9%
of Russian Internet users involved in self-study choose online methods of education.
Over half of all respondents (54%) still prefer traditional ways of acquiring knowledge – offline.
37% of Russian internet users choose to combine offline and online education.
The data was obtained as part of the next wave of the Monitoring of Innovative Behavior of the Population, carried out by the HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge. The study was conducted in late 2013, and covered 505 Russians aged 16-74 who had used Internet over the preceding month and were involved in self-study.
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Open Day: The Future Begins Here
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HSE Launches First Online Courses on Russia’s National Open Education Platform
Starting today, students from around the world will be able to register for classes taught in Russian by renowned teachers from the Higher School of Economics on Russia's National Open Education Platform. All lectures meet the regulatory requirements set for educational disciplines in Russia.
Thanks to Online Courses, the Best Teachers Will Be More Accessible to Wider Audiences
On April 17, HSE Rector Yaroslav Kuzminov took part in a panel discussion entitled ‘Digital Technology in University Life’, which was held at the Moscow International Education Fair. He answered questions from the presenter, journalist Alexander Arkhangelsky*, and visitors at the fair.
HSE on Coursera: This is only the start
The 11 educational courses completed in the first year of HSE's cooperation with Coursera won an audienec of 300,000. The courses' lecturers talked about how they succeeded in doing this at a round table at HSE.
Co-author of Polish Economic Reforms to Speak about Transition Economies on Coursera
On November 24, an English-language course will begin on Coursera called ‘The Economics of Transition and Emerging Markets,’ taught by Marek Dabrowski, a well-known Polish economist and professor in HSE’s Department of Applied Economics.
Future education: Content Tailored to the Student
Research Fellow at the HSE’s Center of Education Quality Monitoring Dmitry Abbakumov, author of the ‘Theory and practice of computerized testing’ lecture course and developer of the ‘Adaptivity Guide’ software which makes it possible to adapt e-courses to students’ abilities. He recently gave a presentation about his research at The 2014 Computerized Adaptive Testing Summit at Princeton and at Edcrunch in Moscow. In his interview, he talks about why adaptive education is the future and how it is developing at HSE.
Smart Guys Turning to Online Courses
Will internet education replace traditional universities? Where are lectures harder to give – in the classroom or in front of the camera? Would George Clooney be convincing in the role of a real teacher? The Dean of the HSE’s Faculty of Psychology Vasily Klyucharev, who conducts a neuroeconomics course on Coursera, provides answers to these questions.
The HSE has Become a Member of the WWW Consortium
The Higher School of Economics has become the first Russian organization to join the World Wide Web Consortium.