Education in a public school remotely. Homeschooling: Distance Schools and External Studies

Family

We study in absentia at the school where we live. After writing a trial OGE in mathematics in March, they realized that there were big problems. We randomly chose distance courses to prepare for the OGE and were not mistaken. The result is 20 points. And my son began to like geometry, which he did not understand at all.

comment Alla and Matvey Radchenko

Family

Some want to score the highest possible number of points on the exam, and for our family the goal was to score the number of points that would allow us to get a certificate for grade 11. The son studied in the group "USE for the certificate" in Russian and mathematics. The classes were held in evening time through videoconferencing. There were 4 people in the group. Several times I watched the passage of classes. The teacher analyzed the task in great detail and explained the theory needed to solve it. After each lesson, the teacher gave homework, which had to be sent the day before the next lesson. Thanks to the preparation for the Unified State Examination in the online school, we passed mathematics and Russian with strong triples. Hooray!!!

comment Ermolai Vasiliev

Student

I like to study at the BIT school because I am interested in doing lessons in the BIT system, they are very interesting and accessible, and Anastasia Alexandrovna is very kind and understands our problems and helps to solve them. I like to study at home, because it's calm at home, I can concentrate, I don't get tired like I used to at school. I have more free time. I am learning to plan my classes for the day, plan my week.

comment Emil Mageramov

Student

"We chose this school because we wanted to switch to home schooling and complete 2 grades (8th and 9th) in the academic year. The service met all expectations. It's easy and interesting to study. The whole education system is very well built. I liked it, that the chapters are conveniently arranged by subject, which makes it easier selfeducation. The test system allows you to independently test your knowledge and find out what needs to be improved. In video lessons with teachers, you can consult about questions. The attendance of video lessons was on average 5 people, and almost personal training was obtained. There were trial lessons-tests in the building of the school for preparing for the OGE, you can come as much as you want and be tested. All teachers are very responsive and always ready to help. I am very glad that I was able to catch up with my age in the school curriculum, because I went to school for 8 years and was older than the rest. Now I am learning with my age. Studied in the 2017-2018 academic year.

comment Angelica Fefilova

mother of Alina Fefilova

Alina has been in family education since grade 1. My husband and I deal with it ourselves, but from time to time we had questions about how to explain this or that topic to a child. There is no point in hiring a tutor. Therefore, we turned to BIT for help. Here we received not only a teacher, but also interesting educational materials with the help of which the child can learn independently. Our teacher Anastasia Alexandrovna, when checking assignments, not only puts marks, but also writes comments and recommendations for the child to study the material.

comment Svetlana Leontieva

mother of Maria Nikiforova

Thanks to distance learning, my daughter can practice figure skating and learn school curriculum during free time from training. We prepared for certification on our own in accordance with the plan of the school to which we are attached. Taken once a month individual sessions with teachers of the BIT online school in Russian language and mathematics. Lessons were held via videoconference. The teacher reviewed what we had learned and answered our questions. Passed certification for 4 and 5, than we are very satisfied!

comment Elena Savelyeva

Pupil

I want to say a big thank you to Evgenia Nikolaevna, who taught me individually in the Russian language. Thanks to the classes, I prepared for the exam and scored 98 points.

comment Anastasia Lapochkina

mother of Fedor, Sevastian and Ruslana Lapochkin

My children never went to a traditional school and I don't regret it at all! While the eldest son studied the 1st grade program, and the younger twins arrived in preschool age, there were no major problems. But as soon as the time came to organize the training of three at the same time, problems began. It's good that I found online school"BIT". Now my children study on their own, each at a convenient time for him. And I can combine classes in numerous circles and study for everyone at once.

The nearest registered school or favorite school where the child studied before is always a lottery. A lot depends on the personal relationship of the director and teachers. We were immediately very encouraged at the registration school: “We had family members, but everyone failed in the winter session and went to school.” Where the unfortunate kids failed, I did not specify, and we continued our studies at our favorite school with remote control. If you are like family to everyone at school, you can try. And for those who want to have less contact with the school or help the child to establish self-study online, there are other options.

The convenience of such remote schools and portals is not only that you can study even in the middle of the jungle, as long as you have access to the Internet, but also that a significant part of mastering the material can be gradually delegated to the child, giving him the invaluable ability to work independently.

External office of Alexander Bitner

The cost is from 23000 rubles. per year, depending on the class.

