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MODERN ASPECTS OF THE USE
OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
IN THE SYSTEM OF CONTINUING EDUCATION
R. Sh. Khaitov
The article deals with the use of information technology in continuing education, listing the legislative documents for computerization and development of information technologies in Uzbekistan and identifying opportunities for their use in continuing education.
Key words: youth, training system, continuing education, information technology.
The lack of professionalism in the use of information and communication technologies among modern teachers represents a significant gap in their training. First, this lack of professionalism leads to a significant reduction in the effectiveness of young people’s training. Therefore, much attention is paid to the development of computerization and information technology in all educational institutions in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The use of computers and information technology in the educational process has been facilitated by laws such as the Law “On the Foundations of Youth Policy in the Republic of Uzbekistan,” the Law “On Informatization,” the Law “On Electronic Digital Signature,” the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On Measures to Manage the Development of the Program for the Development of Computer and Information Technologies in 2001-2005, and to Provide Wide Access to International Web Information Systems” (2001), Decrees of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov “On Further Development of Computerization and Implementation of Information and Communication Technologies” (2002), “On Measures for Further Development of Computerization and Implementation of Information and Communication Technologies” (2002), “On Measures for Further Implementation and Development of Modern Information and Communication Technologies” (2012), and other regulations and decrees of the President, Oliy Majlis and the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
“We should keep in mind that we live in the 21st century,” emphasizes Islam Karimov. “It is quite apparent that the social conditions and requirements that existed a thousand years ago and the realities of the present age of computerization and telecommunications with its rapid pace of time are as different as day and night. Without connections with the world market and the international community, and without meeting the requirements imposed by time itself, any state will have no future, no matter what continent it is on.” [1] Informatization of society, as well as the closely related informatization of the system of continuing education, is characterized by the improvement and global spread of information and communication technologies which are widely used to transmit information and support the interaction between the teacher and the learner in the modern system of continuing education. Therefore, teachers must not only have knowledge in the field of information and telecommunication technologies, but also be skilled in using them in their professional activities. For example, the use of computers in education has given rise to the emergence of a new generation of educational
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information technologies that have improved the quality of training, enabling the creation of new tools of educational influence and improving the effectiveness of interactions of teachers and students with computers. Many experts believe that new computer-based educational information technologies have improved the effectiveness of training by 20-30%.
Our experience shows that the use of information and communication technologies in the educational process renders training sessions more interesting, dynamic and compelling, and the enormous flow of information helps expand students’ understanding of the surrounding world. Information technology equips teachers with a large pool of capabilities, enabling them to spend more of their time on live communication with students. The spiral turn of informatization is going higher and higher; but we should not forget that any educational process is based on educational technologies. When used in the educational process of an educational institution, they should help streamline the labor-intensive potential of a teacher to make the learning process more efficient and effective. Therefore, it is important that information technology be used along with, but not instead of, conventional ones, i.e. classical educational techniques. This means that educational information resources should not replace them, but help make them more effective.
The use of information and communication technologies in continuing education opens up new opportunities, with the main ones being the following: (a) wider access to academic information; (b) the development in young people of communication skills, communication culture, and the ability to search for information; (c) the organization of real-time advice; (d) increased individualization of learning and the development of a framework for self-directed learning; (e) provision of real-time virtual training; (f) organization of joint research projects; (g) simulation of teaching and research activities; (h) building a network community of teachers and learners, etc.
The above-described scientific and methodical positions form the basis of the teaching system used in our university and their consistent use has provided positive results.
References
1. Каримов И. А. Высокая духовность - непобедимая сила. - Ташкент: Узбекистан, 2008.
2. Яковлев А. И. Информационно-коммуникационные технологии в образовании» // Информационное общество. - М., 2001. - Вып. 2. - С. 32-37.
Translated from Russian by Znanije Central Translastions Bureas
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