Distance study in Ukraine

I don’t know where to put this site so I thought I would post it here.

http://www.studydot.com/

The site seems to offer both residential and distance education from Ukraine. I lived in Ukraine, and wrote a thesis on Kiev, in the early 90s. At that time the education system was transitioning from communist to free market. I do not know what the current higher education situation is.

 

Ukraine

Its a beautiful country but Ukraine has yet to go into a transitioning period ...

it would be better to consult with an ombudsmen and the international educational credits offered from this university being able to be transferable....

AGS

 

I did a search on distance learning in Ukraine. I know nothing about DL initiatives by Ukraine. Now I'm curious and know a tiny bit. There is always something new to learn and discover.

"Two administrators from Ukraine's Kherson State University (KSU) are visiting the North Country this month to hone the technologies they use to provide distance education opportunities with SUNY Canton and SUNY Potsdam.

Hennadiy Kravtsov, head of multimedia and distance learning, and Anna Khoruzhenko, distance learning specialist, will spend two weeks at SUNY Canton and a week at SUNY Potsdam meeting primarily with distance learning and other information technology professionals. "
http://www.canton.edu/can/can_start.taf?page=news_004spring_ukraine_visitors

http://www.udl.org.ua/en/

http://udec.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua

 

I looked at the site again and cannot make a conclusion. I agree with Steve that the first sentence has problems – but I don’t know if that is due to poor translation or an attempt to deceive. The application concerns me somewhat since they want passport information, but this is common for some European nations. (I’ll call Ukraine European since it is a member of the Council of Europe. I know this is subject to debate, but as I mentioned I lived there briefly so perhaps I am biased). Distance education from the former USSR has great potential and the on-ground costs of education in Ukraine are much lower. For example, the site lists accommodation and classes for Russian for less than $1500 a month. I assume distance education would have also have a lower cost than other European providers.

Denver

 

I'm surprised we don't see more DL exports from countries that were part of the Soviet Union. It a logical industry to employ some of the smart people displaced by trend away from defense projects. The price and content should/could/would be competitive with what we have always found in South Africa.

Dave

 

Distance Learning in Ukraine

I lived in Ukraine for three years. I lived in Kiev for one year and Odessa for two years. I was amazed that there was a Bergdorf Goodman store at the exquisite Alta Shopping Mall in Kiev, as well as the Stayer, Viols & Le Palleum clothing stores. Clearly, the Ukrainians are trying to build a new comopolitan environment for their citizens. I didn't see anything cheap in this shopping mall. The mall had a very upscale European flavor. Along the highway however, Kiev residents drive little Opels, Citroen C3s and Skodas and pass ugly, dirty, depressing communist era apartment buildings. Kiev has a very advanced public transportation system and when I was there, the government was spending lots of money to maintain it.

Odessa is much further along in buildiing new infrastructure and is busy in city development. Brand new, stylish apartment line the shores of the Black Sea. The Crimean Peninsula is the most beautiful area in the entire Black Sea region. There are lots of jobs available in Odessa and lots of money to be made. Many Americans and British citizens were living in Odessa. I was in the Ukraine working for a British civil engineering company. Primorskii Boulevard in Odessa is quite beautiful and the architecture is very Meditteranean with a French or Italian feel. The city is extremely beautiful and very well kept.

From my experience, I think any distance learning program from the Ukraine would be a quality program.