Remote and online education

al-Farabi Kazakh National University is a leader among Kazakhstani universities in implementing MOOCs on the OpenEdx open platform.

Since the 2014-2015 academic year, the Distance Education Center of al-Farabi KazNU, together with the faculty, has begun work on creating MOOCs. Currently, their own MOOC platform based on the Open edX system is operational at http://open.kaznu.kz.

On October 1, 2015, the first open courses were launched by leading professors of al-Farabi KazNU - Probability Theory and Physics Problems with Associate Professor V. Kashkarov. Around 250 and 500 listeners from different regions of Kazakhstan enrolled in these courses, respectively. Mostly, students from the 1st and 2nd years of al-Farabi KazNU, senior classes of Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools, specialized physics-mathematical and secondary schools were trained in these courses. Data analysis showed significant interest in these courses, which encourages faculty and university staff to continue working in this direction. By the end of June 2016, more than two thousand listeners were registered in the system.

With active support from al-Farabi KazNU, the National Platform for Open Education of Kazakhstan (hereinafter - NPOOEK) was launched.

As part of the implementation of a set of measures to develop e-learning and organize the work of NPOOEK to train personnel based on distance educational technologies (DET) and strengthen the work of the Distance Education Center (DEC), with the aim of increasing the mobility of providing educational services of the university for new educational programs, the university administration made a decision (Rector's Order No. 45 of 29.01.2016) to transform the structural unit "Distance Education Center" into the "Institute of Distance Education" (IDE), within which the Center for Massive Open Online Courses (CMOOC) was created as a project office of the national platform. The position of the MOOC center, as well as the job descriptions of the head, lead specialist, and specialist of the CMOOC center were developed and approved by the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Ahmed-Zaki D.Zh. (as of March 14, 2016) (as of January 10, 2019).

In February 2016, the Institute of Distance Education was transformed into the Institute of New Educational Technologies, within which the CMOOC continues to operate.

Memorandum of cooperation with Google StrategEast

Dear teachers, employees and students!

In order to increase mental and emotional well-being, prevention and prevention of emotional burnout, Office of academic and digital innovations of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in conjunction with the Department of General and Applied Psychology. al-Farabi launches online training "Virtual Psychological lounge".

Are you tired of working / studying in the distance?
Constant work or incomplete tasks do not give you time to relax and unwind?
Do you often feel tired and lacking in energy?
Postpone the case to a “long box” or on the next Monday?

Exhale, do not restrain yourself and join our psychological living room, where you can share any of your experiences, problems and worries, as well as relax for your own benefit!

Moreover, you can do it now, without registration and SMS, and also absolutely anonymously! Follow the link below to our collaboration board - Padlet and leave your anonymous notes, and already at the next training you will be able to find support, motivation and recommendations for solving problem situations that have arisen!

Link to the board

Meetings held in the psychological lounge

Training topic	Annotation	Trainer(s)	Link to a records
"ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND RELATIONSHIPS. WHAT EVERY PERSON SHOULD KNOW? "	How do you know that your partner is prone to violence?	Kabakova M.P. - Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor, Kalymbetova E.K. - Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor, Sadvakasova Z.M. - Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor	https://youtu.be/xKr83E_d5dg
Stress resistance as a means of combating emotional burnout	The main topics of the training: Theory and diagnosis of emotional burnout Methods for coping with burnout *Stress resistance and prevention of emotional burnout	Nazarova A., Manarbekova Zh., Yafarov R. Department of general and applied psychology Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science	https://youtu.be/BXWzEPCeUZU
Nonviolent communication: life without conflicts with peace in the heart	Main points: The nature of the conflictogen Methods of conflict prevention *Approaches to competent conflict resolution	Sadvakasova Z.M.-Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Nazarova M. – 2nd year Master's student of the Department of Psychology	https://youtu.be/8miLqF0SNLA
Feelings of ANXIETY: What are the causes of "causeless" anxiety and how to eliminate them?	The nature and mechanism of anxiety. Portrait and consequences of anxiety on human mental health. Keys to Reducing Human Anxiety	Sadvakasova Zukhra Maratovna Associate Professor of the Department of Psychology	https://youtu.be/89rSgK4QW6M
From thought to an action!	“To justify ourselves in our own eyes, we often convince ourselves that we are unable to achieve the goal; in fact, we are not powerless, but weak-willed. " Francois de La Rochefoucauld During the training you will learn: * How to form habits that will lead us to success? * How to focus on the essentials and set priorities? * How to move from thoughts to action?	Master of sciences, Karabalina Zh.B. 8 777 002 1941 instagram	https://youtu.be/BsG1TeF4aVE

Dear lecturers and employees!

In order to improve the quality of education using distance educational technologies through the exchange of experience between university teachers Office of Academic and Digital Innovations of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University launches a cycle of online master classes "Digital Workshop of Lecturer".

In the workshop, we will learn from each other, sharing the best pedagogical practices on the use of digital technologies and tools in teaching students. Together discuss and, if possible, solve our problems.

Dear colleagues, if you are implementing effective and interesting practices in working with students, we invite you to share your experience and act as instructors at the next master classes!

