Distance Learning Technologies as а Modern Way of Educational Communication

   The relevance of the article is conditioned by the urgency of the situation due to the pandemic, specifically: the necessity of using distance learning technologies to the full extent for a long period of time with no loss in quality of educational process.
   The aim of the article is to comprehend theoretical basics of distance learning (DL) and generalize the experience of its use at the International Medical Institute (IMI) of Federal State Budgetary Educational Establishment of Higher Education “Kursk State Medical University” of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (FSBEE HE KSMU of the Ministry of Health of Russia; KSMU).
   The objectives of the research are search and further improvement of tools, methods and techniques of DL, enhancing its outcome and minimizing the negative factors, which affect the results of educational process.
   In order to achieve the target goal, the following methods were chosen: survey of the representative groups, receiving and revealing of the empiric data, comparison of the obtained results and statistical data processing as well. The article is concerned with the results of the sociological survey on satisfaction of foreign students with the quality of DL in the spring semester of 2019/2020 academic year. The analysis of the educational process is carried out from the perspective of an educational service consumer (student) in order to reconsider the existing experience of teaching methods used in the remote mode for the achievement of the appropriate level of knowledge acquisition and shaping skills and abilities among students necessary for future professional activity. The IMI students from 1 to 6^th year of study served as respondents. They tried to describe objectively their distance learning experience at FSBEE HE KSMU of the Ministry of Health of Russia, all the difficulties that they had to face, the way they solved emerging challenges and things that need to be changed. The results of the student survey showed the necessity of improving tools, methods and techniques in distance learning. The advantages of DL with the use of digital services are evident under the existing circumstances, but its use is connected with certain negative developments that must be excluded in accordance with the research results of customer satisfaction within the educational system.

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