Impact of coronavirus on the role of digital communication platforms in higher education in Russia
| Thesis title: | Impact of coronavirus on the role of digital communication platforms in higher education in Russia |
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| Author: | Astaev, Anton |
| Thesis type: | Diploma thesis |
| Supervisor: | Pavlíček, Antonín |
| Opponents: | Böhmová, Lucie |
| Thesis language: | English |
| Abstract: | This thesis considers the attitude of students at Russian universities who have faced distance learning with help of digital communication platforms due to coronavirus’s quarantine. The goal is to provoke the students to analyze the value of digital technologies, digital communication platforms, as a mechanism for teaching and to see if there are any potentials for digital communication platforms’ development after the coronavirus in the Russian Federation and is there any possibility to further universities transition to digital education permanently. What is more, the paper disclosures the topic with help of comparative analysis examines two time periods before quarantine from March till May 2020 and after it. The research is based on secondary and primary information where primary data gained through the survey with Russian students leads to the idea that further digitalization of higher education in the country seems to be possible. |
| Keywords: | Digital Communication Platforms; Social Networks; the Internet; Russia; Quarantine; Students; Universities; Education; Coronavirus; Distance Learning |
| Thesis title: | Impact of coronavirus on the role of digital communication platforms in higher education in Russia |
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| Author: | Astaev, Anton |
| Thesis type: | Diplomová práce |
| Supervisor: | Pavlíček, Antonín |
| Opponents: | Böhmová, Lucie |
| Thesis language: | English |
| Abstract: | This thesis considers the attitude of students at Russian universities who have faced distance learning with help of digital communication platforms due to coronavirus’s quarantine. The goal is to provoke the students to analyze the value of digital technologies, digital communication platforms, as a mechanism for teaching and to see if there are any potentials for digital communication platforms’ development after the coronavirus in the Russian Federation and is there any possibility to further universities transition to digital education permanently. What is more, the paper disclosures the topic with help of comparative analysis examines two time periods before quarantine from March till May 2020 and after it. The research is based on secondary and primary information where primary data gained through the survey with Russian students leads to the idea that further digitalization of higher education in the country seems to be possible. |
| Keywords: | the Internet; Russia; Digital Communication Platforms; Social Networks; Universities; Education; Coronavirus; Quarantine; Students; Distance Learning |
Information about study
| Study programme: | Aplikovaná informatika/Information Systems Management |
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| Type of study programme: | Magisterský studijní program |
| Assigned degree: | Ing. |
| Institutions assigning academic degree: | Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Informatics and Statistics |
| Department: | Department of Systems Analysis |
Information on submission and defense
| Date of assignment: | 11. 8. 2020 |
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| Date of submission: | 3. 5. 2021 |
| Date of defense: | 7. 6. 2021 |
| Identifier in the InSIS system: | https://insis.vse.cz/zp/73793/podrobnosti |