VIRTUAL STUDENT COMMUNITIES AS A FORM OF ORGANIZING STUDENT EXTRACURRICUL ACTIVITIES OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
The authors of the article called the integration of educational and extracurricular activities in the process of vocational training of graduates as one of the problems of modern higher education. In connection with this, the research focused on the search for modern forms of organization of extracurricular activities that meet the requirements of the modern information society. The purpose of this article was to generalize and study the experience of creating virtual student communities in the practice of foreign and domestic higher education. The author has studied the research of Russian scientists on the organization of student formations, describes the types of student communities most often encountered in Russian universities. At the same time, the emphasis is on the new reality of modern practice - virtual communities. The article defines this term, reveals the influence of virtual participation of communicators on their personal development. The article cites data that such communities form feelings of involvement in the collective, emotional, psychological support, contribute to overcoming the feeling of loneliness, isolation; Enrich students with new knowledge and facilitate information exchange. Based on the analysis of K. Dyrli's research, examples are given of creating virtual student communities in US universities. The author has studied and described the experience of the Virtual Reality Club (HSE VR-club) of the Higher School of Economics. The scientific novelty of the research is to introduce new sources in circulation, which confirm the existence of a new reality in the educational activity of universities. In the conclusion of the article, conclusions are drawn about the trends in the development of this form in the extracurricular activities of the national high school.