Social and cultural aspects of educational services in the context of informatization and connectedness (case study of higher education)

The article discusses the basic processes of informatization and connectedness of the system of higher professional education on the basis of monitoring of the development of the information society in the Russian Federation. The article provides for comparative dynamics of the use of information technologies and Internet within the VPO. Analysis of the dynamics of the use of the global information networks and the World Wide Web is performed in the article. Additionally, the analysis of the use of Websites for the economic activity and the proportion of educational institutions of higher professional education that are connected to the Internet is performed. The conclusions reflecting the main aspects of the research topic are made based on the analysis.

connectedness, informatization, distance learning, social and cultural development, social-cultural area, personality, globalization, information networks, higher professional education, education