The system is close to the principle of education at the university. Certifications are held in the form of online exams, you can take the material in blocks, in stages. You study and pass one subject a year, making a schedule based on your plans and opportunities. Trainers will help you work out desired material. To prepare for the exam, you have all the options for questions and tasks, which eliminates unpleasant surprises and gaps in knowledge. There is an option of attaching in Novosibirsk and in Moscow through the Nashi Penates school. The option with Novosibirsk is more convenient, since you don’t have to travel in person to write a paper. You can also purchase access to the database without passing exams. There is a free trial mode in which you can familiarize yourself with the base and decide if this option suits you.

International School of Tomorrow

Without registration, the cost is from 4000 rubles. per month.

In which grades are visible, there is an electronic library, as well as the possibility of contacting the curator. You can use remote online lessons. Once a month you send to the base test papers on the main subjects. The school works according to the Donald Howard system, so it is possible to get an American certificate by studying according to the American program. The remote Russian language school of Olga Soboleva also operates.

If you are registered in Moscow, education is free, a one-time fee for the entire period of study, plus training for parents (10,000 rubles per year). Friendly attitude, reasonable level of complexity of examinations.

Private school "Our Penates"

With a residence permit - free of charge, paid education costs 7000 rubles. per month.

A very pleasant option for students with a Moscow residence permit. For them, training is free, with the exception of the fee for processing documents - 2500 rubles. in year. Three times a year, you will need to write remote tests, once you bring them personally to the school. If necessary, you can attend consultations once a month; you will need to come to the final work in the 4th and 7th grade in person at the end of the year.

TsODIV

The cost of training is from 6500 rubles. per year, depending on class

Located in St. Petersburg, provides students with access to educational portal"Virtual School". Anyone can enter there, regardless of where they live. You can pay additional fees for teacher consultations. Intermediate certification takes place on the portal online and consists of passing a test for each subject once a year. There is also a training base for preparing for certification and educational resources in all subjects.

Home School Portal "Internet Lesson"

This, which has different modes and opportunities. If you take assessments at your school, you can pay for the Self-Paced or Supervised format, and your child will learn the material with minimal input from you. He watches a video lesson on the school curriculum, performs tests and works out the acquired knowledge on simulators. And in the "With the teacher" mode, the curator's consultation is added to these options. This a good option for working parents or families with several children requiring attention. You can join one of the Partner Schools to pass certifications, as well as enroll in a Home School for 3,300 rubles. along with documentation.

School4you Home Learning Center

Good for those who are not ready to go on a serious voyage and want to follow the program clearly. It is quite possible to leave a child with a nanny or grandmother, providing a computer with the Internet. Online lessons, individual and group in all subjects, from one to three times a month, you can come to face-to-face group classes and a meeting with the curator to understand if there are any gaps in knowledge. The student has access to a remote database with tests and additional materials. For a fee, they will help to attach to one of the Moscow schools.

Center for Intensive Training "Externates of Moscow"

Homeschooled children from 1st to 8th grade. The child uses an online school, the package of which includes online lessons, testing, access to electronic resources and curator. Twice a year you need to pass certification at the school. Distance learning - from 5000 to 15000 rubles. per month. The cost of programs with face-to-face consultations once a month in all subjects is from 10,000 to 17,000 rubles.

Igor Chapkovsky Center

Cost - from 10,000 rubles.

Igor Moiseevich Chapkovsky, one of the leading specialists in family education, has been teaching children in the family since the 80s of the 20th century. Studying in it, the child comes once or twice a week to a full-time lesson, where he interacts with the curator.

Lyceum "Ark-XXI"

Part-time under the wing of Rustam Kurbatov. Attachment to the Lyceum, the delivery of certifications there and the "School of one day" on Saturdays costs 7750 rubles. per month. In the "School of one day" every week they study mathematics, Russian and English, a week later - the rest of the subjects. There are also creative activities.

Educational center "Rainbow of Knowledge"

Offers a distance form and a family form of education. Admission to external studies - from 1st to 11th grade.

Cost - 4400 rubles. per month for certification in mathematics and the Russian language, 5000 rubles. - Entry fee. Once a month, the child performs tests in the Russian language and mathematics, and at the end of the year passes free assessments in other subjects.

