USE OF TOOLS FOR THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS DIGITALIZATION IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BLENDED LEARNING MODEL

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Abstract. The circumstances of recent years have led to the rapid development of the digitalization of the educational environment. Thus, in modern medical education, the successful application of the blended learning model is noted, which consists in the rational combination of digital and traditional forms of education, using their advantages and minimizing disadvantages. The purpose of this work was to assess the level of digitalization of education at the Department of Microbiology, Virology, Immunology of the Kursk State Medical University, as well as to identify its strengths and weaknesses in order to further adjust the educational process and achieve maximum teaching efficiency. The main source of knowledge at the department for students is the course of lectures, the implementation of which is currently taking place in a remote format based on the cloud-based conference platform Zoom. The advantages of this format of lectures were the absence of restrictions associated with geographical remoteness, comfortable conditions for each conference participant, the opportunity for students to save lecture material, the development of self-education skills among students and an increase in the level of technical literacy among the teaching staff. A significant drawback of distance lectures is the lack of personal contact between the lecturer and the audience and the lack of control of students. In general, the level of preparation of students for practical classes revealed the effectiveness of using the distance lecture format. Preparation for practical classes at the department takes place in a mixed format, which is due to the impossibility of mastering the necessary practical skills by students remotely. Of the electronic elements of the educational process, digital automatic testing based on the Moodle e-learning system is widely used, the main advantage of which is saving the time of the teaching staff, since the mechanism independently processes students' answers and calculates the final result. During the discussion of the topic in practical classes, the teachers of the department demonstrate tables and reference materials on an interactive whiteboard or TV, which eliminates the need for a large amount of poster materials. A powerful tool in the learning process are multimedia aids, which are more visual, accessible and mobile. Thus, we have chosen a vector aimed at using the strengths and weaknesses of traditional and electronic formats, creating a kind of hybrid of them to increase the efficiency of our activities. The study of this aspect is necessary for further improvement in order to achieve greater efficiency.