MODERN EDUCATION SPACE: INTERACTION BETWEEN ONLINE AND OFFLINE EDUCATION
A round table on the topic “Online and offline education: methodology and decision-making” was held at the Philosophy Department of Moscow State University named after Lomonosov in October 2018. The participants discussed various aspects of the relationship between online and offline education. The round table was attended by teachers and students of the Philosophy Department of Moscow State University named after Lomonosov, colleagues from the Moscow State Pedagogical University (MPGU), Institute for Strategy of Education Development of the Russian Academy of Education, as well as representatives of universities of Novosibirsk, Astrakhan, Kaliningrad, and Ulyanovsk. The round table considered the problems of online and offline education; its work was also organized in online and offline modes. The participants of the round table were unanimous in their understanding of the problems of modern education. They discussed replacement of the offline education with the online one, a relationship between the classical dialogue and the possibilities of using modern digital technologies in the education system. Concrete examples of the existing interaction between these two forms of education were analyzed. It was shown that at the stage of mastering languages of the relevant subject areas, for example, the philosophical language, a direct dialogue with the teacher cannot be replaced by listening to the courses online. Online feedback does not compensate for the lack of empathy. The roundtable participants presented studies of Western economists, psychologists, philosophers, who came to the conclusion that there is not a single reliable source that would show that the transition to online education really provides cost savings, an increase in the level of intellectual abilities, knowledge and student competencies. They supported the idea of online education as various options for additional forms of education. At the same time, the last discussion has one meaning that is more important: it can be considered as an example of the implementation by philosophy and philosophers of their modern function, carrying out humanitarian expertize of new projects and technologies.