Distance Learning Technologies in Organizing Self-Study Work of Students
In this article, on the basis of the analysis of didactic potentialities of three kinds of distance learning technologies (case technology, Internet technology, TV technology), the feasibility of integrating case and Internet technologies to design an “electronic case” as a means of students’ self-studying in e-learning of foreign languages and cultures is substantiated. The content of educational, monitoring, motivating and informative functions of the “electronic case” in self-studying is defined. The constituent features of the “electronic case” are described. The structure examples of the “electronic case” and its content for developing business letter writing and reading skills are given. To create an “electronic case” a course management system Moodle should be used as its educational potential enables implementation of the suggested requirements for its designing.
