Socially significant technologies in professional education with «Service Learning» project as example

The issues of socially significant technologies integration in the educational process of universities, the nature and characteristics of socially significant practices are considered. Socially significant technologies in education offer a large number of opportunities for the development and improvement of the education system. They make learning more accessible, interactive and personalized. The article analyzes the possibilities of the «Service Learning» technology for improving the level of well-being, quality of life in society, development of hard and soft skills of young people, formation of values, personal qualities and disclosure of creative abilities. The university is an educational center promoting the development of pro-bono and intellectual areas of volunteerism with both educational and social potential. The authors investigate the most relevant forms of Service Learning project implementation. In particular, the example of the project «All-Russian Online School of Media Volunteers» provides the structural analysis of this technology. The project is successfully implemented on the basis of the «Dobro.Center» at Peter the Great St. Petersburg polytechnic University within the framework of intersectoral cooperation and social franchise of the Association of Volunteer Centers operating with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. Online learning is becoming increasingly popular in modern education. It allows students from different regions and countries to receive quality education regardless of their geographical location. Online platforms offer a wide range of courses and programs that students can study at their convenience. Through online learning, students can self-organize their education overcoming geographical and social barriers. In general, the socially relevant technologies of online learning and service learning presented in this article have a synergistic effect in vocational education.