Distant Education. Students’ Point of View

Abstract

The perception of positive and negative features of the distance education by students of Moscow schools and universities is considered. By comparison of the sociological surveys data conducted before the pandemic and those done currently the author reveals a number of invariant difculties for students associated with adaptation to the general learning environment and interaction with the teacher. The main obstacles to the distance learning progress were the organizational unpreparedness of universities and schools, as well as the overload of the Internet and educational platforms. The reasons for the predominance of a positive attitude to distance learning over a negative one are the time-savings, increased mobility and the use of new opportunities for self-education.