Application of Modern Information Systems in the Framework of the Educational Course “Self-Determination and Professional Orientation of the Student’s Personality”

¹ Moscow Pedagogical State University, M. Pirogovskaya str.1/1, Moscow, 119991, Russia
² Togliatti State University, Belorusskaya str., 14, 445020, Togliatti, Russia
³ Bauman Moscow State Technical University, 2nd Baumanskaya str., 5/1, 105005, Moscow, Russia

^* Corresponding author: tikhanov@bmstu.ru

Abstract

This publication reveals the possibilities of using modern information technologies as a part of the educational process at the university. The authors analyze the modern information technologies used in higher education. The paper formulates the didactic principles of applying modern information technologies and determines their significance. Information technologies implemented in the framework of the educational course “Self-determination and professional orientation of the student’s personality” are examined in detail. The paper describes the conditions for the implementation of this discipline and detailed steps for constructing it within the educational process. It also provides an analysis of the InfoDa distance learning system which is implemented at the FSBEI HE “Moscow State Pedagogical University” and allows running the entire training cycle, starting with the presentation of lecture material and ending with the monitoring of acquired knowledge and skills. Possibilities and features of the application of the InfoDa system are presented on the example of the educational course “Self-determination and professional orientation of the student’s personality”. The paper also shows the effectiveness of using the InfoDa system as modern information technology in the educational process. The conclusion is clear that modern information technologies make the educational process more productive, having a positive effect both on the level of students’ knowledge and on the formation of professionally important competencies.