Current Directions of Methodological Support for Teachers in the Implementation of Online Learning for Schoolchildren

Abstract

The authors analyzed scientific and methodological publications on the methods of organizing online learning to identify the current directions in methodological support. These directions included the tools that provide digital communication, multimedia presentation, exchange of methodological materials, video hosting sites, and online tests. A survey of 58 teachers from the Novosibirsk and Sverdlovsk regions revealed their ideas about methodological support for online teaching. The research showed almost no correlation between the responses and the respondents’ gender, age, profile training, teaching experience, online teaching experience, etc. The respondents needed methodological support in mastering multifunctional communication tools, e.g., Microsoft Teams or Discord; the forms of presentation of multimedia graphic content as charts, infographics, intelligence maps, etc.; cloud services for the exchange of methodological materials; special forms to create online tests, e.g., Google Forms, WEBanketa, Menti.com. Most teachers demonstrated a good understanding of the procedure for using materials downloaded from video hosting sites as part of online lessons. The results of the study are relevant for Russian schools and determine the directions of additional training for teachers as providers of digital academic environment.