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Article name Methods of Influencing Learners’ Motivation in the System of Professional Development Through Distance Learning
Authors Valyushina N.M. Senior specialis, val-natalia@yandex.ru
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Section Theory and Methodology of Professional Additional Education
UDK ББК 74.04 (2) 1
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Annotation In this article the author reviews the theories of motivation formulated by Russian and foreign scientists in different times, emphasizes the importance of motivation for training in-service teachers in the system of distance learning and points out the motives that encourage adults to learn. The author classifies difficulties which teachers encounter during the period of distance training. Consideration of andragogical peculiarities of adults’ motivation helps to develop effective measures that positively influence their motivation and, consequently, the quality of distance learning. The article analyzes the sources of risks, related to decreasing motivation and to minimize them offers a special system of measures of influence on teachers’ motivation in a virtual learning environment. These measures will contribute to successful distance learning.
Key words motivation, distance learning, virtual learning environment
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