VSM St. Petersburg State University and Webinar Group have created an edtech solution for hybrid audiences

2023: Creating a solution for conducting classes in a hybrid format

and Higher School of Management, St. Petersburg State University Webinar Technology"," a Russian company developing an ecosystem of services for business communications and collaboration, MTS Link created a solution for conducting classes in a hybrid format, which can later be implemented in other the Russian universities. This was MTS announced on December 18, 2023.

The solution from MTS Link replaced the services of Microsoft Teams, which were previously used in the Higher School of St. Petersburg State University. After the vendor left the Russian market, MTS Link became a partner of the Business School for the development of the IT architecture of a hybrid audience and import substitution of its key technology. The work of the joint technical team of MTS Link and VSM St. Petersburg State University on the software took several months. As a result, the MTS Link ecosystem became the main component of hybrid classrooms for interactive classes, which allowed students to continue to receive high-quality educational experience. In 2024, all hybrid audiences for interactive classes of the Higher School of Economics of St. Petersburg State University will be adapted to work with MTS Link.

VSM St. Petersburg State University has developed and is developing the concept of a hybrid audience for interactive classes, which allows you to simultaneously teach students who are in the audience and those who have connected online. Such hybrid audiences are deployed on the campus of the St. Petersburg State University "Mikhailovskaya Dacha."

Within the framework of interaction with MTS Link, a joint project work was launched to adapt the cloud platform to the tasks of hybrid training. Now the platform supports specially designed functionality of hybrid audiences. In particular, there was a version of the MTS Link application for the VKS terminal in hybrid classrooms. We continue to refine the solution and test new functions, - said Yuri Yekimov, IT Director of the Higher School of Economics of St. Petersburg State University.

According to the HSE report "World education trends in the Russian context," hybrid learning is the number one trend according to Russian innovators in the field. formations Thanks to technology for hybrid communications, classes become equally effective for both full-time and online students; increasing the availability of education in the regions, expanding the possibilities of intercollegiate and interregional cooperation. We have implemented a promising project with the Higher School of Economics of St. Petersburg State University, which we now plan to develop and scale. We hope that our decision will organically fit into the educational process in a variety of educational institutions, - said MTS Link, Director for Work with Educational Organizations. Tatiana Fedotova