July 1st , 2016 at 11.00. There was a defense of the dissertation Shyshkina Mariya Pavlivna “Theoretical and methodological principles of formation and development of the cloud-based educational and research environment of higher educational institution” at the session of Specialized Scientific Council D 26.459.01. in the Institute of Information Technologies and Learning Tools of the NAES of Ukraine for the degree of the Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, specialty 13.00.10 - Information and Communication Technology in Education.