BASIC THEORIES OF ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

Olena Fidanian

doi:10.36690/10.36690/2674-5216-2020-4-98

Authors

Olena Fidanian Interregional Academy of Personnel Management

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36690/10.36690/2674-5216-2020-4-98

Keywords:

distance education, theories of distance education, quality of educational services, educational institutions

Abstract

In the context of the global Sovid-19 pandemic, educational institutions of all levels had to switch to distance education. This led to significant difficulties for those heads of educational institutions whose work teams were unfamiliar with the basics of distance education and were unable to train teachers. That is why the purpose of the article is to study the basic theories of distance education. The main methods used in the article are methods of analysis of scientific papers on distance education and synthesis of theories of distance education. The main results of the study were to identify the main theories and stop their characteristics. The main theories are: Theories of autonomy and independence; Theory of industrialization; Theories of interaction and communication. Studies of the history of distance education and the evolution of theories of its organization have shown that future opportunities for distance education are limitless. Each of the considered theories proved their necessity and effectiveness in appropriate conditions. The main area that needs to be addressed in further research is related to the relationship between the quality of educational services in distance education and the cost of its organization.

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Author Biography

Olena Fidanian, Interregional Academy of Personnel Management

postgraduate student, Private higher educational institution "Higher educational institution"“Interregional academy of personnel management, Kyiv, Ukraine

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