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.

Koshkina E.N.
THE MODEL OF INNOVATION DIVERSIFICATION OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES MARKET ON THE BASE OF EDUCATIONAL OKRUGS’ FORMATION IN ORENBURG REGION ^{[№ 10 ' 2009]}
In Orenburg region tertiary market is weakly developed at enough higher index of gross regional product. Though there are all suppositions for diversification of economy and development of social sphere but its realization is impossible without new qualified staff for training of whom it is necessary to use other approaches to educational system of our region. In this article the author suggests the bases of educational okrugs formation in Orenburg region directed on optimization of education management structure, achievement of the balance at the territorial distribution of educational organizations, increase of specialists’ qualification in the sphere of education. The effectiveness of the suggested model of educational okrugs work is calculated with help of methods of qualimetry.