Digital pedagogy: Experience of advanced training

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the results of the professional development program “Digital Pedagogy of the Modern University” held at the Philosophy Department of Moscow State University. In today’s increasingly mediated everyday life by digital technologies, the Internet, and virtual communicative environments, traditional education is getting a new lease of life. While digital devices have long been an integral part of modern life, social, cultural and educational institutions are struggling to keep up with the rapid pace of change. As the coronavirus spread across the world, universities moved classes online to prevent coronavirus spread. The program “Digital Pedagogy of the Modern University” was aimed not at the permanent movement from face-to-face to online education but the desire to implement an interim solution for emergency remote teaching and discuss the challenges. During the program, the organizers considered both methodological issues of creating courses and current trends in educational development, psychological aspects of network communications in a distance learning, and much more. The emphasis was made on the reflection of moving to online teaching. The survey on the results of the program showed that the impact of the experience of distance learning was a complex phenomenon. This study may serve as a basis for further discussion.