Distance conferences
Distance Education Centre Eidos and the Russian Academy of
Education annually conduct the All-Russian Distance August
pedagogical conference. It is the most popular distance
conference of the year.
The author of the idea and technology of distance pedagogical
conferences is Dr. Andrey Khutorskoy, Head of Centre Eidos.
Distance pedagogical conference started its work in 1999. Its
main specifity lies in discussion of problems of modernization
in educational system, finding out scientific validity of
various aspects of school reforms.
In total, more than 40 thousand individual and collective
participants not only from Russia, but also from other
countries, have taken part in distance August conferences since
1999.
During these distance conferences the reports of scientists from
the Russian Academy of Education, teachers, representatives of
regional education department are emailed and discussed.
The results of the conferences are reflected while planning the
future scientific and practical researches in schools and higher
education.
