University Opens Free Access to 52 Online Courses

09:57, March 18, 2020

Students of every Russian university can master the courses freely

For the effective organization of the educational process using e-learning, distance learning technologies, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation has compiled a list of online courses that are implemented free of charge. The list posted on the website of the department includes online courses of the Ural Federal University.

In total, the list of 52 courses of Ural Federal University, placed on the national platform of open education, includes a number of engineering, economic, pedagogical, social and humanitarian, natural sciences and exact disciplines. Also, UrFU has 6 courses on edx.org platform.

The Ministry of Higher Education and Science reminds that the universities should make the decision to transfer to online by themselves, based on the ability to organize them, and offer to familiarize themselves with the guidelines of the Global Universities Association. As reported the day before, in Ural Federal University, certain categories of students were transferred to the remote education.

Past Sunday the university entered the all-Russian working group on the organization of distance learning in an epidemiological situation. The working group, which includes representatives of the Ministry of Higher Education and Science, leading universities and high-tech companies, develops an agreed list of measures.

In order to protect the health of students, employees of educational and scientific organizations in connection with the unfavorable situation for a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Valery Falkov signed an order recommending the organization of education process outside universities, ensuring that studetns could master educational programs using e-learning and distance learning technologies.