Lipetsk state technical university (IMind)

The Novolipetsk Metallurgical Combine within cooperation with Mind company transfers to the Lipetsk state technical university modern service of carrying out video conferences i.Mind.

The i.Mind service widely uses modern technologies of communications on the Internet for receiving additional opportunities of distance learning. Carrying out video conferences, webinars, online seminars and broadcastings, unlimited number of participants within the product i.Mind allow to have qualitatively new opportunities of learning process.

Students have an opportunity to remotely attend lectures of teachers, to carry out online consultations, to discuss research projects and developments, to show different evident materials, to participate in webinars and round tables. Using i.Mind the university will be able to come into contacts with other educational institutions in Russia and abroad, to conduct with them scientific and project cooperation.

"LGTU is one of prime vendors of the personnel for the New Lipetsk plant, - the HR director and to the general questions of JSC NLMK Sergey Melnik said, - For this reason we want to offer new opportunities of education using modern technologies. According to us, distance learning will give the chance to get an education to more wide range of pupils, even outside Lipetsk or area, so to expand search of new, talented, perspective employees".

According to the marketing director of Mind company Svetlana Tikhonova, the i.Mind service was created to help people to communicate and interact regardless of temporary and space borders. The solution of NLMK on use of opportunities of i.Mind in LGTU confirms need and demand of modern technologies for education.