THE CURRENT STATE AND PROSPECTS OF THE USE OF DISTANCE LEARNING INSTRUMENTS DURING STUDY SHIP ENGINEERING

The paper is focused on identifying the advantages and disadvantages of remote education systems in terms of modern requirements to practical skills of future professionals, especially in the engineering field. Based on the analysis of the shortcomings of the already existing distance education models in the context of the pandemic, the need for a fundamentally new remote training scheme has been substantiated. The proposed model allows the students and interns of the shipbuilding profile to master the theoretical backgrounds of shipboard design and engineering and complete all practical tasks, acquiring practical skills in specialized packages of up-to-date shipbuilding CAD systems entirely remotely. This model was tested using a peer-to-peer data exchange technology between three modern information platforms: Moodle, CADMATIC (TM) and TeamViewer. Advantages of this distance learning model were identified: the possibility of acquiring practical skills in modern computer-aided design systems from anywhere globally through direct interaction of the learner and the teacher in real-time. An appropriate engineering education approach has been developed based on the presented model, enabling the student to acquire needed practical skills and initial experience in ship design using modern three-dimensional CAD in remote mode. The described course prepares the trainees for work at shipbuilding design and production companies in initial engineering positions, namely in ship hull design, structural digital twins, and production information development. A pilot project, "Development and testing of specialised multimedia courses in advanced ship engineering", was implemented at the "Neoteric Naval Engineering Institute" of the Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding. The project results show the high efficiency of using the proposed engineers training model considering modern requirements of employers to future designers and the commercial safety requirements of shipbuilding CAD systems suppliers. The relevance of the results obtained is justified both in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.