Headings of the journal
"Educational Resources and Technologies"

Annotation: The article deals with the issues related to the study and ordering of modern methods and means of working with information educational resources. These resources are databases and knowledge bases combined with highly loaded applications and intensified macromedia systems. The article reveals the content of high-load applications and the reasons for the appearance of high load in database and information system applications. The issues of intensifying work with databases in integrated systems are investigated. The causal relationships and relationships in these systems are investigated. Suggestions for improving the efficiency of high-load applications due to their scalability and interoperability are given. For integrated application load reduction, we offer a comprehensive solution based on a systematic approach and accounting for data quality, software quality, and technology quality in a single system. The results obtained are of interest for the engineering and reengineering of databases and information systems, in particular, in the implementation of database regeneration and software regeneration of information systems.

Annotation: The article examines the role and importance of independent work of students for the preparation of future specialists with both professional and personal competencies. The aim of the work is to determine the directions for improving the forms and methods of organizing independent work of students, contributing to the development of the student’s ability to learn, to form the ability for self-development and creative activity. A review of the types, criteria and technologies for organizing independent work of students is carried out, the features and factors that affect the development of their independence are highlighted. The important role of independent work of students in the context of the implementation of the competence-based approach is noted. An important feature of the organization of independent work, depending on the degree of participation of the teacher, has been investigated, the application of the approach of facilitation with the gradual transfer of the control function to the student himself has been substantiated. The conditions for organizing independent work of students are highlighted, the use of which contributes to an increase in the effectiveness of the educational process and the formation of professional and personal competencies of a modern specialist.

Annotation: The article a method of masking for a virtual machine, which is launched utilizing virtualization systems QEMU and KVM are proposed. The aim of the work is to create a method for masking a virtual machine, using which the detection of a virtual machine will be complicated. It is shown that the cost of CPU time to exit and return to the virtualization system is the most characteristic feature that allows malware to detect the use of a VM. A method for masking a VM is proposed based on counting the number of actually passed ticks of the host processor and replacing it when returning to the VM. Algorithms of evading tests for virtual environment presence are described. The result of the masking method are presented. The relevance of the proposed method implementation is given. Possible application scenarios for the method are also described. The proposed method of masking the virtual environment can be used to analyze the behavior of malware. As a result of applying the developed masking method, programs could not detect the presence of a virtual environment. The obtained research results will be useful for developers of malware analysis tools.

Annotation: The article is devoted to the actual problem of improving the effectiveness of distance learning. The purpose of this work is to study the possibilities of increasing the educational motivation of distance learning students. The article considers the role of a teacher who accompanies the process of distance learning, describes the specifics of interaction between a teacher and students using computer technologies. The paper presents the difficulties encountered by students in the course of using distance educational technologies. The paper lists the features of the distance education system that reduce the educational motivation of students. The article presents pedagogical methods for increasing educational motivation, which are applicable in the conditions of virtual communication with students. The teacher’s stimulation of students ‘ educational motivation determines their cognitive activity, awakens educational activity. Regular contact of the teacher with students, as well as the organization of group work in the electronic system, strengthens interest in the learning process and maintains the necessary level of educational motivation throughout the training. In conclusion, the need for professional improvement of teachers in the development and use of all resources of the distance learning system is emphasized.

Annotation: The article considers the concept of forming an information culture among students of economic specialties as the most influential factor in the digital economy. The place and role of General culture and information culture as its component part in the modern digital economy are determined. The article substantiates the role of digital culture in reducing costs and losses from cybercrime, fakes, data redundancy and non-compliance with ethical rules in network communication and interaction. The differences between the concepts of “digital culture” and “digitalization of culture” are considered and the main approaches to defining the concept of digital culture are analyzed. An approach to creating a training course on information culture for economic specialties is considered, taking into account the features of the digital economy and new opportunities to improve the effectiveness of information systems and the formation of information resources. The conceptual provisions and structure of the digital culture training course for students of economic specialties are formulated.