Electronic, Digital, Distance and Blended Learning: Terminological Analysis

Digital transformation of education leads not only to the increase in the number of professional terms, but also to the change in their content and intensity of application. The article raises the problem of using the most common terms in the Russian-language scientific literature in the field of e-learning. The purpose of this article is to identify the concepts of “digital learning”, “e-learning”, “online learning”, “distance learning”, “blended learning”, to raise the question of their interpretation and application, as well as to build the model of organisation of educational activities. This model should fully reflect the areas of application of these concepts, including for continuous library and information education.

To identify the dynamics of the use of terms, the author collected the data on publication activity in the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI) system for 2016—2020 using the studied terms as key words. In the analysis, there is revealed the decline in interest of part of theoretical researchers in individual terms and the increase in the interest of practical researchers in all the studied terms. The author carried out terminological analysis. As a result, the article identifies and justifies intersections and differences in content; definitions of terms are in full compliance with the current federal legislation. The author presents correlation and specifics of the concepts reflecting different types of processes of modern vocational training.

1. Strategy for the Development of Librarianship in the Russian Federation for the Period up to 2030: Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of March 13, 2021, no. 608-r, Sobranie zakonodatel’stva Rossiiskoi Federatsii [Collected Legislation of the Russian Federation], 2021, no. 12, art. 2072 (in Russ.).

2. “Distance Learning Technologies in Library and Information Education” Panel Discussion, Bibliotechno-informatsionnyi fakul’tet SPbGIK [Library and Information Department of the St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture]. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hg_TONLlbs (accessed 10.01.2022) (in Russ.).

3. Nuriev V.A. Architecture of a Machine Translation System, Informatika i ee primeneniya [Informatics and Applications], 2019, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 90—96. DOI: 10.14357/19922264190313 (in Russ.).

4. Panasenkov N.A. Experience of Teaching Linguistics Students How to Post-Edit Machine-Generated Translation (Based on English-Russian Translations via Google Translate, Yandex Translate and Promt Systems), Pedagogicheskoe obrazovanie v Rossii [Pedagogical Education in Russia], 2019, no. 1, pp. 55—60. DOI: 10.26170/po19-01-08 (in Russ.).

5. Andryukhina L.M., Sadovnikova N.O., Utkina S.N., Mirzaakhmedov A.M. Digitalisation of Professional Education: Prospects and Invisible Barriers, Obrazovanie i nauka [The Education and Science Journal], 2020, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 116—147. DOI: 10.17853/1994-5639-2020-3-116-147 (in Russ.).

6. Kalenov N.E., Tsvetkova V.A. The New Challenges in the Library-Information Space: Contemporary Staff is the Responsibility of Library Itself, Bibliotekovedenie [Russian Journal of Library Science], 2017, vol. 66, no. 5, pp. 587—591. DOI: 10.25281/0869-608X-2017-66-5-587-591 (in Russ.).

7. Vorobyova T.A. On the Concept of e-Learning, Idei i idealy [Ideas and Ideals], 2014, vol. 2, no. 1(19), pp. 143—152 (in Russ.).

8. Emelyanov D.N. Electronic, Distance and Online Learning Formats: On the Continuity of Concepts, Distantsionnye formy obucheniya inostrannykh studentov v meditsinskikh vuzakh: prakticheskii aspekt: materialy VI Vserossiiskoi nauchno-prakticheskoi konferentsii s mezhdunarodnym uchastiem (Volgograd, 27 yanvarya 2021 g.) [Proceedings of the 6th All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference with International Participation “Distance Learning of Foreign Students in Medical Universities: A Practical Aspect” (Volgograd, January 27, 2021)]. Volgograd, Volgogradskii Gosudarstvennyi Meditsinskii Universitet Publ., 2021, pp. 239—242 (in Russ.).

9. Starichenko B.E., Semenova I.N., Slepukhin A.V. On the Correlation of the Concepts of e-Learning in Higher Education, Innovatsionnye proekty i programmy v obrazovanii [Innovative Projects and Programs in Education], 2015, no. 4, pp. 53—58 (in Russ.).

