ORGANIZATION OF STUDENTS’ RESEARCH WORK BY MEANS OF CLOUD SERVICES OFFICE 365

The purpose of the work is an investigation of cloud services Office 365, as a means of student's research work implementation and coordination. The basis of considering the students’ research organization by means of Office 365 is the analysis of the psychological and pedagogical aspects of students’ educational and research work informatization, as well as a comparison of professional research activities and students’ research work. The work briefly describes individual researches and publications which are related to the use of Office 365 cloud services and to the organization of research works by students of the Minor Academy of Sciences. The author has noticed the importance of the Minor Academy of Sciences students’ research work. The student’s educational research is described as a means of attracting young people to future scientific activities. It is indicated on a certain identity of scientific research and research and experimental work of students. The tasks of the student's extracurricular research and experimental work are determined, as well as explained the priorities of these tasks. The psychological and pedagogical aspects of informatization of students' educational work are considered. Some peculiarities of pedagogical mentoring students-researchers of the Minor Academy of Sciences have been analyzed and explained. Recommendations as for mentoring based on the use of information and communication technologies are presented. The use of some Office 365 services is analyzed in details: Outlook, Calendar, OneDrive, Sites, Delve, Video, Word Online, Excel Online, PowerPoint Online, OneNote Online, and OneNote for learning. The use of Office 365 services at different stages of preparation for the contest-defence works of students of the Minor Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is considered. The list of Office 365 services, which is used at each stage of preparation work, is presented in the article. The practical use of cloud learning services for the organization of students’ research work is described. It is indicated on the prospects of using cloud services for the organization of students’ extra-curricular learning and experimental studies and noticed the need for further research on this issue.