DESIGNING OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN MODERN CONDITIONS: A PRACTICAL APPROACH

Abstract

Modern challenges necessitate continuous improvement of economic and industrial performance indicators. One of the key factors for this is improving the quality of specialist training at all levels of the education system. This is largely determined by the development of the structure and content of educational programs. They must reflect the current state of science and technology, be flexible, adaptable, and have clear and reliable tools for measuring learning outcomes. The goal of the research is to propose a practical approach to structuring educational programs that combines methodological, algorithmic, and analytical components, as well as elements of design automation. Materials and methods. A system approach to designing the structure of educational programs is used. It takes into account the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation, regulatory and methodological documentation, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, local regulations of higher education institutions, federal state educational standards (approved and draft), and professional standards. Results. The article proposes to consider the process of designing and implementing educational programs based on the standards of the quality management system and the Shewhart–Deming PDCA improvement cycle. A methodology for forming the curriculum structure is developed, taking into account the requirements and constraints in the form of an approach to calculating curriculum components. Methods for automating curriculum development in the selected software environment are tested. Conclusion. An approach to designing an educational program is proposed that interlinks quality standards and requirements of regulatory and methodological documentation, methods for calculating the labor intensity of disciplines within components (semesters), and approaches to automating design using computer technologies. Examples of stages of the proposed practical approach are presented, which can be used taking into account the specific features and conditions of application. Software modules have been developed and tested, automating the main stages of educational program design.