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==ACS University and Electronic University in the Age of Digital Economy==
https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2341/paper-08.pdf
ACS University and Electronic University in the Age of Digital
Economy
Elena.G. Shepilova Vladimir D. Vereskun
Vice-rector Rector
Rostov State Transport University Rostov State Transport University
Rostov-on-Don, Russia Rostov-on-Don, Russia
she@rgups.ru vvd@rgups.ru
workflow automation, optimization of decision
making procedures, reduction of total cost of system
ownership.
Abstract EU:
to develop and to implement educational
The article underlines the role of technologies and various methods for organizing the
Automated control systems for the educational process and to manage it on the basis of
university administration and the e-learning.
importance of Electronic universities in the to produce educational materials for
context of digital economy development at training programs and study courses that can jointly
universities. The meaning of the concept form a meaningful, flexible and pedagogically
“education digitalization” is defined. The efficient educational environment. With its help it is
article also considers the possibility to use possible to achieve the objectives of the main
the platform principle of university educational programs for all students, regardless of
management organization and to carry out the form of the education.
the educational process by analyzing the At the present moment the trends of development
certain information platforms. of the national economy are determined by the ideas
of the digital economy (DE) [Sem17]. Scientific and
1 Introduction educational sphere as part of the national economy is
no exception. The basic principles of DE are
It is impossible to imagine the activity of the [Sem17]:
modern university without full-fledged support 1. Implementation of program and
departments: Automated control system of the informational frameworks in production and
university (ACS University) and Electronic business.
university (EU) [Kly042]. At the present time we 2. Formation of man-machine complexes
deal with the stable distribution of the spheres of based on the ideology of cyber physical systems (as
influences between ASC University and EU at the contrasted with automation systems).
university. In its basic configuration the distribution 3. Development of Internet of things, which
of the roles and functions between them is as follows essence consists in Internet communication between
[Kov80, Gug13]:1 things (technical objects, programs etc.) together
ACS University: with Internet of ideas and humans.
to create the united information 4. Use of modern information technologies:
environment of the university, its branches and nudge-technologies, that let the individual
colleges that ensures the information support of the make a particular choice, or behave in a particular
main and secondary business process in the way;
educational institutions (monitoring, analyzing and blockchain, that can put the human activity
management); into algorithm and ensure a convenient Internet
to integrate the management of all business based communication protocol;
processes within one united corporate system; intellectual analysis of big data that lead to
to increase the effectiveness of the generation of new ways of thinking and
management of the educational institutions due to
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permitted for private and academic purposes. and Natural-Scientific Training in Engineering
In: B. V. Sokolov, A. D. Khomonenko, A. A. Education", St.-Petersburg, Russia, 8–9 November,
Bliudov (eds.): Selected Papers of the Workshop 2018, published at http://ceur-ws.org
Computer Science and Engineering in the
framework of the 5 th International Scientific-
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automatic behavior in the life of an individual and In essence, a Comindware software solution is a
the society in whole. platform, not a ready-to-use product. It means that:
In the context of concepts and technologies of it will take some time to configure the
DE we shall understand the digitalization of software before users can work with it;
education as follows: when using the Comindware product, users
creation of cyber-physical systems at the are not limited to rigid frameworks; they can use
university, both in the field of science and in the field platform tools and create various software solutions
of educational activities. It means, in the ACS that fit their specific requirements.
University, as in the man-machine complex, the As a special advantage of Comindware,
emphasis should be shifted from the automation of developers point out that this platform allows
activities (carried out through a person) to the business analysts and businesspeople to customize
Internet of things; most of their capabilities, even without involving a
creation of specialized platforms, both for programmer.
the management of the university, and to ensure the Let us consider the Comindware system as a tool
educational process within the EU. for managing tasks, processes and documents. In
development of special nudge-technologies principle, all these functions are part of the overall
that incorporate employees and students into system and constantly “overlap” with each other,
scientific and educational processes. because the processes consist of separate tasks, and
introduction of blockchain in order to a document flow is a combination of tasks with
improve the communication (increasing objectivity, documents.
transparency and reliability) in various areas of the Comindware is a fully browser-based solution. It
university activities: administration – employees, means that the system does not have its own
teachers – students, university – consumers of application or client program, which would need to
educational services, university – ministry, etc. be installed on user workstations. We can just open
Digitization of a university begins with the any convenient browser, specify the address of the
introduction of DE technologies and models into the system and go through authorization for working.
ACS University and EU. This inevitably raises the The system consists of two parts:
question of the nature of the transition from administrative part intended for
traditional positions to the ideology of DE. There are development;
two strategies for such a transition: User part where users work.
use of ready for service (professionally To complete the work in the system, we must
made) information platforms. In this case, a range of install all user settings; configure processes, tasks
issues arise how to adapt a universal platform to the and documents. And only after business solutions are
needs of a particular university; created in the administrator section, users will be
development of own (original) platform. able to execute them in their section.
Now the issues of adaptation disappear, but there are From the point of view of the logic of building
problems to ensure quality service, safety, reliability the work, the closest analogy is the 1C system: it also
of the system. It requires the involvement of highly has programmer access to the platform
qualified programmers. (configuration creation) and subsequent user work
Analyzing the experience of introducing within the configuration.
platforms in other areas of the economy and At the same time, in the Comindware system, the
business, we can recommend the first strategy to be separation of user functions and capabilities of the
implemented in universities. administrator is very rigid, which can be considered
In this regard, let us consider, as an example, the as an advantage.
possibility of using well-known professional The system consists of the following main
platforms for the synthesis of ACS University and components: users; patterns; settings;
EU. communication channels; data transfer paths;
Systems for the automation of the enterprise reports.
activity [Ruz18]. Currently, many such systems Users are all future participants of the system,
have been developed: Pyrus, Bitrix24, 1C, from the administrator to the ordinary performers.
