Ural Research and Education Center's Partners Receive UrFU Online Courses

14:36, July 31, 2020

Another step to integrate scientific potential into industrial sphere of three regions

Ural Federal University has formed a package of proposals for creating network educational programs based on the university's online courses. Strategic partners of the World-Class Ural Research and Education Center — Advanced Industrial Technologies and Materials and partner universities of the consortium will be able to join the program.

“The blended learning model for strategic partners is implemented free of charge by UrFU for those universities that have agreements on strategic partnership within the framework of the research and educational center,” says Andrei Sozykin, Vice-Rector for Development of Educational Activities. “Partner universities can choose any or several online courses of UrFU for teaching their students throughout the academic year.”

Networking is also open to other REC partner universities. UrFU offers three models for integrating its own online courses into the educational process.

Universities can choose during the fall semester of the 2020/21 academic year any or several online courses of UrFU for mixed implementation in teaching their students. 15 online courses will be provided in the first semester at no cost. The model includes connecting students to online courses, accompanying learning, and providing progress uploads.

We are talking about such courses as "Fundamentals of Project Activity", "Information Services in the Management of Engineering Activities", "Management of a Machine-Building Enterprise", "Economic Efficiency of Technical Solutions", "Wireless Telecommunication Systems", "Psychology of Media Communications of the Digital Age", "Interaction state and business in the context of digital transformation ”and a number of others.

The second model is the implementation of blended learning for universities. Partner universities using this model will have access to 56 courses per semester.

The third model deals exclusively with e-learning and additionally involves a final control with proctoring, the provision of a statement and electronic certificates, as well as a set of documents for an online course for accrediting the program.

All three models include connecting students to online courses, accompanying learning, and providing progress uploads.

Another area of ​​development of partnerships with universities in REC may be cooperation in the field of digital transformation of business processes at the university. UrFU offers two options for training employees of other universities, focused on breakthrough changes within the team. This training is based on a game simulator of professional activity "Implementation and development of online learning in educational organizations" and professional development of teachers in the field of creation, use and accreditation of relevant educational programs.