Transformation of the Educational Process within Online Technologies Implementation in the Period of the Global Crisis

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to drastic changes in all spheres of life. In terms of education, the pandemic modified the way of teaching and learning. To meet the demands of new circumstances, the priorities shifted towards the implementation of online technology. Thus, the article examines the peculiarities of changes that happened in the educational sphere due to the online technology implementation. It analyzes the positive and negative aspects of this phenomenon. Based on the results of the survey conducted among educators, the article identifies weak points and challenges that should be overcome in the future for the successful operation of educational establishments online. Besides, it studies a material base and tools available for free use for world educational establishments as well as a problem of creating online groups with an optimal number of students. The purpose of the research is a comprehensive study of transformations happening in the educational process due to the application of online technology tools at the world level.