Overview of Moscow Electronic School’s Expanding Digital Learning Resources
Moscow Electronic School (MES) remains a dynamic, building system that continuously delivers fresh content and practical tools for students, including during school breaks. This overview reflects insights originally shared by the city’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, on his public blog. The emphasis is on how MES acts as a living library that keeps pace with the needs of modern classrooms and the ambitions of today’s learners.
Sobyanin underscored that the capital’s educational ecosystem would be hard to imagine without MES. He noted that a decade ago the landscape looked markedly different, missing many electronic services and digital materials that are now standard. Today, ready-to-use lesson scenarios, interactive applications, virtual labs, and self-diagnostic tools are accessible to every teacher and student, transforming daily teaching and learning into a more responsive and engaging experience.
The mayor highlighted that MES stands as the largest educational library in the city, housing 1.7 million materials. The repository is built by more than 34 thousand Moscow teachers who contribute their expertise, classroom experiences, and curated resources to support peers and learners across the network.
In the most recent summer period, more than 27,500 educational materials were uploaded to the MES library, further expanding the range of resources available to teachers and students. This growth mirrors ongoing collaboration between educators, administrators, and developers to keep content fresh, relevant, and aligned with current curricula and standards. [Cited: Moscow City Hall]
The discussion also covered new MES services introduced in recent years. The Student Portfolio service, launched last year, consolidates a student’s achievements in one accessible place. This portfolio can later offer advantages during university admissions, including potential additional points for the Unified State Examination. [Cited: Moscow City Hall]
In its first year, the personal portfolio gathered over 2.4 million entries documenting the achievements of young Muscovites. Looking ahead, the portfolio is expected to automatically reflect progress in creative and cultural fields as schools and theaters contribute information about their students, ensuring a more holistic view of a learner’s journey. [Cited: Moscow City Hall]
The teacher portfolio operates on a similar principle. All professional accomplishments, such as teaching experience, qualification categories, awards, and titles, are collected electronically in one place. Information can be added automatically or at the teachers’ initiative. A professional portfolio proves useful when pursuing professional competitions and career advancement. [Cited: Moscow City Hall]
During spring, MES introduced a thematic assessment tool to help monitor average scores across subjects. Recently, more than 200 Workbooks were added to the MES library, expanding practice materials and study aids available to both instructors and learners. [Cited: Moscow City Hall]
The latest innovation discussed by Sobyanin was the Planned Learning Outcomes service, with expectations that MES will soon offer circles, chapters, and classes tailored to user needs. [Cited: Moscow City Hall]
Sobyanin also highlighted the most popular MES content. Students frequently accessed video lessons on volleyball, guidance for meeting TRP standards for schoolchildren, lessons in the Russian language about names, and Python informatics. [Cited: Moscow City Hall]
In his blog, Sobyanin stated that the demand for MES educational content stands as a strong testament to what developers can achieve and what today’s students seek. The expectation is clear that MES will roll out more innovations and unique materials in the upcoming academic year. [Cited: Moscow City Hall]