SOCIOVIRTIVITY AS A KIND OF REALITY IN MODERN EDUCATION

A sharp transition to more active use of modern virtual technologies in education has led to many problems and negative effects, ranging from the technical unpreparedness of some universities for this reality, ending with psychological tension and a decrease in the quality of life of all subjects of education. In order to identify new features of structural changes in the educational process and substantiate the causes of emerging transformations that significantly affect the quality of knowledge acquired remotely, this study was conducted. The article proposes a new concept of «sociovirtuality» as a new ontological reality of a person. The specific features of the virtual image and virtual reality in contrast to social reality are revealed. The paper explains the differences between a virtual image and a mirror image. The characteristic features of virtual communication are considered. The results of a survey of TUSUR students, in which 122 people took part, are presented. The survey was aimed at studying the congruence of students' attitudes towards the primary experience of transition to distance education. As a result, the authors revealed the positive and negative aspects of immersion in the sociovirtual space, the main factors of education quality decrease, consisting in unwillingness of students and teachers to take into account the specificity of the virtual environment, in the absence of knowledge of how to manage it and in the psychological unwillingness to a new format of interaction.