We are open to your suggestions and interesting ideas!

Conducted meetings in the digital workshop

Master class topic	Teacher / faculty	Link to recording
Artificial Intelligence Regulation: A European Approach for Central Asia	Hudayberdina G.A.	Link to record
Using ChatGPT technology in data analysis	Karyukin Vladislav Igorevich	Link to a record
Innovative methods in teaching: a student-centered approach to teaching natural sciences	Jusupova Aizhan Izbassarovna	Link to a record
Practical aspects of social surveys: resources and sampling	Shabdenova Aizhan Bazarhanovna	Link to a record
"Telegram pedagogy"	Seidekhanov S.A., Journalism department	https://youtu.be/lAH5TlHr8PY
Essay space. Types of educational essays.	Sansyzbaeva S.K., faculty of philology and world languages	https://youtu.be/aV6IRAORt7o
Working with the Miro / Mindmeister interactive whiteboard Create an interactive presentation with Canva	Rakhmatullaeva D.Zh. Higher School of Economics and Business	https://youtu.be/RiWUY7UTAGo
Remote knowledge assessment platform "Startexam"	Dolgikh V.R., faculty of medicine and health care	https://youtu.be/D-RsT444BAQ
Crossword tasks as a method of developing education. Elements of gamification in the classroom. In the English language.	Morugova E. A., faculty of Philology and World Languages	https://youtu.be/VKMpyM9UfCE

2021 - 2023 sessions:

Faculty of medicine and health care

Dolgikh V.R. "Using digital educational resources and interactive materials in dentistry classes"

Faculty of Philology and World Languages

Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics

Umbetkulova A.B. "How to record a video lecture from a PC screen"

Faculty of Oriental Studies

Belyalova A.E. "Methodological recommendations for conducting lectures and seminars in educational settings"

Faculty of International Relations

Eimpasheva A.T. "Methodology of distance teaching during quarantine"

Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science

Lifanova T.Yu. "Methodological recommendations for studying the discipline in the DL system" using the example of the discipline "History and Philosophy of Science"

Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology

Kistaubaeva A.S. - laboratory lesson “Study of microorganisms-contaminants of brewing production”

Goncharova A.V. - laboratory classes in “Biochemistry”

Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology

Zlobina E.V. - laboratory lesson “Dichromatometric determination of iron”

Physics and Technology Faculty

Isataev M.S. - laboratory classes in the direction of training “053 Physical and Chemical Sciences”

Mikhailova S.L. - laboratory lesson “Malus’ Law”

Motto

Cogito Ergo Sum - I think, therefore, I exist.

The Silver Age is a spiritually and intellectually rich period of a person's life. The time has come to comprehend the lived, wise attitude to the world and the need to adapt to the changes taking place in it. Based on this, the goal, objectives and principles of the Silver University have been formed. The aim is to keep older people connected to meaningful and active social contexts later in life in the new network-centric society and smart spaces.

Tasks of the Silver University programm:

To create favorable conditions for self-education and self-improvement at the group and individual level for the effective adaptation of older people in modern life.
To help maintain a circle and flow of communication and communication with peers, which are often so lacking in the representatives of the Silver age.
Maintain a positive attitude towards life through creative activities.
Motivate for physical activity.
Contribute to building harmonious relations between the representatives of the silver age with family members and society.
Improve legal and financial literacy.
Increase digital literacy by helping to master modern technical means and information technologies to adapt to the conditions of a digital society.
To organize training in a sparing mode.

Principles of the Silver University programm:

Hermeneutic education is an orientation not to knowledge, but to understanding.
Orientation towards understanding and formalizing one's own accumulated life and professional experience, and not towards gaining experience.
Worldview education and self-education is focused not on ontological replenishment, but on the design and rethinking of one's own intellectual baggage.
User skills and abilities, primarily focused on self-service.

At Al-Farabi KazNU, the concept of the Silver University is implemented through the passage of representatives of the Silver University online courses posted on the official educational online platform of the University - OpenKazNU (https://open.kaznu.kz/ ).

Silver University at Open KazNU

Online courses have an intuitive structure and are the perfect choice for seniors who want to improve at their own pace. Thanks to free online courses, students can study simply for the sake of gaining new knowledge in an interesting subject, for example, history, philosophy or new technologies.

Journalism	Information Technology
История казахской журналистики	Information and Communication Technologies
Радиожурналистика	Ақпараттық және коммуникациялық технологиялар
Фотожурналист шеберлігі	Информационно – коммуникационные технологии
Philosophy and political science	Программалауға кіріспе
Философия	Physics
Мәдениеттану	Механика
Саясаттану	Повторное использование отходов
Әлеуметтану	Основы утилизации отходов
Жоғары мектеп педагогикасы	Philology
Психология на казахском языке	Қазақ әдебиеті
Культурология	Ағылшын тілі
Педагогика высшей школы	Jurisprudence
Психология на русском языке	Конституционное право Республики Казахстан
Sociology	Правоохранительные органы Республики Казахстан
Философия на русском языке	Biology
	Адам және жануарлар физиологиясы
	Economy
	Менеджмент