The Use of Cloud Technologies in the Process of Professional Training of Future Mathematics Teachers

Abstract

During the restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the education system was forced to make an urgent transition to e-learning. The transition revealed problems not only in the material part of the organization of education (lack of access to digital technology in a significant number of both students and teachers) but also in the lack of accessible electronic educational resources needed for educational activities. There were problems with the appropriate training of practical teachers. It cannot be said that this issue was not addressed by the educational community and state authorities, however, the results speak of the formality of the solution of these issues. The general level of teachers’ mastery of information and communication technologies remains the main problem, and mathematics teachers are not an exception to this problem, the readiness to use electronic educational resources is at a low level due to the specificity of the methodological design of the educational process. The problem of joint activities of students and teachers during the synchronous and asynchronous interaction remains unsolved. The solution of these problems lies not only in the widespread use of information and communication technologies during the practical training of future mathematics teachers and during the practical re-training of practicing teachers, but also in the construction of an open educational environment on the basis of cloud technology, which solves the problem of interaction between the participants in the educational process.