Distant teacher-student collaboration

Frolova Natalia
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia

Implementing forms of teacher-student collaboration via information and communication technologies in distance education is a complex and challenging process. It enhances education, accelerates the exchange of urgent information, and provides a free flow of distant communication. However, there are some controversial issues which slow down its use in teaching practice. The paper presents the advantages and disadvantages of social Internet sites from both the teachers’ and students’ points of view. While carrying out this project, fourth generation evaluation principles were adopted. The author used observation and interviewing in the process of data collection. The purpose of this paper is to make public the results of this research in the field of ICT, the findings of which are given in the article.