Impact of coronavirus on the role of digital communication platforms in higher education in Russia

Anton Astaev

Master's thesis

Abstract:

This thesis considers the attitude of students at Russian universities who have faced distance learning with help of digital communication platforms due to coronavirus’s quarantine. The goal is to provoke the students to analyze the value of digital technologies, digital communication platforms, as a mechanism for teaching and to see if there are any potentials for digital communication platforms’ development after the coronavirus in the Russian Federation and is there any possibility to further universities transition to digital education permanently. What is more, the paper disclosures the topic with help of comparative analysis examines two time periods before quarantine from March till May 2020 and after it. The research is based on secondary and primary information where primary data gained through the survey with Russian students leads to the idea that further digitalization of higher education in the country seems to be possible.

Abstract:

This thesis considers the attitude of students at Russian universities who have faced distance learning with help of digital communication platforms due to coronavirus’s quarantine. The goal is to provoke the students to analyze the value of digital technologies, digital communication platforms, as a mechanism for teaching and to see if there are any potentials for digital communication platforms’ development after the coronavirus in the Russian Federation and is there any possibility to further universities transition to digital education permanently. What is more, the paper disclosures the topic with help of comparative analysis examines two time periods before quarantine from March till May 2020 and after it. The research is based on secondary and primary information where primary data gained through the survey with Russian students leads to the idea that further digitalization of higher education in the country seems to be possible.

Keywords

the Internet, Russia, Digital Communication Platforms, Social Networks, Universities, Education, Coronavirus, Quarantine, Students, Distance Learning

Keywords

Digital Communication Platforms, Social Networks, the Internet, Russia, Quarantine, Students, Universities, Education, Coronavirus, Distance Learning

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 11. 8. 2020

Thesis defence

• Date of defence: 7. 6. 2021
• Supervisor: Antonín Pavlíček
• Reader: Lucie Böhmová

Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze

Master programme / field:
Aplikovaná informatika / Information Systems Management