"Teleschool", or Internet school "Enlightenment"

The first in Russia with accreditation. Access to an educational resource that includes lectures, tests, simulators, teacher consultations. Cost - from 55,000 rubles. in year.

There is also an opportunity to enroll in distance learning at the Waldorf school "The Way of the Grain" http://www.putzerna.ru/, they cooperate with school No. 1816.

You may also find it useful for home schooling, which we shared with you in a previous article.

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Increasingly, parents are thinking about imperfection modern system education. The reasons for dissatisfaction can be different: they are not satisfied with the school curriculum, specific teachers, the psychological situation, the school is too far away. It also happens that a child, due to health problems or due to psychological features can't visit regular school. An excellent alternative in such a situation can be a distance learning school for a child.

What is distance learning in school?

This is communication between a teacher and a student through Internet technologies. The student gets access to video lessons, teaching materials, online communication with the teacher is possible. After completing the lesson, the student does his homework. At the end of the training period, the student passes the certification online. Some educational institutions require the physical presence of the student during assessment.

The benefits of distance education for children

1. The first and obvious advantage is that parents themselves set the daily routine for their child. You no longer need to wake up a sleepy child at 7 am every day. They study in a comfortable mode for themselves and for as long as their child needs to master the material.
2. Parents have the ability to control the child's social circle. At school, children are often subjected to psychological pressure from teachers and peers. This injures the child and reduces his ability to learn.
3. It takes less time to master the material than at school. After all, the child is provided with an individual approach.
4. Freedom of movement. The child has the opportunity to study from anywhere in the world. The main thing is to have a computer and the Internet.
5. Parents themselves choose extracurricular activities for the child. Instead of physical education at school, there is an opportunity to visit the pool or dance.
6. Eliminates the need for tutors. Older students can independently improve their knowledge in some subjects. There is a possibility of remote preparation for the exam. This will give confidence to the child, and help reduce the stress of passing exams.

Disadvantages of distance education

Of course, there are also disadvantages in distance learning:

1. requires maximum parental involvement. If parents work full-time all week, they simply will not have the opportunity to supervise learning and help the child master new knowledge.
2. There is no teacher authority. There are many examples when teachers put their heart and soul into their children and convey their love to the subject. We remember such teachers, and we carry these memories throughout our lives.
3. material aspect. In some parts of our country, not everyone has access to the Internet, and a computer is a luxury, not a learning tool.
4. Children on distance learning are deprived of communication with their peers. But this problem is easily solved by frequent walks, visits to circles and sections.
5. The disadvantages can also be attributed to the time that the child spends at the computer.

Having considered the principles of distance learning at school, as well as weighing all the pros and cons of this form of education, let's move on to concrete examples schools and resources that help bring this idea to life.

Official Distance Schools

To date, there are distance learning schools with state accreditation. They carry out complete general secondary education in a distance form and, based on the results of attestation and USE results issue documents on secondary education of the state standard. As a rule, intermediate certifications in such schools alternative education pass online, and for the certification of older students and passing the exam, the personal presence of the child is required.

It has the status of a secondary official educational institution. Performs basic and additional education children from grades 1 to 10. It has the right to issue documents on secondary general education of the state standard.

Intermediate attestations can be carried out both in person and remotely. Upon successful completion of the certification, students get access to participate in the exam. The exam is held only in full-time mode.

The school is located in St. Petersburg. For students located in other cities and outside of Russia, the school provides a form of distance education from grades 1 to 11. Paperwork, tuition fees, as well as the passage of annual certification take place directly at the school. For students in grades 9-11, attendance at school is required at least 2 times a year.

The school is located in Moscow. Provides distance education for schoolchildren in Russian and American international program. Distance learning takes place only in combination with learning in the form of self-education or family education. For certification of students in grades 9-11, presence at the school is required.

Informal Distance Schools

Also, adherents of family education have the opportunity to study in online schools, and pass certification at schools to which their children are attached.

The school offers complete secondary education remotely. On this moment The school is in the process of obtaining a license, and from the 2016/2017 school year will conduct official enrollment of students. Educational program school meets state standards.

The school provides distance education for children from grades 1 to 5, as well as preparatory classes for preschoolers.

Distance online school for students in grades 5-11. Classes are taught by teachers from Moscow State University, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Higher School of Economics and other leading universities of the country. At school, children can improve and deepen their knowledge of the subjects of the school curriculum. Prepare for the Olympics passing the exam and GIA.

