Open Educational Resources as a Tool to Improve Language Education Effectiveness in the Russian Higher Institutions

Authors

  • Tatiana Sidorenko National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v9i5.3962

Keywords:

language education, language competence, MOOCs, open educational platforms, traditional education format.

Abstract


An attempt of Russian universities to move forward to the leading positions in the world rankings has resulted in some initiatives to enhance their activities on the market of education services. Under these conditions, foreign language proficiency is no longer a luxury and it is becoming an important tool to implement goals of university development. In this regard, new methods and techniques of foreign language teaching are highly demanded, which would significantly improve the language competency of both students and faculty members. A search for effective methods to enhance foreign language teaching makes analyze Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) open educational platforms and consider an opportunity for these platforms to be integrated into the existing system of foreign language teaching in Russian higher education institutions. Based on the research findings, the author concludes that it is irrational to use the resources as embedded components without significant adjustment to the conditions existing in the current higher education system.

Author Biography

Tatiana Sidorenko, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia

Associate Professor, Head of Department of Foreign Languages, Institute of Cybernetics

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Published

2014-09-14

How to Cite

Sidorenko, T. (2014). Open Educational Resources as a Tool to Improve Language Education Effectiveness in the Russian Higher Institutions. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 9(5), pp. 67–70. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v9i5.3962

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Short Papers