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ROLE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION IN IMPROVEMENT OF SYSTEM OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
D. B. Sultonmuradov
The peculiarities of distance learning as a main form of education in the system of the professional development of teachers are defined in this article, and also the advantages of this kind of education and its structure are characterized.
Key words: professional development through distance learning, virtual information center, learning materials, information environment, education portal.
Distance learning very quickly showed to be a special form of education in the world’s practice, as an interactive method of training. Distance learning represents the pedagogical process, based on the use of information technologies and telecommunications. It is carried out through the training resource centers, the Internet, and e-mail. Those trained by this method, can enter a virtual class and use virtual slides. Distance learning is a process of the possession of knowledge and skills based on the mediated communication of the participants who are at distance from each other, but united by the educational environment thanks to psychology and pedagogical, information and communication technologies. It is focused on the self-development of the personality, on preparation for future specialty.
In our Republic of Uzbekistan, the centers of distance learning gained development, and also their regional offices which are engaged in retraining and in professional development of teachers within the region were created. Distance learning is carried out by receiving the necessary training, educational and methodical materials (through audio, video, computer disks) from the Internet, or from the specified centers, and the teacher can improve their skills independently. Remote professional development is a virtual process, lasting for three months. The advantages of remote professional development: (a) it is carried out on-the-job; (b) costs of training are reduced; (c) the latest information and communication technologies in the educational process are used, and the teacher gets access to the world’s information in the sphere of education; (d) there is an opportunity to choose a convenient time for digestion of materials; (e) self-education of the teacher happens at a rapid pace, at the most suitable time and in a convenient place.
The formation of a complex of support of the virtual training center acting on the base of the educational web-server and development of its potential directions is connected with the administrative, educational and methodical, scientific and research activities of the virtual center. According to this, the information structure of the training center is defined so that along with the distance training, creative projects can be carried out. Planning a use for the order of information resources, the teachers can observe the organization of the management of educational or creative processes, and specifics of monitoring at the same time. It is clear that creation of the sites is carried out gradually, using "bottom-up" technology - for example, from the usual list of the trained personnel, to the full information on
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activities of the virtual training center. The maintenance of the educational server is supplemented with various electronic training materials. In this aspect, the main role belongs firstly, to the teachers, but the wide field of activities is also opens for pupils. For example, the teachers, and sometimes the trainees could create web pages based on survey materials, or offer the list of necessary sources on a subject (or a theme), annotated catalogs, or participate in modeling of some information programs. Unfortunately, the uniform standard of the software has not been developed yet. For preservation of the information environment at the time of realization of distance learning in educational institutions or centers (in scales of the republic or beyond its limits), it is necessary to create the software taking into account local features of regions.
Courses have been created for remote professional development in the fields of mathematics, information technology, physics, chemistry, biology, geography, bases of economic knowledge, English, German and French, native language and literature, and subjects of elementary education that function in the republic. The course workflow uses modern techniques and new information and communication technologies.
In summary, it should be noted that improvement of remote professional development matters in ensuring the continuous development of the professional competence of teachers, and the introduction of modern technologies in the educational process.
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Translated from Russian by Znanije Central Translastions Bureas
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