Alternative education groups in social networks

Many parents like the idea of ​​family and distance education. But the lack of experience and support from friends and relatives scares me. There are a large number of communities in social networks where parents share methods, recommend distance schools, organize meetings, events, and support each other in this difficult matter.

This is a group for parents who decide to teach their children at home on their own. Parents share experiences educational institutions, in which you can pass certification, find like-minded people.

The group contains information about alternative and family education in Russia. Parents share experiences, look for like-minded people.

"Freedom in Education" is a community of Russian-speaking families who educate their children at home. The main emphasis is on free education, which takes into account the interests and characteristics of the child.

Educational sites for school subjects

If the child is not yet ready to move fully to distance learning at school, but there are problems in some subjects, sites will help, where the material of the school curriculum is presented in an accessible and interesting way.
uchi.ru - a resource for online learning

Mathematics:

• math4school.ru - Mathematics for school
• math.ru - This is a resource for schoolchildren, students and teachers

Today we will talk about school distance education: its difference from external studies, pluses, minuses, problems and prospects.

A banal situation: your child or you decide that the child has nothing to do at school, you need to start learning on your own. There can be many reasons: illnesses, problems with peers, lack of "strong" teachers, a large workload of the child, a strong distance from home, living in another country, etc.

There was only one way out: to transfer the child to family education (or external study), attach to a nearby school and go to take subjects. The advantages of such a system: independent planning of your time, individual self-study or with tutors. The disadvantages turn out to be longer: the unpreparedness of the child for such education, the unwillingness of teachers to work with such a child, the unpreparedness of the school administration for this form of education, the imposition of their own standards, textbooks, etc. In the end, instead of the school paying you money for such a child, you will still have to pay teachers for taking the time to evaluate your child. IN major cities there is one or at most two schools that work only with external students, but, of course, for a fee. And there is no need to talk about the periphery ....

The situation in ordinary schools is also not encouraging. Strong teachers have all fled from there, some to paid gymnasiums, some to private schools. It remains to state the fact: high school- this is a complete visibility of training with total absence motivation for both children and teachers. Children LIKE to learn, and teachers LIKE to teach. And there is no solid knowledge, even elementary ones. Not to mention the fact that the school must bear the ideological and educational burden, i.e. shaping the mindset of students. They spend about 6-7 hours a day in it! Today, this time is a continuous aimless, non-binding party.

Parents start looking for a way out. On the one hand, you want your son or daughter to get a good education that would help in later life and became highly moral people (hmm, although everyone decides for themselves). And on the other hand, they did not get hung up on their studies and were engaged in various interesting things: sports, music, drawing, etc. On the third hand, the Internet is making leaps and bounds across the country, and even in remote villages, children are actively sitting in ICQ and posting videos on Youtube . On the fourth, and if there is no decent school in a city or village, which, as it seems, could give parents decent knowledge, sufficient for entering a university, but there is one in a neighboring one, but again you won’t run into ...

There is only one way out - studying at a school that implements a system of distance education, i.e. able to teach from a distance. And then it does not matter where it is located - in Kamchatka or in Moscow. Any student has the right to choose a school and start studying. Moreover, the level of development modern technology allows you to study successfully.

Paid schools and gymnasiums were the first to offer distance education services. Beauty - children are enrolled in their school, study at home, they don't even need to come often - once a year is enough. Communication - via email or Skype . Tuition fees vary greatly. “You give a school program on a computer” - this is the most relevant today's slogan. In addition, a law on distance learning has recently been passed. At all, Lately Laws are ahead of the curve. There used to be a problem - in five years they will adopt a law that regulates it. Here, everyone is delighted to clamor - “Hurrah! Finally, we waited." Tears of joy, relief. So much waiting! And now - the problem has not yet been clearly identified, but already, bam! And there is a law governing it. How to live? The people still do not understand why this is, for what? There is no joy! Well, this is such a lyrical digression.

For example, distance education has already firmly occupied its niche in higher education. There are many universities that are completely distance learning, where education in many respects is not only inferior, it surpasses the system of traditional universities. But now let's look at the advantages and disadvantages of school distance learning.

So, distance education is a combination of family (externship) and computer education using the Internet. Recently, a resolution was developed and adopted, according to which pilot schools were selected, which were supposed to implement the distance education (DL) system. I honestly tried to call them and find out if I could get my child into preschool. The answers were a little shocking: "It's only for the sick." "We just homework By e-mail send." And one director even told me: “It was decided to decide, but they didn’t give the server!”. And another similar babble.

