Systematicity of students’ independent work in cloud learning environment

. The paper deals with the problem of out-of-class students’ independent work in information and communication learning environment based on cloud technologies. Results of appropriate survey among students of pedagogical university are discussed. The students answered the questions about systematicity of their learning activity and propositions for its improving. It is determined that the leading problems are needs in more careful instruction according to features of the task completing, insufficient experience in self-management, the lack of internal motivation. Most of all, students recommend to provide the tasks with detail instruction (oral or written) and to pay attention to careful planning the time that is necessary for full completion of the task. It is pointed that such complicated requirements can be satisfied only by complex use of information and communication technologies as well as the automated system of pedagogical diagnostics. S ome requirements for management of students’ out -of-classroom independent work are formulated as a result of this discussion.


Introduction
Cloud technologies is a basis of modern distance learning.It provides the students with possibility of study that is free in space and time.Students of full time learning also use the cloud pedagogical information and communication environment for out-of-classes independent work.But learning activities in cloud environment essential differs from traditional work in classroom or homework with short-term tasks.It also differs from learning work on large study projects.New kind of learning activity requires in new studies of pedagogical science in the field of didactical and psychological peculiarities of students' independent work.Problems of educational activity in cloud environment were analyzed in studies of Liudmyla I. Bilousova [4], Valerii Yu.Bykov [10], Arnold E. Kiv [62], Hennadiy M. Kravtsov [31], Mykhailo S. Lvov [69], Yevhenii O. Modlo [43], Pavlo P. Nechypurenko [47], Maiia V. Popel [38], Serhiy O. Semerikov [72], Aleksander V. Spivakovsky [14], Andrii M. Striuk [39], Illiia O. Teplytskyi [63] and others.The other side of investigations is devoted to the pedagogical theory of students' independent work management.Oleksandr V. Malykhin [36] is an author of one of the recent fundamental research, specifically oriented on the problems of management of students' independent work, he suggests a model of the system of management of the students' independent learning activity in pedagogical university as well as the corresponded pedagogical technology, which has been tested at foreign language learning.
The basis of effective management of students' independent learning activities in higher education institutions is the study of the didactical conditions of management of students' independent work both theoretically and by means of a questionnaire [29], [64], [66].Thus, according to [64] it is determined that third-year students during independent work had such difficulties as unclear requirements, lack of special literature, the discrepancy tasks with the subject of the course.The results of survey of students on the use of information technologies during independent work [42] are interesting for understanding the technique of students' work.As a result of this survey, students mostly use lecture summaries and electronic resources rather than textbooks or other teaching materials [42] in process of their self-preparation for classes.Survey method was used to determine the problems of self-study of primary school teachers in Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University [53].By results of [53], students often identify such difficulties, when performing independent work: not enough books (not enough information on the Internet), objectives or requirements are unclear, lack of time, trouble finding information, too large amount of information that makes it difficult to study.Survey [6], which deals with the problems of management of the students' independent work in the information and communication pedagogical environment, show that students widely use Internet resources during independent work, but they do it spontaneously and do not obtain proper effect on the success of learning.So management of independent work should be provided special means in information and communication environment, aimed at improving the efficiency of the use of Internet resources during independent work of students [6].
The author of [28] took attention for the level of cognitive students' activity in process of independent work and suggested the appropriate system of tasks for independent work on educational discipline "Method of teaching informatics".This tasks are focused on productive and creative activities of students and anticipate their implementation in the Moodle system.The author underline that the most positive results were achieved by students, who characterized by a high and average level of cognitive activity and a certain experience of independent work in pedagogical information and communication environment [28].
Despite the considerable interest of researchers to pedagogical conditions of students' independent work, the problem of empirical research of relations between factors, which determine the effectiveness of independent learning activities is still not exhausted.In particular, one of the actual problem in management of students' independent work in pedagogical information and communication environment is providing the systematicity of such activity.The lack of direct personal contact between student and teacher as well as the lack of personal connections between students during the task execution and presentation of its results needs innovation approach for motivation and help that traditionally provides learning process.
Objectives of this paper is the analysis of pedagogical conditions of providing the systematic learning activity of students' in pedagogical information and communication environment.
Studying the problem of management of independent work of students involves, first of all, the identification of the essence of management, clarification of his role in the student's educational activities.It was defined on the basis of works of Vladimir P. Bespalko [2], Tatiana A. Dmitrenko [12], Larysa V. Filippova [17], Valerii A. Iakunin [23], Lev B. Itelson [24], Aelita K. Markova [37], Raushan K. Mashanova [40], Valerii Ia.Nechaev [46], Liudmila V. Rychkova [60], Kateryna V. Yaresko [13] and others that the essence of management consists in the implementation of the interaction of the student and the teacher, aimed at activating the student's activities in the learning process and at achieving the goal.As a result of this interaction, the socio-cognitive experience of the student changes.Depending on the nature of the teacher's influence on the student's independent work, the types of management are distinguished: 1. according the distribution of roles in the management between the subjects of the educational processdirect management, co-management and self-management; 2. by the presence of feedbackwith feedback and without feedback; by the degree of individualization of influencedirected and dispersed; by level of using technical equipmentmanual and automated.
From the standpoint of a cybernetic approach, the management is a process that is carried out in the following stages: collecting information and evaluating the situation; setting objectives; decision-making on choosing the appropriate method of solving the problem; realization of the decision; control and evaluation of results; adjustment.Each stage has a specific purpose and task assignments, provides for certain actions of the management entity.
A teacher can provide personal interaction with students to manage their independent work only, when students' independent work is in progress in classroom.The management of out-of-classroom learning activity in traditional study is based on preliminary instructing, didactical tools and student's experience in self-management of own learning activity.Such situation leads to the lack of creative and productive activity in students' out-of-class study, because teachers have problems with management of such activity by traditional means.Only using the innovation pedagogical technologies, based on information and communication learning environment and cloud technologies, gives us possibility to realize on-line management of students' independent work at distance.

