What is the modern information environment? What is the purpose of its creation? What benefits, at least theoretically, should it provide to the public? And who is it designed for in the first place? These questions, as well as a number of others, will be answered in the framework of this article.
general information
Speaking about what the term “information environment” means, it is worth noting that it is rather difficult to express it in one definition. Therefore, to understand as best as possible, we give a few opinions. According to O. I. Sokolova, this should be called the pedagogical system and its support in the form of material, technical, regulatory, financial, economic and managerial component. A. A. Andreev believes that this is a relevant anthroposophical information entourage, the main purpose of which is the disclosure of creative potential. V. A. Yasvin is of the opinion that this is the totality of all the possibilities for the development and training of the individual. Moreover, this means both positive and negative aspects. The main thing is that they give opportunities. The interpretation of O. A. Ilchenko is also interesting, according to which the information environment is a part of space, which is closest to a specific individual and is his environment and a set of conditions in which the activity is carried out. In general, as you see, there is no unity among scientists. But for quality material, one should dwell on a certain interpretation.
The choice
The interpretation of S. D. Deryab was chosen as the most suitable. According to him, the information environment is a collection of educational institutions, data banks, global and local information networks, governing bodies and book funds organized according to their functional, territorial and subject-specific addressing, organized on the principle of consistency. In addition, it also includes transmission media, interaction protocols, resources used, hardware and software, and organizational and methodological support aimed at educational activities.
Topological features
To better understand what a single information environment is, we highlight the main points:
- It is a complex object with a systemic nature.
- A single information environment to achieve a comprehensive effect in the form of the implementation of the goal should have such a property as the integrity of education and training.
- For the best result, she is obliged to develop the totality of human relations within the context of the sociocultural and ideological adaptation of the individual to the world, and vice versa.
- To assess the effectiveness that a single information environment has, they monitor the positive and negative characteristics of the graduated entities. You should try to ensure that the result matches the ordered vector of value orientations.
- You need to understand that the educational information environment is not only a condition, but also a means of education and training.
- To create a coordinate system of the leading conditions, psychological-didactic and spatial-subject components are used.
- The educational information environment forms the substrate of individualized activity, which goes from learning situations to life.
Small digression
Now a lot of talk about how you need an information environment, an information system and much more. Have they been before? Of course. But in this case, we have the feature that it is now extremely easy to access certain information. And you can study anywhere. Therefore, we can say that the environment = information environment. The only question is the quality of our knowledge.
Conceptual Features
Despite the fact that the word “environment” (or even “space”) is used to indicate the current situation and ongoing processes, this is not entirely correct. More appropriate, according to some scholars, is still a term such as "system". Why? The fact is that the use of phrases like "environment", "information environment" began, rather, with civil servants in the field of education, rather than academic scientists. This state of affairs arose, probably due to the fact that there is no time to think about the purity of scientific definitions. So, in many interpretations one can find words that the modern information environment is a combination (or system) of various elements - technical, educational and other components. We must not forget about the participants. Moreover, they mean both teachers and students. Interesting studies of this issue were carried out by E. Peskovsky. Thus, a rigorous analysis determined that the educational environment is a subsystem of the sociocultural sphere. It includes 154 facts, situations and circumstances that have developed throughout history and are aimed at a holistic organization. But the socio-cultural sphere is considered as a system of key factors on which the development of a person and his education depends.
And what to do with it?
To understand complex processes and phenomena and develop effective scientific advice, modeling is often used. Full-time training and assimilation of knowledge through the Internet is described by one theoretical model. Should it be so? Yes! This is the power of science - that different processes can be described by one model. In addition, it allows you to clearly formulate questions and tasks that need to be answered. So, the most significant is the purpose, content of information, means of transmission, teaching methods, forms. In addition, a general picture of the student and teacher is also provided.
The result of modeling the educational environment
The model used is suitable for the analysis of various pedagogical processes. On its basis, one can formulate another vision of the topic under consideration. And the information will help us with this. The information environment is a pedagogical system, which includes its support in the form of financial, economic, material, technical, regulatory and managerial components. What is the core in this case? The pedagogical system itself acts directly. Various pedagogical processes are investigated.
Example
It is difficult to imagine the consideration of such a complex and at the same time interesting topic without paying attention to the model of the modern educational information environment. And as an example, the virtual representation of the institution was chosen. The technologies of the information environment that are considered are a set of interconnected software modules (service departments), thanks to which it is possible to prepare and carry out the educational process along with the implementation by any category of users of their functional responsibilities. The main ones in this case are the student and teacher. A set of service providers is typical software. But the composition and content of the created resource will be determined directly by the educational institution. So, as the main elements can be included an electronic library, classes, administration and other necessary points.
Feature
How is the embodiment and development of the information environment? Initially, an analysis of the methodological, organizational and scientific activities of educational institutions (nurseries, kindergartens, schools, universities, educational research institutes) is carried out. Then information is collected about the type, content and characteristics of the information that ensures the functioning of the subjects. After that, you need to develop a concept based on organizational, scientific, educational and other functions. Then, the structure and principle of operation of the virtual class (departments, laboratories, etc.) are built. Then you can start developing a website on the Internet, on which all the required information will be posted. The advantage of this approach is that the subject can act not only in a very limited area, but throughout the country, and even abroad. Of course, there is no need for this in the school class. But if you consider this aspect from the perspective of a university department or a research laboratory, it is extremely useful.
Conclusion
Information and educational environments (or systems) have a very great future. Now it’s hard to say what they will result in, but the fact that development will go on is unconditional. In the future, this can be realized in virtual classes, when students can see for themselves what is happening and how (although it will be more accurate to say that they will see a high-quality simulation). Using this approach will allow to qualitatively improve the effectiveness of training. And this, in turn, will be extremely useful for the whole country - because the more educated people there are, the less crime, economic prosperity and many other positive things, looking at which, we can confidently say: IOS must be developed and improved for the best result!