Distance Learning in the Discipline “Elective Course in Swimming”
In the current situation in the country and the world, the spread of new strains of coronavirus infection forces higher education institutions to continue to look for new opportunities to implement their educational programs. With the transition to distance learning, practical teachers faced certain difficulties, they had to learn to teach their disciplines using new forms of the educational process, since practical disciplines involve students testing the skill of practical action. We have developed training programs for distance learning in the discipline “Elective course in swimming”. The purpose of the study was to analyze the implementation of the discipline “Elective course in swimming” at Moscow City Pedagogical University (MGPU). 108 students studying at the Moscow State Pedagogical University took part in this study. The data obtained during the survey were analyzed and presented in this paper, in the form of diagrams. It is concluded that the majority of the surveyed students (74.21 %) preferred practical classes in the pool, and only 25.79 % would like to continue their studies in a distance format. For the successful development of the discipline, traditional classes in the pool are necessary, completely replacing practical classes in the pool with "dry training" in the form of general physical training and special physical training, even with the use of modern video communication technologies, are not always effective and are only possible for a short period of time. Students had no difficulties with interacting with the teacher in the conditions of distance learning, only 13.20 % of these difficulties arose, as students adapted to the learning process. The developed training programs were accessible and understandable for the majority of students (81 %), they had no difficulties in interacting with teachers on the Teams platform. The proposed training programs contributed to maintaining physical fitness and maintaining the previously acquired skill of physical action, so 65.80 % of the student answered, they did not have difficulties using equipment and a place for training. During the period of distance learning, according to the students, the level of their physical fitness decreased, but not significantly (p > 0.05).