Dokumentooborot (Document Flow), BPM Online, As with any system of this type in Comindware, we
ELMA, etc. They successfully accomplish the tasks can create sets of user rights and assign a particular
assigned within a specific production and business. role with the selected rights to each user.
Each of the products has its own characteristics. For Two types of authentication are implemented for
example, we shall consider the Comindware users:
Business Application Platform (abbreviated as LDAP: it means the ability to access by
Comindware). It is designed to solve management using a two-way application (lightweight directory
problems. access protocol);
Comindware is a flexible system that can Local authentication: traditional access
promptly adjust to the ever-changing business needs. with login and password.
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The entire system is configured through three describe the status of active processes, allow you to
types of templates: process, record, case. see what is happening in real time. To generate a
Let us consider in more detail the description of report, we have just to select a process template or
processes and records. records and to see what is happening in this area right
Process templates are described in BPMN 2.0 now.
format. A business process template in this system If you need to view lists of projects in work,
can be created by a business analyst or business customers, the workload of employees, all this can
leader without the help of technical experts. Here are be obtained by sorting the relevant lists.
some features of the system in comparison with Reporting in Comindware can rightly be
analogues: considered as a “weak point.” However, in process
customization and set of rules are possible systems other types of reporting are usually not
immediately for the start element (start form) and the needed and not used. The most important thing when
start form will have its own nested forms; working with processes is to understand which of
it is possible to set a detailed description of them for some reason has stalled and at what stage.
this action directly from the main template window; The system provides this feature with built-in
the form designer is very simple and reports.
intuitive; Let us summarize the analysis of the positive and
in the template editing mode (here it is negative properties of Comindware (see Table 1).
called the designer) there is a very convenient button
– Check. It helps to identify errors and logical Table 1: Analysis Of The Characteristics
contradictions in the process. Of The Comindware Platform
The entry in business modeling reflects the
“essence”. These can be lists of employees, a list of advantages disadvantages
classrooms, disciplines, orders for educational easy to use; absence of
services, etc. sufficiently some useful
The record template setting contains: attributes – high speed of solutions that are
fields that can be filled; forms – consistency and operation in available in more
appearance; operations that are valid for the type of comparison with complex
records; toolbar (easy setting for users); access analogues; counterparts;
rights, settings, etc. there is no presence of a
What settings are available in Comindware: need to use a native certain number of
possibility of grouping users into groups, client (program bugs (errors,
both in terms of the level and types of access rights installation); malfunctions,
to the system, as well as by divisions in the company availability of malfunctions);
or by some other signs; SAAS solutions documents
side navigation setting (users see different (elements of the with holds;
menu bars on the left, depending on their level of business model) and the software
rights); Standalone (private product is still in the
access rights assigned to groups of users; blog); active development
admin settings; use of BPMN phase, which
backup. Backups in business systems are 2.0 notations explains the small
performed regularly in any company. (convenient list of documents
The administrative section allows configure standard). describing
various options for communication between agents: Comindware.
1. Email. You can set up your own email. The
mail interface is simple here, but the configuration Comindware software product refers to systems
also requires a minimum of knowledge. It is of the “Low-Code” type, it means that it does not
convenient to accept notifications and requests from require participation of the programmer in setting up
customers directly to the system in many cases. a software product. In some cases, it may be
2. Web requests. This is a section for necessary to run an external script to implement
programmers, used when setting up automation, some special features not covered by Comindware,
getting data through an API (a set of classes, as well as to integrate with other systems (this feature
procedures, functions, structures or constants with is implemented in the C # system). In all other cases,
which one computer program can interact with even a person who is far from programming can, if
another program), to receive notifications about desired, is able to set everything up and start the
important requests from applications or other work independently.
systems. Systems for the organization of educational
Reporting in the Comindware system is very activities [Dub17]. We shall consider two variations
concise. To create own reports here is not provided. of platforms as such systems: getcourse.ru and
And the existing reports are very simple. They antitreningi.ru.
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First we consider the general technical Online support works within a group fairly
characteristics and concepts used in this description: quickly.
landing pages, CRM systems, widget, domain. The results of a comparative analysis of some of
Landing pages are separate pages of an existing the technical characteristics of the educational
site or specially created one-page sites. They are platforms getcourse.ru and antitreningi.ru are
actively using the nudge-technology: once on this summarized in table 2.
site, the user is already difficult to "get out" and he
is likely to become a client. Table 2: Comparison of the basic
CRM-systems allow employees to discuss characteristics of the learning platforms
quickly tasks with each other, communicate with getcourse.ru and antitreningi.ru
customers directly in the built-in messenger
interface. There is no need to open mail, notes N Characterist getcourse. antitreningi.
simultaneously and spend time searching for letters. o ics ru ru
A widget is a small helper application that 1 Possibility to Yes Yes
performs a specific function. Thanks to web widgets, create your
visitors can log in to the site via a simplified system own domain
through social networking icons, share information (site
and data, invite to the site, post their texts and 2 Integration No No
pictures, run online games and much more. with third-
Domain is a name for a site that includes all party users
levels of nesting of a domain (all zones it belongs to), 3 Possibility to Yes Depending
which is distinguished by its uniqueness. Indeed, it conduct on the fare
is more convenient to use the name webinars
net.blog.matmodelirovanie.ru than the IP address of 4 Widget Yes No
the type: 108.162.192.0. So: technology
net.blog.matmodelirovanie.ru is the fourth net-level 5 Possibility to Yes No
domain, part of the third level domain zone “blog”, create a
which is included in the second level zone landing page
“matmodelirovanie” belonging to the first level zone
.ru. So easily the educational programs can be
structured. References
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