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SHS Web of Conferences
Volume 28, 2016
RPTSS 2015 – International Conference on Research Paradigms Transformation in Social Sciences 2015
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| Article Number | 01129 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20162801129 | |
| Published online | 15 June 2016 | |
E-Learning as a Means to Improve the Quality of Higher Education
1 National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, 634050, Lenin Avenue, 30, Tomsk, Russia
2 National Research Tomsk State University, 634050, Lenin Avenue, 36, Tomsk, Russia
a Corresponding author: mkuimova@mail.ru
The use of e-learning has become an important part of higher education. It expands the pedagogical resources, assists students in their learning, develops learners’ skills, motivation and knowledge, prepares them for being productive in their workplaces of today’s society. The paper provides the literature review regarding the use of e-learning, its advantages and disadvantages. The authors examine students’ perception of e-learning courses based on the Moodle platform at National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University. The findings from a survey of 67 students reveal that the respondents highlighted the following advantages of e-learning courses: convenience, combination of theoretical and practical material, on-line testing and apprehensibility of the assessment criteria.
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