Information for SPbPU 1st-year students about the implementation of the Self Development Module

Important information for SPbPU 1st-year students: how the self-development module (Soft Skills) for will be implemented in the spring semester of the academic year 2021/2022.

The disciplines that are included in the Soft Skills Module and their descriptions can be found here.

The disciplines of the self-development module (Soft Skills) for full-time students are implemented in the 2nd (1st year) and 3rd (2nd year) semesters. The choice of disciplines is carried out on the course Self-development module (Soft Skills)_ course description in the Distributed Distance Learning System (hereinafter — DLS) for the 2nd semester at the beginning of the academic year, for the 3rd semester will open in May 2022.

How the training will be organized:

1. Training will be implemented in a mixed-format — lectures, theoretical material — remotely through the CDS on the appropriate course for the discipline of your choice. Practical studies will be held mainly in the traditional face-to-face format. This training format will remain in place until the end of the semester.

2. Training will take place not in customary academic groups, but in specially formed «conditional» groups for training in the disciplines of the self-development module (Soft Skills). You can see the distribution by groups on the general course in this section.

3. Students are enrolled in the appropriate discipline of the Self Development Module (Soft Skills) centrally, according to their choice. Access is provided, as for all courses, on a single account.

4. The class schedule has a single link for all disciplines in the general course. This link takes students to the portal, and in their account in the CDS they can see the general course and the course in which the student is already enrolled according to their choice made at the beginning of the semester. In the general course Self-development module (Soft Skills)_ course description you can see the class schedules for each discipline, the lead instructors, and the number of classrooms for practical classes. Class schedules are scheduled primarily on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

5. Peculiarities of implementation of each discipline of the self-development module (Soft Skills) and the rules of certification will be communicated to students at the introductory session and posted in the CDS on the appropriate course.

6. Please, pay attention that you could have chosen the disciplines of the Soft Skills Module for the 2nd semester until the end of September 2021. You cannot switch disciplines at this time! If you wish to enroll in a different discipline, you can do so in May 2022 for the 3rd semester (2nd year).

Features of the Self-development Module (Soft Skills) for part-time and full-time students.

1. The course «Personal Effectiveness Skills (SoftSkills)» (part-time and extramural forms of training) was created at the CDS.

2. The discipline is implemented exclusively in a distance format by taking an appropriate online course on the National Platform for Open Education (NPOE).

3. The training schedule includes a link to the navigation course.

4. All part-time and full-time students are centrally enrolled in the navigation course.

5. On the page of the course posted rules for the discipline and a link to the main course on the National Portal of Open Education — «Personal Effectiveness Skills (SoftSkills)».

6. The course is supervised by Associate Professor Anastasia Tabolina, pilishina_av@spbstu.ru

If you have any additional questions, please contact the responsible teacher listed on the course card or the Directorate of Basic Educational Programs.

Directorate of Basic Educational Programs