Valery Alexeev

The paper deals with the main problems in the development of modern educational systems engineering education. Attention is drawn to the biosphere-the cosmological synthesis of engineering education. The necessity of the transition from one-dimensional and professional engineering education to globally-cultural is proved. The methods of reorientation toward fundamental integration of engineering and technical knowledge, constituting the content of academic disciplines are described. The authors offer graphical model of the teacher-researcher in the vocational education system.

The paper is devoted the problem of virtuality in engineering education in the widespread use of information technologies. The use of computer simulation in educational process allows speeding up the learning process and reducing the cost of education. However, the problem of virtuality of acquired knowledge appears since learning is not held on real physical objects, but on their computer models. The survey among students aims to show virtuality level of their knowledge. The authors offers specific system solutions of virtuality of acquired knowledge in learning process.

The paper deals with innovative approaches to organization of scientific-research activities of the modern university, taking into account the current trends of social-economic development of Russia and introduc-tion of the International Innovation University.

The paper deals with the developed in the International Innovative University and widely used here new electronic learning technologies, giving the effect of “social learning”. These technologies are characterized by open information and communication space, a new design, primarily through the support of multimedia learning tools and hypermedia.

The article is devoted to final degree papers for students of technical majors. The authors propose to change the standard approaches to the project activity during the period of certification. Modern technical facilities are complex ones in terms of the variety of physical processes that occur in them. In this regard, it is necessary to apply the system design methods and organization of work. The authors base on the use of thw systematic approach and methods of scientific and technical creativity.