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Because of COVID-19 pandemic, all educational institutions in the country were closedAfter a short vacation, schools and universities began to return to the educational process, however, classes began to be in the distance. A professor of the IUT discusses the transformation of the educational model in the world and the impact of the pandemic on the development of distance education in Uzbekistan.
According of artificial intelligence professor, Francis Tai Noh, in recent years, the field of education is already undergoing significant changes. According of artificial intelligence professor, Francis Tai Noh, in recent years, the field of education is already undergoing significant changes. For example usual higher education for a certain period of time (undergraduate) gradually replaces short-term training, extended over a long period of time (lifelong learning), experts will be replaced by the facilitators, and everyone can teach, who have certain skills, and classrooms and campuses will become irrelevant on the background of gadgets and the internet, contributing to the development of distance learning.
“COVID-19 made the whole world switch to distance learning, but many countries were not ready for this. The existing education system should gradually move from familiar lectures to context-oriented learning. But for this transition, the interest of all parties involved in the educational process is extremely important. I think that in Uzbekistan this is quite possible to implement in the current situation”, said Francis Tai Noh.
A professor of the IUT believes that the situation in Uzbekistan can serve as an impetus for the development of distance education, which has become quite popular in many countries. However, not all students agree this opinion. According to a survey conducted by the IUT press service in the official Telegram channel, the majority negatively perceives to the distance education.35% of the 800 respondents consider such training are not ineffective. Another 16% added that the Universities of our country are not ready for such an innovation. Only 8% answered that they are feeling neutral with the distance education, without feeling the difference between studying at home or in the classroom. At the same time, 25% of the audience spoke in favor of distance learning, noting that it was time to introduce something new in the current education system. Another 16% also supported the innovation, calling it an interesting experiment.
It is worth noting introduction of distance education would make it possible to study for people with special needs, who often cannot get education because of difficulties with movement. According to the professor, for Uzbekistan among the constraining factors are the insufficiently high speed of the Internet, as well as poor adaptation of students themselves in a new way of receiving education.