Implementation of distance technologies in Euro-Asian universities during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

The authors of the chapter Implementation of distance technologies in Euro- Asian universities during the COVID-19 pandemic are Sergey Kokhan, Ariunsanaa Byambaa, Elena Romanova, Batbaatar Gunchin and Witold Kowalski. The aim of the study is to conduct a comparative analysis of the organization of the transition to the distance education (DE) during the coronavirus period in the universities of Mongolia and Russia and to identify problems that need to be addressed by the administration of universities and academic teaching staff. The study object are students of the Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences (MNUMS, Mongolia) and Trans-Baikal State University (TBSU, Russia). The main research method was questioning. The total number of respondents was 271 people. The research carried out at the universities in Mongolia and Russia showed a certain difference in approaches to solving alternative problems which were connected with the transition to DE and the identification of problems among students of the two countries. In the period of pandemic, the transition from the traditional system to DE was the only correct way to save education all over the world. Nevertheless, the emergency transition showed both its positive aspects and the problems of the system. It is possible to solve these problems but they can only be solved with the interaction of all interested sides, starting with state level, the administration of universities, the teaching staff, and ending with student youth, the consumers of DE.