But, fortunately, there are already gymnasiums and schools that understand and have successfully begun to implement such a system. Let's see which school can really be considered a panacea for our computerized children? What is remote schooling for today?

In my opinion, a distance school of a full type (all inclusive) should:

1. Officially enroll your child for distance learning in any class (with all documents). Create and maintain a personal file of the child, issue the necessary documents adopted by laws when transferring to a regular school.

For example, your child has studied at this school for three years. Further, circumstances have developed in such a way that you are forced to send your child to a regular school. So, he should be given a personal file, a certificate that he studied in the established form. And most importantly, with these documents, he should be taken to any ordinary school or gymnasium, of course, if there are free places.

1. A distance school should have its own CONTENT, i.e. multimedia and library digital resources for effective learning schoolchildren. As a rule, a modular system is used for convenience. The child began to study fractions - an entrance test, new material in the form of cartoon slides, test tasks, a couple more tasks for obtaining and consolidating solving skills and an exit test. Either he has this information on his disk and is updated every quarter, or he goes online, to the site under his own name and password, and studies. School textbooks determines the school and, accordingly, digital content is developed for them. Although only an approved program and a paperless version are possible.

I would especially like to say that classes about Skype . My opinion is pure bullshit. For example, test yourself. What will you remember more if you watch a movie, for example, about a tropical rain in Africa, how animals and natives are saved, how nature blooms after rain, how birds sing, etc. Or, if a person will tell you the same thing on TV? The only one you can listen to is M. Zadorny. And even then, I often switch and watch some series or movie. The same with Skype -om. It is not clear what kind of person will say something to your child, and he should serve and do it? Boring things! What about prices? From 2000 rubles! Yes, in the outback with such an amount you can pay a tutor for a month. It will also be individually vtyuhivat something. And the level is about the same. May be, Skype and can be used to develop the skills of Russian and foreign colloquial speech, but no more. After all, psychologists have long proved that we draw 80% of information visually, and only 15% remains on auditory perception. The computer not only allows you to diversify the system of obtaining knowledge as much as possible, but also intensifies the intellectual work of the child.

1. Payment in a distance school should not be exorbitant. The task of the project coordinator or the one who is responsible for your child is only the initial paperwork, tracking your timely payment and submitting all intermediate control measures for certification. Maybe even help in drawing up your individual class schedule, although this is also done automatically today.

The difference from the university distance learning system is the ways of presenting the material and the help of parents in mastering the material (at least at the first stage). The child should gradually lead to self-planning and self-learning.

Experience:It has to be acknowledged that modern student the system of perception of the material, values, and life orientations have changed. To nurture the intellectual and moral personality, you need to use all today's advances in technology. Otherwise, the child will generally cease to perceive what is happening around, cease to be active and inquisitive. Learning is work, but work with interest, motivation.

Development information technologies has a direct impact on the field of education in general and on distance learning at school in particular. It is generally accepted that the “live” student-teacher interaction is very important and much better, but distance learning can be dispensed with in modern world impossible. There are several reasons for this:

• in some regions of our country, access to school may be limited, for example, by floods or extreme low temperatures. In the Far North, children can miss up to one or two months of school due to frost every year;
• some schoolchildren would like to be educated at a school or lyceum that is physically difficult to attend;
• not all children with disabilities prefer inclusive education, and even those who attend school may miss a large number of classes due to health.

All this hints at the fact that, in a good way, to one degree or another, distance learning should be present in every school, because with the introduction of widespread inclusion, children with disabilities study everywhere. In any school, students can get sick and spend a long time at home, and no one has canceled the closure of the school for quarantine. You will learn more about working with children with disabilities at the International Scientific and Practical Conference "Prospects for the Development of a Modern Kindergarten and School in the Conditions of Constant Change", which will be held on November 20-23, 2018.

