METHODOLOGICAL BASIS FOR ASSESSING THE READINESS OF THE UNIVERSITY TO INTRODUCE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-34
Author(s):  
Elena Mitrofanova ◽  
Aleksandra Mitrofanova
Keyword(s):  
Professional Education ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Digital Development ◽  
The One ◽  
The University

The effectiveness of professional education substantially depends on the wide use of digital technologies and products in the educational process. However, the effectiveness of the implementation of these technologies largely depends, on the one hand, on the readiness of the digital educational environment, and on the other hand, on the level of digital literacy and the competence of the teachers. So, it is necessary to develop a methodology for assessing the level of preparation of the university for digitalization, the purpose of which is to provide a unified approach to the assessment of the educational information environment and the factors providing it in the educational process, as well as to remove obstacles to the effective implementation of educational programmes and services using digital technologies and products. The analysis of the existing methods has shown that they assess the level of the digital development of various sectors of the economy and society in general, but do not affect the educational system or evaluate the digitalization of the educational process only from the technical point of view. Taking into account all the above-mentioned circumstances, the authors propose to evaluate the readiness of universities for digitalization of the educational process on the basis of the analysis of the factors directly affecting the digitalization of the educational process, such as: digital transformation of the educational environment of the university and the level of preparation of the teachers for the work in the digital environment.

scholarly journals Changes in Education under the Influence of Digital Technologies: main Problems and Risk of Division

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Kiseleva ◽  
Natalia Kiseleva ◽  
Evgeny Kiselev
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Conveyor Belt ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
University Education ◽  
Personal Contact ◽  
Multimedia Education ◽  
The One ◽  
The University

Digital technologies are rapidly changing the process of education. Online courses have become a common tool of gaining knowledge outside the university. Multimedia education, penetrating traditional educational institutions (schools, colleges, and universities), changes the structure of education and brings new elements to the communications during the educational process. This article considers one level of change in the model of education. On the one hand, there are advantages associated with the democratization of education. At the time of their foundation, universities were the creators of new elites – scientific and educational meanwhile, in the twenty-first century, the process of democratization and the accessibility of university education has been linked to the digitalization. On the other hand, territorial and other restrictions have been lifted. And this is a very controversial process that poses many challenges for students, one of the most noticeable of which is the lack of real contact with the teacher and the transformation of the educational process into an ”educational conveyor belt.” At the same time, personal contact with the teacher is becoming more expensive. The authors have collected studies that examine the dynamics of this emerging stratification of education. Based on the work of the pioneers in the study of digital education, the authors develop their ideas, focusing on the formation of the modern models of education, defined as affordable electronic and elite traditional. Keywords: online courses, online education, MOOC

scholarly journals Transformation of communications in the new (modern) digital university in the context of digital globalization

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 69-83
Author(s):  
Anna V. Diachkova ◽  
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Olga N. Tomyuk ◽  
Anastasia R. Faizova ◽  
Andrei Yu. Dudchik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Resource Constraints ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Course Content ◽  
The University

Problem and goal. In the context of digital globalization traditional forms of communication at the university are forced to transform in order to meet educational objectives. However, the established practice of building communications in universities in new formats has revealed a number of problems of ineffective interaction between participants in the educational process. The article aims to identify the main features of the transformation of the forms of communication in distance learning at the university. Particular attention is paid to the conditions for the formation of an effective digital dialogue in the university-student-teacher triad. Materials and research methods. The study of the transformation of communication is considered from an economic, pedagogical, and philological (semiological) point of view. The economic approach includes consideration of resource constraints that prevent the development of various forms of communication in the educational space, and an assessment of the effectiveness of the communication process. The pedagogical approach allows to evaluate the technologies and formats of communication in online learning. The semiological approach is focused on the choice of techniques and schemes that are adequate to digital dialogue. The empirical research was carried out using the questionnaire. The survey involved 2–4-year students at the Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin. Research results. In the 2020–2021 academic year, students were able to adapt to rapid inclusion in distance learning and the use of digital technologies, but half of the students prefer to return to the traditional format of education, 39% of students for a mixed (blended learning) format. It was found that if the verbal forms of communication when transferring the course content from the teacher to the students were not transformed taking into account the digital environment and online learning, then this could lead to unnecessary complexity for perception (according to 54.5% of respondents), the appearance of information noise, as a consequence, the appearance of discomfort (for 40% of the respondents) and attempts to avoid communication (for 18%). 52% of students indicated that their opinion about distance improved over time. Discussion and conclusions. The authors concluded that digital skills today mean more than digital literacy. In communication, it is important to develop new technologies, techniques and tools that are adequate to new educational and upbringing tasks. And in modern conditions, burdened by pandemic threats, other ways of digitalizing the university with the construction of effective communications are rather impossible.

