DISTANCE LEARNING AS AN ACTUAL CONCEPT IN THE FORMATION OF MODERN EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES

The article offers the results of research on the concept of “distance earning”. The actual understanding of the concept of “distance learning” has gone beyond scientific discursive practices into a live experience of interaction between participants in the educational process and has become an urgent problem in both scientific and everyday life. The purpose of the research is to describe the nominative field of the concept, its peripheral components, which, according to the authors, allows us to understand the problems associated with the introduction of distance learning in the education system, and to analyze possible solutions. Diagnostics of synonyms and antonyms of the concept “distance learning” allowed to describe the place of the concept in actual cognitions that form the expectations of teachers and suggestions of teachers who broadcast educational disciplines online. The objectivity and subjectivity of associations that determine the specifics of the conceptual field of cognition “distance learning” are natural markers of research that combine theoretical and empirical methods. The effective form of diagnosis is a questionnaire conducted in the context of online learning, based on virtual educational platforms. 300 students of Tyumen universities who are studying remotely due to quarantine (spring-summer 2020) took part in the survey. It was the self-isolation mode that allowed us to have an audience that was suitable for the experiment not only in terms of quantity, but also in terms of quality, since during one academic year the respondents experienced the pros and cons of various forms of education. The results of the survey indicate the need to prepare important organizational decisions through the use of speech strategies based on cognitive research; as well as the importance of speech diagnostics of current problems that are verbalized and become part of the information, psychological and cultural field of modern man. The authors ‘ conclusions are related to the prospects of using the capabilities of cognitive science in the practice of both higher and secondary education, as well as in the sphere of interaction of administrative management structures with performers and consumers of educational services. To understand the prospects of research of this kind, it is important that modern linguistic science allows to record the attitudes, moods, likes and dislikes of different audiences on different occasions and simultaneously harmonize the present and even the future of society, including hot topics in the field of scientific reflection and attracting professionals to the discussion.

Keywords: distance learning, distance education, concept, cognitive analysis, educational strategies