On March 25, 2020, the Institute of Computer Science and Technological Education of the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia held the annual International Scientific Conference “New Educational Strategies in the Modern Information Space”. It was organized for the 15th time [NESinMIS, 2012, NESinMIS, 2018, NESinMIS, 2019, NESinMIS –2019, 2019].
Conference participants were both Russian and foreign researchers. The geography of Russian cities that took part was diverse: researchers from Germany(University of Potsdam), Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Transnistrian State University named after T.G. Shevchenko) and Belarus(Grodno’s secondary school No 23). There was represented a variety of geography of Russian cities and abroad. There were researchers from Novosibirsk(Novosibirsk State University of Economy and Management), Stavropol(North-Caucasus Federal University) Perm (Perm National Research Polytechnic University), Krasnojarsk(Siberian Federal University), Krasnodar(Kuban State University), Kursk(South-West State University), Volgograd(Volgograd State SocioPedagogical University), Arkhangelsk(Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov) and other cities; teachers from secondary schools and colleges of St. Petersburg, Kostroma, Tumen, Grodno(Belarus).
The conference was actively attended by educational institutions of St. Petersburg. Researchers from the St. Petersburg State University, the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg, the St. Petersburg State Forestry University named after S.M. Kirov, the St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television, the St. Petersburg College of Railway Transport and some educational institutions of St. Petersburg.
The Conference informational support was organized by site NESinMIS-2020 site. 2
Digital educational environment: General education and vocational school
Tatiana Noskova Full doctor, professor, The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation, Chair,
Tatiana Pavlova, PhD, associate-professor, The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation,
Olga Yakovleva, PhD, associate-professor, The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation, Chair,
Tatiana Ust’ygova, assistant professor, The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
Elisabeth Kovaleva, graduate student, The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
Tatiana Noskova Full doctor, professor, The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
Piet Kommers Full doctor, professor UNESCO, The University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands,
Eugenia Smyrnova-Trybulska Full doctor, associate-professor, The University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland,
Olga Granichina, Full Doctor, associate-professor, The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Saint-Petersburg,
Martin Drlik, PhD, assistent-professor, The Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia,
Tatiana Pavlova, PhD, associate-professor, The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation,
Xenia Piotrowska, Full Doctor, associate-professor, The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation,
Olga Yakovleva, PhD, associate-professor, The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Saint-Petersburg
Yulia Zhuk, PhD, associate-professor, The Saint-Petersburg State Forest Technical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Tatiana Noskova (The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Russian Federation), Chair
Xenia Piotrowska, Full Doctor, associate professor, The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
The high research level was proved by the participants’ academic level and their research standing: 24% had the status of Full Doctor and 37% PhD in Computer Science, Pedagogics, Applied Math, Technology and Engineering; 39% - Postgraduates and students. More than half of the participants (62%) were young scientists under 35 whose interests apportioned the conference topics. 5
The total number of submitted reports was 47. Dispite the Covid-19 pandemic scientific discussion was held with the remote participation of Russian and foreign colleagues via video. From March 9 to March 24, 2020, Internet-forum was organized as a virtual scientific discussion. So temporary difficulties did not prevent the conference organizing committee from recommending the best 10 scientific papers in English for publication with CEUR-WS platform. Another 37 papers in Russian will be published in Herzen University proceedings.
The reports, presented on the Conference, gave the opportunity to draw a broad picture of the modern digital education development. Such aspects as an individual educational route, adaptive learning, electronic communication, web-resources design, educational data and text mining, DDL and content-language integrated learning, formation of teachers digital competences through algoritmization drill were discussed. In the vocational training context, the most topical questions of e-learning, developing professional skills, and students’ autonomy were debated.
Besides, risks and issues of the electronic environment influence on a person were considered - computer anxiety, and upbringing in the electronic informational and educational environment.
We would like to thank all the participants of the conference, the authors, reviewers and members of Organizing, Program, Post Proceedings and Executive Committees, who helped in the selection of the papers by providing timely assistance. We would like to thank the local organizers of the conference whose devotion and efficiency made this instance of “New Educational Strategies in the Modern Information Space” in 2020 as a useful and effective scientific forum.