COMPREHENSIVE METHODOLOGY FOR ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DISTANCE LEARNING SYSTEM

Abstract

The current pace of development of information technologies has created conditions for a wide range of tools for providing educational services using distance learning technologies. Confirmation of this is the activation of the use of distance learning systems in the conditions of sanitary and epidemiological restrictions and martial law. The existing scientific and methodological framework for researching the quality of the functioning of distance learning systems is mostly based on approaches to separate evaluation of the effectiveness of their components and relevant quality indicators. This limits the opportunities to take into account significant factors in the process of making relevant decisions and requires a comprehensive consideration of the contributions of relevant subsystems to the results of the functioning of the distance learning system. To address this issue, the article presents a comprehensive methodology for evaluating the effectiveness of the functioning of a distance learning system based on probability theory and the analysis of hierarchies. The methodology describes the patterns of the impact of the importance level and contributions of its subsystems on the effectiveness indicator of the distance learning system. The using of the mentioned methodology enables the prediction of the results of the joint functioning of the relevant subsystems of the distance learning system, taking into account their contribution to the overall result.