InternetUrok
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Type of site | distance learning platform |
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| Available in | ru |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| Founder(s) | Mihail Lazarev |
| URL | interneturok |
| Commercial | No |
| Users | 2.2 million |
| Launched | September 1, 2009 |
| Current status | Active |
InternetUrok (Russian: ИнтернетУрок) is educational online platform headquartered in Moscow, Russia. The platform includes an online library for schoolkids, their parents and teachers and a private online school from grades 1 to 11. The platform was founded by Mihail Lazarev in 2009.
Description
In 2020, the library contained over 4,700 school lessons which include animations, illustrations, links to external sources, synopses and interactive tests for self-examination.[1] The service provides feedback to learners who can ask their questions the teachers and get quick responses. The materials are constantly updated and replenished, the site is free of advertising. Most of the materials on the portal are in the public domain.
InternetUrok Home School is a fully online private school offering Russian secondary education for students all over the world since 2014. There are three study formats to choose from:
- Solo — students have access to the library, the curriculun and video consultations. For those who wish to deepen their knowledge on some subjects while attending the traditional school and those who missed or didn’t understand the topic at their public school.
- With teachers — students complete homework which is then checked and graded by teachers. For those who wish to learn additionally to the traditional school instead of receiving assistance from tutors and those who wish to swich to homeschooling.
- With enrollment — students are enrolled to partner schools and are able to get school certificate upon graduation.
Since 2017, students and their parents may get assistance in solving educational and administrative issues from personal mentors.[2]
Indicators
Number of students at the end of the academic year:
- Spring 2017: 900 students.
- Spring 2018: 3100 students.
- Spring 2019: 7000 students.
- Spring 2020: 14,000 students[2].
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the transition of the vast majority of schools in Russia to distance learning, which has led to a significant increase in users of the InternetUrok portal.
Geography of users
- 2015—2016: students from 26 countries of the world, including the United States of America, Canada, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Cambodia, Colombia, Spain, France, Israel, South Africa, Japan and others.
- 2017—2018: students from 63 countries. The top-10 countries with the largest number of students included Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, USA, United Arab Emirates, China, Thailand, South Korea, Israel and Canada.
- 2018: students from 82 countries.
- 2019—2020: over 90 countries.[2]
InternetUrok Home School is popular in Kazakhstan where it is legally impossible to switch to homeschooling but Russian school certificates are equally acknoweledged as well as Kazakh ones.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Доступно по абонементу". interneturok.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-09-17.
- ^ a b c "Хронология нововведений". home-school.interneturok.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-09-17.
- ^ "Больше знаний, меньше стресса: почему казахстанцы выбирают российские интернет-школы". Sputnik Казахстан (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-09-18.
- ^ FACTUM, Редакция. "Как в Минобразования рассчитывают научить детей тому, что не умеют сделать сами? | Factum". factum.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-09-18.
Bibliography
- Lazarev, Mikhail (September 6, 2020). "Today machines can also know and be able. Children need to be taught to understand". RBK+ (in Russian). 13. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
- Tsareva, Marina (2020). "KPI on the couch". Kommersant (in Russian). Retrieved September 17, 2020.
External links
- Katerina Pravdina (2011-03-11). "A Moscow educational project is being implemented on the basis of St. Petersburg schools". NTV (Russia) (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-09-17.
- "Educator and video blog". TV channel «Saint Petersburg» (in Russian). 2011-03-18. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
- "Russian schoolchildren are increasingly learning via the Internet". 5TV (Russian TV channel) (in Russian). 2011-03-18. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
- "InternetUrok.ru application release". 5TV (Russian TV channel) (in Russian). 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
- "September 1st: Offline or Online?". Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). 2020-08-25. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
- "Virtual granite of science. Is there a future for online education after the epidemic?". Fontanka.ru (in Russian). 2020-09-08. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
- "Today machines can also know and be able. Children need to be taught to understand". RBK Group (in Russian). 2020-09-07. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
- "Education trends: who entered the top 10 largest EdTech companies in Russia". RBK Group (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-09-17.
- Daria Ryzhkova, Margarita Aranovskaya, Inna Reikhard, Svetlana Vysokikh (2020-09-07). "35 largest EdTech companies in Russia: RBC rating". RBK Group (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-09-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - "More than 20 thousand children in Russia study at home". Business FM Kaliningrad (in Russian). 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
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