Creation and research of the cloud- based system for self-education

The authors have developed a web-system based on Open Source technology with an open access to the project, containing a web-application and a web-site. Through the mobile application, the user may get access to the teaching materials posted on the site, with final testing the level of knowledge acquisition. The cloud-based system was designed for teaching the discipline «Informatics», and it was tested among the first-year students studying the program «Telecommunications». As a result, it was revealed that the effectiveness of teaching students with cloud technologies was 10 % higher than with traditional teaching methods. In addition, the dispersion of test results relative to the average has decreased from 31 to 20 %, which certainly confirms the effectiveness of training with cloud technologies. However, the results indicate that some students will still need additional self- educational activities to achieve a satisfactory formation of self-educational competence.