Moscow schools are being transferred to VK
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2025 3:46 am
He added that technical limitations for the deployment of multi-user video communications that existed 10-15 years ago have now been eliminated. "A good video conferencing system requires a high-bandwidth channel on the server and a fairly fast Internet connection on the client side - 5-10 Mbit/s. It is also important that jitter - packet delay - is minimal, this depends on the equipment. All this is achieved if the server is located at the point of exchange of provider traffic, and clients receive the Internet "by cable". Using Ethernet to connect end users is called Metro Ethernet. Russia, due to a number of economic and historical features, has become one of the world leaders in the implementation of Metro Ethernet solutions. As a result, the overwhelming majority of city residents have a fast Internet connection, and they pay very little for it (the typical cost is 400 rubles per month). This created the preconditions for the widespread, large-scale implementation of video conferencing in Russia," said Vadim Plessky.
According to him, when using Microsoft belize whatsapp resource services, user data is transferred to Microsoft servers located abroad. "We can debate whether schools/students have any secret data, but the fact remains that consumers of the Microsoft Teams service do not control the data flows and processes that occur when using this software. Russian VKS developers have developed quite competitive products, and it is quite logical to replace MS Teams with them. Russian VKS tools are also suitable for communicating with people in other countries - there are no restrictions on their use abroad. In the medium term, Teams and Zoom within Russia should be replaced with Russian solutions, since it is nonsense to have good Russian products and continue to use foreign ones, especially after Microsoft left Russia, "slamming the door," the expert concluded.
The Moscow Department of Education and Science told ComNews that the capital's schools are switching to VK Messenger for online lessons. "At the end of the last academic year, the Moscow Electronic School (the city educational service MES) was integrated with the domestic service for intra-school communications - the Sferum educational profile in VK Messenger. The transition to using the new service in schools is happening gradually, as planned," said the press service of the Moscow Department of Education and Science.
The department reported that the Sferum educational profile in VK Messenger is a "separate closed educational space in which students, their parents and teachers will be able to communicate in chats, exchange materials, photo and video content, organize individual and group calls, video broadcasts and much more."
"The educational profile has various types of pre-created chats available. For example, a teacher has a class chat with the students in his class and a chat with the parents of these children, and parents and children have access to a chat with the class teacher," noted the press service of the Moscow Department of Education and Science.
She emphasized that MES has the ability to connect other domestic companies - developers of information and communication services that meet the technical and legal conditions, but did not provide details about the mechanism for such a connection.
The press service of the Moscow Department of Education and Science also noted that the use of digital platforms and tools in education is not mandatory and is used at the discretion of the school and teacher to improve the educational process. "By law, schools can use e-learning, distance learning technologies in the implementation of educational programs. However, if this involves the processing of students' personal data, the school must use state information systems created, modernized and operated to implement these educational programs. Also, in accordance with the recommendations of the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation on the inadmissibility of using foreign products for work purposes intended for organizing communications via video conferencing (VKS), the executive authorities of the city of Moscow have organized work to provide the VKS service using domestic solutions," the press service of the Moscow Department of Education and Science reported.
Microsoft promised ComNews to comment on the situation, but at the time of publication had not provided a comment. Sber, the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation did not respond to questions.
According to him, when using Microsoft belize whatsapp resource services, user data is transferred to Microsoft servers located abroad. "We can debate whether schools/students have any secret data, but the fact remains that consumers of the Microsoft Teams service do not control the data flows and processes that occur when using this software. Russian VKS developers have developed quite competitive products, and it is quite logical to replace MS Teams with them. Russian VKS tools are also suitable for communicating with people in other countries - there are no restrictions on their use abroad. In the medium term, Teams and Zoom within Russia should be replaced with Russian solutions, since it is nonsense to have good Russian products and continue to use foreign ones, especially after Microsoft left Russia, "slamming the door," the expert concluded.
The Moscow Department of Education and Science told ComNews that the capital's schools are switching to VK Messenger for online lessons. "At the end of the last academic year, the Moscow Electronic School (the city educational service MES) was integrated with the domestic service for intra-school communications - the Sferum educational profile in VK Messenger. The transition to using the new service in schools is happening gradually, as planned," said the press service of the Moscow Department of Education and Science.
The department reported that the Sferum educational profile in VK Messenger is a "separate closed educational space in which students, their parents and teachers will be able to communicate in chats, exchange materials, photo and video content, organize individual and group calls, video broadcasts and much more."
"The educational profile has various types of pre-created chats available. For example, a teacher has a class chat with the students in his class and a chat with the parents of these children, and parents and children have access to a chat with the class teacher," noted the press service of the Moscow Department of Education and Science.
She emphasized that MES has the ability to connect other domestic companies - developers of information and communication services that meet the technical and legal conditions, but did not provide details about the mechanism for such a connection.
The press service of the Moscow Department of Education and Science also noted that the use of digital platforms and tools in education is not mandatory and is used at the discretion of the school and teacher to improve the educational process. "By law, schools can use e-learning, distance learning technologies in the implementation of educational programs. However, if this involves the processing of students' personal data, the school must use state information systems created, modernized and operated to implement these educational programs. Also, in accordance with the recommendations of the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation on the inadmissibility of using foreign products for work purposes intended for organizing communications via video conferencing (VKS), the executive authorities of the city of Moscow have organized work to provide the VKS service using domestic solutions," the press service of the Moscow Department of Education and Science reported.
Microsoft promised ComNews to comment on the situation, but at the time of publication had not provided a comment. Sber, the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation did not respond to questions.