Distance Education of Specialists in Tourist and Hotel & Restaurant Business Cover Image

Дистанційна освіта фахівців туристичного і готельно-ресторанного бізнесу
Distance Education of Specialists in Tourist and Hotel & Restaurant Business

Author(s): Olexandr Skibitskyi, Volodymyr Lypchanskyi
Subject(s): Economy, Education, Business Economy / Management, Micro-Economics, Higher Education , Socio-Economic Research, Distance learning / e-learning
Published by: Центральноукраїнський національний технічний університет
Keywords: sphere of services; forms of education; distance education; tourist business; hotel and restaurant business; information technologies in education; electronic textbook; interactive teaching methods;

Summary/Abstract: The phenomenon of distance learning in modern scientific and pedagogical discourse is studied. Peculiarities of distance learning organization in tourism and related branches of hotel and restaurant service are determined. An analysis of the spread of distance learning in the world. The state and prospects of the organization of the system of distance learning of specialists of the tourist branch in Ukraine are analyzed. The method of conducting a study of the organization of distance learning in domestic free economic zones is considered. The possibilities of the Moodle learning management system are investigated . The directions of the organization of distance learning in the course of studying of separate disciplines by students of IHE are offered. The directions of introduction of the newest innovative technologies in are outlined c system of distance education and their investmentIt is specified that the prerequisites for the emergence of forms of distance learning are: a new educational paradigm that has identified priorities for the development of open education. The positive dynamics of socio-economic. scientific and technological development is depicted, such as: strengthening integration and democratic processes in education and society as a whole; informatization of education and introduction of information and communication technologies in the educational process of higher education institutions , rapid development of information technologies; the emergence of educational environments, distance learning platforms as a means of implementing the tasks of distance education.The criteria for evaluating the quality of the electronic distance learning course have been clarified. The comparison of distance courses of pedagogical free economic zones on the basis of criteria of structural and functional examination is carried out.To eliminate the identified shortcomings of distance learning courses in the study of disciplines in the cycle of management of restaurant and hotel and tourism business, it is necessary to develop guidelines for the preparation of electronic training courses for the study of these disciplines in the organization of distance learning.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 5 (38)
  • Page Range: 246-262
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Ukrainian