DESIGN AND REALIZATION OF INTERDISCIPLINARY NETWORK EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

This paper describes the organization of the network form of international, interdisciplinary educational programs. The classification of joint educational programs and their typology is gave. The advantages of joint Double Degree educational programs is substantiated. Particular attention is given to the justification of the effectiveness of interdisciplinary educational programs and examined the distinctive features of their design. The substantiation of the relevance of network forms of cooperation between universities and their key role in improving the quality of education and training of highly qualified personnel. the benefits of network forms of realization of the international educational programs are Identified: the harmonization of curricula and courses, coordination of the training process, the coordination of assessment system, which are the main components of quality assurance in the corporate educational space, as well as in enhancing academic mobility of students and teachers. The special role of ICT and E-learning technologies in the improvement of network forms of realization of the international educational programs is noted. The example of the organization of networking Tomsk State University (TSU) with universities of Kazakhstan and the Netherlands is gave. The experience of the National Research Tomsk State University of Pavlodar State University named after S. Toraigyrov (PSU) for the development of joint double degree educational programs «Information processes and systems», which began in 2013 on the basis of the Physics Department of TSU and the Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Information Technologies PGU is described. Joint double degree interdisciplinary master’s program of the National Research Tomsk State University and the University of Maastricht (the Netherlands) “Physical methods and information technologies in biomedicine” is considered. It is shown that the form of the interaction network of partner universities using distance learning technologies is the most effective in achieving a high quality of educational programs.

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