Аннотация:The present-day economic, social and cultural environment in Russia calls for deep and constant remodeling of the system of higher education as a source of future highly trained professionals. Conventional educational routines need to be revised, and new approaches to training, teaching and learning appear in real-time mode. Most of these are based on rapidly growing information technologies and suggest a vast use of technical means of education, therefore they have been dubbed "educational technologies" or "educational techniques" (ETs).
The major advantage of ETs is their feasibility for nearly all areas of human expertise, from technical and natural sciences to humanities. This approach can easily be applied both as a supplement in conventional education and as a basis for developing alternate teaching systems. ETs in higher education are commonly understood as detailed computer-aided algorithms of group discussions, interactive lectures, team problem solving and such. Unlike the European tradition, where ETs are understood as technically-assisted forms of knowledge transfer and generation, in Russia ETs are a part of syllabus that covers a wide range of activities from data search to on-the-job training.
In D.Mendeleyev University ETs have become a cornerstone for developing an educational strategy in chemical technology and biotechnology, which comprises training models with clear and easily assessable results achieved with the use of tailored programmes.