No matter how blasphemed the Ministry of Education and Science, it cannot be said that it does nothing. Of course, the assessments of activity vary, but the fact that it is present is undeniable. One of the most interesting aspects of the activity of this institution is the creation of an educational environment. What is she like? What features does it have?
general information
Education is one of the most important components of a modern personality. For the sake of justice, it should be mentioned that the very concept of educational space is still very poorly developed by pedagogy and philosophy. Perhaps this state of affairs has arisen due to the fact that, for centuries, training has traditionally been carried out only in certain closed institutions. So, the very concept of “educational space” was first applied only at the end of the eighties of the last century. But what is it? Existing developments in official documents do not give a complete picture of this aspect of training. This term, for example, can be found in the law on education and pedagogical magazines. As a rule, it is used as a metaphor for maintaining unity in the learning process, despite the fact that active decentralization is carried out. If we consider the educational space as something whole, then this can not always be said even in relation to the territories of individual states. An example is evening schools at churches and similar organizational structures at churches of other religions. Although, according to the law, this can only be done by the Ministry of Education and Science.
History of origin and formation
The phrase "educational space" came into use quite quickly. And this is no coincidence. This process was accompanied by a sharp transition of society to the information stage of development, when data exchange is not a problem. On the crest of a wave of popularity, there was a “capture” of the field of education. Today, having a computer, you can get access to a large amount of information necessary for a person. Now universities can study through the network. But do not attribute the decisive role to information technology alone. So, the acceleration of life also had a great influence. The fact is that at the same time a large number of integration and disintegration processes appeared in people's attention. And in order to indicate all this, the term “educational space” was introduced.
Why are changes happening?
An electronic information and educational environment is being created, processes are accelerating, and a large number of other interesting things are happening. But why? To make it more clear, let us draw an analogy with physics. Those who have taught this science well in school may recall that progress proceeds only in those systems or through those objects that are in a nonequilibrium situation or conditions. This, as well as the openness of the “source code”, has led to the fact that due to the abundance of flows of information, energy and other components, the evolutionary process proceeds. All this is accompanied by an increase in order, an increase in structurality and complexity, and, very importantly, a decrease in entropy.
Educational environment of the educational institution: the root of all processes
Why is there a roll in this direction? The presence of non-equilibrium learning conditions is the result of a deliberate action by the teacher and random arrays of information.
Being determines consciousness! And with exactly the same certainty we can say that consciousness determines being. Given the prevalence of information technology, it is not surprising that someone came up with the idea that it is necessary to create an educational environment that will be based on sites, client programs, free access to materials and so on. After all, this will only increase the beneficial effect of schools, universities and other educational institutions on people's minds. It is also necessary to take into account that the virtualization of the structures of educational institutions,
distance learning and decoupling from the place contributes to the spread of educational services among the general population. These processes are gaining momentum.
Synergistic effect
So-called precedents, when individual components when combined into a single system give a strong positive result, greater than they can give individually. This shows very well what the information and educational environment of a school or university can bring to students. To maximize productivity, it is necessary to create the necessary nonequilibrium situations and conditions. Moreover, all this should be implemented in such a way that a person plunges into the environment and can safely perform educational functions. Under natural conditions, these processes proceed rather slowly. To fix this, deliberate changes are being made on Wednesday to ensure that people’s relationships develop in the right direction. As an example, let's take a look at school. A child can "falsify" the data of his diary, and parents will not know what the true state of affairs of their child is. Now let's add some information technology. Let's say there is an electronic diary. And parents can at any time familiarize themselves with the current state of affairs and provide their child with instructions, if there is a need.
Structural construction
The modern information and educational environment can be considered from a formal point of view. In this case, it is necessary to take the concepts of educational services and data as the basis. That is, in a certain space a person can get specific knowledge. From a formal point of view, such a system requires sources of educational services and consumers. As a channel are information networks that provide the transfer of all necessary. The ongoing
differentiation of social ties can also positively affect the ongoing processes. Indeed, thanks to this, it is possible to build a clear hierarchy within which effective interaction will be organized. Similar is observed at the faculties of information technology. So, the teaching staff, as a rule, has free access to the students' work, which must be in one place. Thus, effective control over the educational process and the implementation of tasks is carried out. Of course, this is only one example of the implementation of the educational information environment, and there are a lot of them.
Improvement
The development of the information and educational environment is a consequence of the success of the actions of educational organizations. Technological processes indicate that the result of the activities of preparatory centers is the availability of professional personnel and the possibility of creating complex developments. They, in turn, are working to accelerate ongoing training and learning processes. It turns out a closed loop acceleration of events. Moreover, when passing a new circle, the process will only accelerate.
Interaction
The concepts of "educational environment" and "space" have many points of contact. They are united mainly by the focus on the fulfillment of training tasks. Both of them are the external environment in relation to the subject that receives education. It should be noted that the environment provides immersion in it. The information flow inherent here is used to improve and change for the better man. It should also be noted a certain autonomy of the educational environment, or rather, its information component. Consider this example: there is a person who is being tested. He interacts with the environment, choosing answers. But he cannot directly influence the grades. Thus, a person is faced with certain limitations. And the technique itself can make decisions on a number of issues. Of course, there are many nuances here, such as hacks, circumvention, system imperfection, and so on, but we will not consider them, since this is beyond the scope of the article.
Complexity
We must not forget that the modern educational information environment is only part of the educational space. Of course, this is an important component, but not everything rests on it. So, in this case, a significant role is played by the quality of educational materials that are presented in the environment. It is also necessary not to discount the fact that this toolkit can be significantly improved. But to get the greatest effect, you need to monitor how the system works in order to remove or improve its components. Subsequently, theoretically, it will be possible to count on the creation of a virtual teacher. But still it is necessary to observe the brink of the rational. So, already now we can say that for information and educational environments is characterized by strict centralization and careful verification of the material. Well, it should be noted that there is a grain of rationalism - because if such an approach were not implemented, then very soon these useful developments could turn into something similar to the average portal or forum.
Conclusion
In addition to all of the above, it should be noted that it will be necessary to take care of the security of the data used, since the likelihood of a talented person who is not averse to obtaining administrator rights and setting ratings as desired is very high. But this is not the only area that remains to be worked on. It should be noted that this area is only just beginning to develop, therefore, there is enormous scope for creating various mechanisms for interaction and decision support.