Empirical research
To determine the leading problems, which impede students' independent work, we suggested them some questionnaire with a multiple choice (see Table 1).The target group are students of pedagogical universityfuture teachers.The size of the sample is 53.
The question 1 suggests to the students some hypothetical "opinions" that characterize probable problems, connected with quality and fullness of preliminary instructing, motivation and cognitive interest, students' experience in self-management of independent work.The answers show (see Fig. 1) that the leading problems are needs in more careful instruction according to features of the task completing, insufficient experience in self-management, the lack of internal motivation.Statistical analysis shows that influence of variants 2, 6, 7, 8, on the systematicity of independent learning activity is significantly less than the above factors (significance level 0.01 according to Pearson's criterion Chi-square).We should take into account the variant 4 also, because of importance of health problems for a student as a person. 1 there is no enough understanding of how to complete a task 2 there are other more important things 3 there was a mistake in planning time, the task have been left for the last day and time was not enough 4 bad health, illness 5 the task is not of interest, it is difficult to force itself to borrow it, even if necessary 6 fulfilling the task does not affect the achievement of my life goals (does not give the experience that will be needed in life) 7 the task does not affect my grades at the university (the evaluation system does not take into account the results of this task) the task is so complicated (labor-intensive) that it is not possible to execute it Question 2.
To improve the systematicity of students' work , I would recommend teachers: 1 not to give for independent work of creative tasks, the order of execution of which is not known in advance 2 not to give for the independent work of tasks of a reproductive nature, which is not interesting to perform 3 to provide a detailed written instruction to complete the tasks  Question 1 The same problems were analyzed by students during answering Question 2 from the other viewpoint (see Table 1 and Fig. 2).Most of all, students recommend to provide the tasks with detail instruction (oral or written) and to pay attention to careful planning the time that is necessary for full completion of the task.Other variants (1,2,5,6) were chosen significantly less (significance level 0.01 according to Pearson's criterion Chisquare).
Fig. 2. Percentage of students' choice according to Question 1 (see Table 1) Such answers of Question2 confirm the answers on Question 1 (Variants 1 and 4), but are in conflict with variant 5 of Question 1.To increase the cognitive interest of the task we should suggest creative tasks for the students, but such tasks are difficult.If the preliminary instructions are very detailedwe'll lost the creative component in the task.So detail instruction should be provided only in needs in time.This instruction should be individual for the student.One teacher cannot serve all students of academic group in such regime, so we need to organize the collective work of students in information and communication learning environment.We need to use the automated system of pedagogical diagnostics for control every student activity and providing him with context help [5].There are experimental researches [70] and theoretical studies [10] that stress an attention on accordance between student's learning styles and the used method of teaching, "... the way the material presented in online electronics course" [70].So the automated pedagogical diagnostic system should be comprehensive enough to determine appropriate student's characteristics.
As a result of this discussion let us to formulate some requirements for management of students' out-of-classroom independent work: • availability of information and communication learning environment which is useful for students; 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Question 2 • students experience in self-management of own learning activitythis experience is provided by systematic independent work, which step by step transforms from direct management by teacher throw co-management with a teacher to selfmanagement according to objectives, plan, system of learning tools and recommendations from teachers and the automated system of pedagogical diagnostics; • creative elements in the system of learning tasks; • students' cooperation and communication in process of independent work that increases motivation, helps to follow the time plan and to overcome problems; • availability of the automated system of the pedagogical diagnostics that provides a student with help in pedagogical design of his learning activity; • careful design of the system of learning tasks individually for each student with time planning.

Conclusions
1.As a result of survey among students of pedagogical university, the most common problems in systematicity of learning activity during the independent work of the student are the lack of instructions, the lack of cognitive interest, students' mistakes in self-management of own learning activity, teachers' mistakes in time planning for the systems of learning tasks for students' independent work.2. Some requirements for management of students' independent work for fixing these problems are suggested: • information and communication learning environment should be available and useful for students; • students should continuously capture the experience in self-management of own learning activity; • the system of learning tasks should assume elements for creative students' learning activity; • students' cooperation and communication in process of independent work should increase motivation, help to follow the time plan and overcome problems; • the automated system of the pedagogical diagnostics should be worked out to provides a student with help in pedagogical design of his learning activity; • design of the system of learning tasks should be individual for each student and assume accurate time planning.