VIRTUAL ACADEMIC MOBILITY OF FUTURE TEACHERS AS A PROCESS AND AS A PERSONALITY TRAIT
The article substantiates the relevance of developing future teachers' virtual academic mobility in the conditions of informatization of education and the creation of a single global educational space. The mobility of the teacher's profession is an important characteristic of his activities in the education of pupils and interaction with them. We present a theoretical analysis of the concepts: mobility, academic mobility, real (physical) academic mobility, virtual academic mobility from various areas of knowledge - psychology, sociology, pedagogy. The author’s understanding of the virtual form of academic mobility as a process and as a personality trait of a future teacher is proved and the author's definition of this concept is given. The main advantages of the virtual form of future teachers' academic mobility in comparison with the real (physical) form of mobility are described. The structure of virtual academic mobility and some means for developing each of its components at information technology classes with students of pedagogical universities are considered. The potential of Russian and foreign platforms of online educational courses in the development of virtual academic mobility at the initial stage of the experiment is revealed. A number of examples of online services that contribute to the development of individual components of such mobility readiness are given. The author also shares the main ideas about the further use of the obtained research results.