learning process. This research work shows the use of the virtual environment for teaching general educational subjects in institutions of general education. A distinctive feature of the research study is a possibility of improving automated information systems of education, software products employed in educational institutions and creation of a system that makes it possible to derive most benefit from all the resources of the learning process. Methods and techniques used in distance learning are applied to traditional teaching methods intensifying and raising their effectiveness.