Уральский федеральный университет имени первого Президента России Б.Н.Ельцина

Ural Federal University is the largest federal university in Russia, established on the basis of the oldest universities in the Ural region – Ural State University and Ural Polytechnic Institute. Over 100-year history it had trained more than 300 thousand. The university holds the leading position among Russian universities that provide training in engineering fields. For more than 10 years the university has been training highly qualified personnel using remote learning technologies. This training is based on the extensive experience in creating virtual laboratories and simulators, shooting educational videos, and developing online courses. As part of the Open Education Project Ural Federal University will present courses primarily providing basic training in engineering fields. Large team of the best university professors with many years of experience in remote learning, were involved in creating the courses. Our task is to show that the use of online courses and modern technologies will be highly effective even for technical disciplines which are traditionally hard to study remotely.