Advantages of distance learning at school

1. Individual approach and personalization of the educational process. The distance learning schedule can be adjusted to each student and changed depending on the circumstances. At the same time, the training program can also be adaptive and take into account such features of the student as the speed of information perception, the level of initial training, motivation for learning, predisposition to one or another form of perception of the material.
2. Improving the quality of education. This point can be called controversial, because there are many dissenting, ardent supporters of traditional forms of teaching. At the same time, hardly anyone will deny that the development of the Internet has simplified access to a huge number of educational material for anyone who wants to. And this is also one of the manifestations of technological progress.
3. Expanding the boundaries and reducing the cost of the components of the educational process. This is what was discussed above. Some students will be able to save more than an hour of time every day that they would otherwise spend on the road, some could even study at a school that is located in another part of the country. And the mere replacement of printed educational material with electronic already saves a lot of money.
4. Preservation of pedagogical experience. Unique author's courses, for example, when working with gifted children, will not disappear anywhere if they are recorded and saved.
5. Reducing the burden on teachers. According to the RANEPA monitoring, the number of teachers who work two rates from 2014 to 1017 has almost doubled - from 7.3% to 13.8%. Add 37.5% of teachers who work one and a half rates, and we conclude that that the load from them somehow needs to be removed. One solution is distance learning.

How to organize distance learning at school

The issue of introduction of distance learning should be considered from three sides.

• Social. Everything is simple here, schoolchildren today are actively using social media, forums and chats, so the method of presenting information during DO will be familiar and comfortable for them.
• Technical. From point of view technical equipment, in schools everything is fine with this, and there are enough computers, and there is access to the Internet. But not every child has a computer at home. Another problem is that teachers are not always able to independently organize, for example, a video conference. In the regions Far North there are problems with the quality of the Internet, it is impossible to ensure the stability of distance learning there.
• methodical. The main contradiction is that the use of distance learning makes sense only if it improves the quality of education in general, but this is difficult to do due to the lack of the necessary experience and developments for the majority.

That is, any program for the introduction of distance learning should take into account all these aspects. The process itself can be broken down into five steps.

1. Creation creative team teachers who will be responsible for distance education at school.
2. Training of this group at special advanced training courses.
3. Preparation of a base of training material that will be used by students in the learning process and for self-consolidation of what they have learned.
4. A comprehensive study of a distance learning system, such as Moodle.
5. Development of distance courses on their own or the involvement of specialists and teachers from other educational institutions for this.

There are also five requirements that must be taken into account in the process of creating training courses.

• The student must be motivated to learn, for this it is important that the goal and objectives of learning are clearly formulated. At the same time, what is required from the student should correspond to his level of knowledge.
• Preparing a child for preschool. This is done with the help of supporting materials, such as specific manuals.
• The presentation of the material should be easy to understand. To do this, you need to use the principles of readability.
• There must be an opportunity for feedback, including the individual.
• It is important to have a system of intermediate assessment of learning so that the student has an idea of ​​​​how well he is doing or not.

When organizing distance learning at school, there are typical problems that are common to all educational institutions. Many teachers, especially those in the humanities, have difficulties in structuring and adapting educational material. Many teachers tend to be conservative, and they will strongly oppose such an innovation as distance learning. They fiercely defend their point of view and defend traditional teaching methods.

There are difficulties in the selection of technical personnel who should deploy a system of distance education and accompany it at all stages. It is important to select competent people for this role.

There are also certain requirements that students must comply with in distance learning. They are required to be polite and correct in communicating with the teacher and with each other. They must learn not only to speak, but also to write. good language, without errors, clearly and concisely formulate your thoughts. It is very important that students do everything on time and do not abuse the time of the teacher and other children. Finally, they need to develop respect for copyright.

Distance Learning Environment Moodle

The most common environment for a distance learning system in a school is Moodle (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment). Its distinguishing features are open source, richness of functionality, flexibility, reliability and ease of use.

An international team of developers has been working on it for more than 10 years, led by the Moodle Foundation in Australia. It is known all over the world, today there are more than 60 thousand installations in almost all countries. This environment has been translated into more than 10 languages, including Russian.

PossibilitiesMoodle:

• stores all course materials, allows you to organize them using hyperlinks, tags and labels;
• allows you to use not only text as a learning material, but also any interactive resources, be it an article on Wikipedia or a video on youtube;
• supports the exchange of files of any format between students and between student and teacher;
• great opportunities for communication, using forums, private messages, comments, mailing lists, etc.;
• saves and maintains a portfolio for all students, grades, teacher comments, forum messages;
• controls attendance.

All this helps the teacher to use his time most effectively, and this is one of the tasks that distance learning at school should solve.