10. Savelyeva N.Kh., Uvarina N.V., Gnatyshina E.A. Genesis of the Notion “Electronic Distance Education” in the Pedagogical Theory and Practice, Otechestvennaya i zarubezhnaya pedagogika [Russian and Foreign Pedagogy], 2020, vol. 1, no. 1(65), pp. 74—83 (in Russ.).

11. Taranenko L.G., Dvorovenko O.V., Dvorovenko V.N. Evolution of e-Learning Ideas in Professional Literature, Vestnik Kemerovskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta kul’tury i iskusstv [Bulletin of Kemerovo State University of Culture and Arts], 2018, no. 44, pp. 199—209 (in Russ.).

12. Shirshov E. V. Informatsiya, obrazovanie, didaktika, istoriya, metody i tekhnologii obucheniya. Slovar’ klyuchevykh ponyatii i opredelenii: setevoe uchebnoe izdanie [Information, Education, Didactics, History, Teaching Methods and Technologies. Dictionary of Key Concepts and Definitions: online educational publication]. Moscow, Akademiya Estestvoznaniya Publ., 2017, 138 p. DOI: 10.17513/np272.

13. Bim-Bad B.M. (ed.) Pedagogicheskii entsiklopedicheskii slovar’ [Pedagogical Encyclopedic Dictionary]. Moscow, Bol’shaya Rossiiskaya Entsiklopediya Publ., 2008, 528 p.

14. Azimov E.G., Shchukin A.N. Novyi slovar’ metodicheskikh terminov i ponyatii (teoriya i praktika obucheniya yazykam) [New Dictionary of Methodological Terms and Concepts (Theory and Practice of Language Teaching)]. Moscow, IKAR Publ., 2009, 448 p.

15. Novikov A.M. Pedagogika. Slovar’ sistemy osnovnykh ponyatii [Pedagogy. Dictionary of the Basic Concepts System]. Moscow, IET Publ., 2013, 268 p.

16. Terminological Dictionary of Pedagogy. Electronic Version, Rossiiskaya natsional’naya biblioteka [National Library of Russia]. Available at: http://nlr.ru/cat/edict/PDict/ (accessed 10.01.2022) (in Russ.).

17. Volkova K.Yu., Zverevich V.V. Digital vs Electronic, Nauchnye i tekhnicheskie biblioteki [Scientific and Technical Libraries], 2020, no. 12, pp. 159—172. DOI: 10.33186/1027-3689-2020-12-159-172 (in Russ.).

18. Stolyarov Yu.N. Digital, Analog, Electronic or Virtual: Which Is Right? Nauchnye i tekhnicheskie biblioteki [Scientific and Technical Libraries], 2021, no. 3, pp. 133—140. DOI: 10.33186/1027-3689-2021-3-133-140 (in Russ.).

19. Federal Law “On Education in the Russian Federation”, Sobranie zakonodatel’stva Rossiiskoi Federatsii [Collected Legislation of the Russian Federation], 2012, no. 53 (part I), art. 7598 (in Russ.).

20. Zagvyazinsky V.I., Zakirova A.F. (eds.) Pedagogicheskii slovar’: uchebnoe posobie dlya studentov vysshikh uchebnykh zavedenii [Pedagogical Dictionary: textbook for students of higher educational institutions]. Moscow, Akademiya Publ., 2008, 352 p.

21. Digital Learning Glossary of Terms, New Jersey Department of Education. Available at: https://www.nj.gov/education/techno/glossary/ (accessed 10.01.2022).

22. E-learning, Cambridge Dictionary. Available at: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/e-learning (accessed 10.01.2022).

23. Shraiberg Ya.L., Sokolova Yu.V. Digital Library Science as a New Discipline? Setting Up the Problem, Nauchnye i tekhnicheskie biblioteki [Scientific and Technical Libraries], 2019, no. 12, pp. 85—93. DOI: 10.33186/1027-3689-2019-85-93 (in Russ.).

24. Tomlinson B., Whittaker C. (eds.) Blended Learning in English Language Teaching: Course Design and Implementation. London, British Council Publ., 2013, 252 p. DOI: 10.1017/S0958344014000366.