Bocharova I.E., Orlova E.R., Koshkina E.N.
DISTANT EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES AS INSTRUMENT FOR INCREASING HUMAN POTENTIAL OF THE ORENBURG REGION ^{[№ 9 ' 2014]}
It is well-known that knowledge and experience is the base of any economy, and population's professional competence and qualification pre-determine the growth of territory's potential. According to "Expert-RA" estimate, by investment attractiveness rating of Russian regions in 2013, Orenburg oblast is in a zone of lower potential under moderate risk. It means, that it is necessary to elaborate a more concrete strategy of its development, including human potential, and introducing innovations in education can contribute to the process. In this connection in the article possible approaches to using distant educational technologies (DET) in the region are regarded. The authors propose a methodology of applying DET, accounting the region's development level, that makes it possible to choose acceptable for the given region kinds of distant technologies, as well as to construct an individual model of using DET. Such DET model is called for help to form "creative cluster" of the region, owing to which an increase of its innovation potential will be provided.