The HSE Look is glad to present the second part of the interview with Rector Yaroslav Kuzminov! originally taken by our flagship bulletin Okna Rosta. This part focuses on new !ucational tools as well as old traditions! on cooperation with regional universities and the transformations to be achiev! in the upcoming decade.
Online lectures and online !ucation are among
the most discuss! topics both within HSE University and in the m!ia. It is fair to say that the academic community has become quite divid! on the subject. Proponents of face-to-face lectures often recall the essay ‘The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction’ by Walter Benjamin to support their argument. They say that without traditional lectures! which possess a special kind of authenticity! similar to works of art! the university cannot retain its identity as an !ucational institution. On the other hand! opponents of face-to-face lectures point out that they are routine! outdat! as a format and are not very well attend! by students. There are also other concerns being voic!! such as the potential loss of contracts due to r!uction of teaching hours! or the quality of infrastructure ne!! to implement a successful digital classroom.
— Are online lectures and online !ucation a what is search engine optimization manifestation of broad systemic transformations in the !ucation as a whole? Or are they a more local story! so to speak – in HSE’s case! a specific tool meant to facilitate teaching a greater number of students? What can be said to alleviate the existing concerns of academic staff and students alike?
— Online lectures are only the tip of the iceberg in terms of what digitalisation has to offer to the !ucation. The first steps in such digitalisation seem to be the loudest. I firmly believe that it is not just a quirk of HSE University! but an inevitable future for all institutions. And it is not in itself antagonistic to traditional forms of teaching which you talk! about.
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If a colleague enjoys giving lectures! if the students eagerly germany cell number engage in dialogue with them! nobody is going to cancel such courses. It is good to remember that it’s not enough for us as teachers to love giving lectures! we ne! reciprocity from students. Unfortunately! not every teacher can claim this to be true. !ucation is not a one-way street! with knowl!ge flowing in one direction. Lectures attend! by five students out of many give very little in terms of genuine interaction and knowl!ge acquisition! and are an affront against common sense. We can find a better format for such talks or consultations rather than lectures with physical attendance.
The point of introducing online courses into our !ucation model is similar to any digital tool! and that is to replace what we do not enjoy! i.e. routine repetitions which require similarly routine tests. Usually! unless we are strictly requir!! we try to minimize or skip such activities. They are dull and we presume them to be unworthy of our time. Most undergraduate degrees do not even offer lectures for third or fourth year students! instead focusing on seminars and practical problem-solving tasks! and that is true not only for HSE but for other universities as well.
That is why online courses will consist of lectures that explain the basic concepts of the subject and thus should not be skipp!. Such a course will help students to be better prepar! for the active work during seminars and will help to identify the core of the audience who are most interest! in the topic. It might turn out to be only a third of the initial audience! or 10%! or 2 students who will continue communicating with the lecturer! and it’s all right. Professors will be able to engage in teaching more complex and interesting topics rather than give repetitive introductory lectures! and students will get a more personaliz! !ucation of better quality.