Consistency in the formation of culture-general competencies of economics students in the blended learning environment

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study is to analyze the effectiveness of the formation of culture-general competencies of economics students in the context of the blended learning environment. The following results have been obtained. A blended learning system to teach Econometrics has been introduced at two Russian universities and one Kazakh university A questionnaire has been developed, and a sociological survey of economics students of the three universities has been conducted to assess the effectiveness of the formation of culture-general competencies in the context of blended learning of Econometrics. The analysis of the research results confirmed a number of hypotheses: H1 “Blended learning contributes to the formation of professional identity”, H2 “Blended learning contributes to the formation of communication skills”, H3 “Blended learning contributes to the formation of self-organization and self-education skills”, H4 “Blended learning does not lead to a decrease in academic performance”. The practical significance of the results obtained involves the fact that they make it possible to effectively implement blended learning technologies for the development of the competencies of economics students.

KEYWORDS:

• Information and communication technologies
• online learning
• blended learning
• economics student
• economics disciplines

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Ethics approval

The research was conducted ethically in accordance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki. The research was approved by the local ethics committees of the universities whose students participated (Protocols No. OT 17236877 – KarSU, MA 411956 – SUSU, 538978–24 – NCFU).

Consent to participate

Informed consent was signed by participants.

Data availability statement

Data will be available on request.

Additional information

Funding

This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

Notes on contributors

Larisa Orlaniuk-Malitskaia

Larisa Orlaniuk-Malitskaia holds Doctor of Economic degree. She is Full Professor of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation. Research interests: information and communication technologies, online learning. Research interests: information and communication technologies, online learning.

Elena Kolomoets

Elena Kolomoets holds PhD degree. She is currently an Associate Professor of the Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University), Moscow, Russian Federation. Research interests: information and communication technologies, online learning.

Liudmila Tsvetkova

Liudmila Tsvetkova holds PhD in economics degree. She is Docent of the MGIMO University, Moscow, Russian Federation. Research interests: information and communication technologies, online learning.

Olga Kolosova

Olga Kolosova holds PhD degree. She is an Associate Professor at State University of Management and Russian State University named by A.N. Kosygina (Technology. Design. Art), Moscow, Russian Federation. Research interests: information and communication technologies, online learning.