NETWORK COMMUNICATION AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF TEACHER-STUDENT INTERACTION

The article investigates the scope of use of network communication in higher education of Ukraine. The paper establishes the existing and potential possibilities of network communication tools in increasing the efficiency of interaction between teachers and students. The most common types of network communication used by teachers are determined. The authors highlight the advantages and disadvantages of e-mail, social services, network discussions as means of communication with students. Presented are the goals of the teachers concerning the use of network communication in the educational process, the importance of which is provided for individual student counselling, assessment and commenting on the tasks performed as well as discussion of educational problems. Particular attention is paid to the changing role of scientific and pedagogical staff in the organization of students' educational activities. The research helped establish modes of electronic counselling and discuss the potential of network communication as to controlling and diagnosing students' progress. The best variant of network communication is determined, according to which students take initiative and coordinate with the teacher the means of network communication. There are a number of problems that hinder the development of network communication, the main of which is the passivity of students and the resistance of teachers. The ways of increasing the efficiency of teacher-student interaction via network communication.