Towards a high-quality digital transformation of the educational environment

2021 ◽  
pp. 3-10
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
The World ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
The University ◽  
Epidemiological Situation

The growing global competition and the need for exibility of educational institutions of higher education actually require a transformation of processes that provide a high level of interaction and integration between business processes and systems at all organizational levels and all participants in the entire value chain.The digitalization of the educational system is an objective necessity for functioning in a modern highly competitive environment.The introduction of innovations in educational activities using digital technologies allows you to reduce the cost of implementation, making changes, updating educational programs, and increasing the degree of exibility of the educational environment to changes in external factors.Digitalization as a whole is aimed at reducing the in uence of the human factor, which makes it possible to minimize negative risks when making managerial decisions.The purpose of this article is to study the opinions of students of the Federal state Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev-KAI» (hereinafter referred to as the University, KNRTU-KAI) on the prevalence of digital technologies at the university. In the context of the study, the opinions of students (users of KNRTU-KAI services) about their readiness to switch to digital technologies in the educational process are considered.In the current realities, in the context of a dif cult epidemiological situation in the world associated with the spread of coronavirus infection, digitalization in higher education - the transition to distance learning determines the relevance of the chosen topic.In the current realities, in the context of a dif cult epidemiological situation in the world associated with the spread of coronavirus infection, digitalization in higher education - the transition to distance learning determines the relevance of the chosen topic.The digital transformation of society at the beginning of the 21st century, which conceptually changed the daily life of every person, has in uenced almost all levels of social relations.Taking into account the fact that digitalization affects many areas, the authors consider the issue of its impact on the quality of modern higher education.

scholarly journals Formation of Readiness for Motherhood Among University Students: Criteria and Diagnostic Base of the Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-128
Author(s):  
Tkacheva Yuliya G. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
Educational Training ◽  
The Family ◽  
The University

The topicality of the article is substantiated by the significant demographic problems, which are the consequence of the transformation in traditional stereotypes of women’s reproductive behavior, the change in models of family relations, and the decline of the maternity value in the society. This determines the problem of forming readiness for motherhood in young women. The author points out that the problem of forming readiness for motherhood is not sufficiently developed from the pedagogical point of view, which contradicts to the historically established national traditions of educative teaching of motherhood in the family and in the education system. Special emphasis is placed on the reduction of readiness to become a mother among women who receive professional education and realize themselves in the profession. The potential of the educational process of the university in solving the problem of forming the readiness of female students for motherhood is indicated. The author’s understanding of the essence and structure of readiness for motherhood as a complex psychological and pedagogical phenomenon is proposed. A set of criteria and indicators of female students’ readiness for motherhood has been developed, taking into account its formation in the conditions of the university educational process. The selection of diagnostic methods is made, which allow identifying the formation of all aspects of the readiness of university students for motherhood. The studied phenomenon is characterized by the author at the high, sufficient, medium and low levels of its formation. The developed criteria and diagnostic base can be considered as the foundation for conducting the ascertaining stage of the pedagogical experiment, analysis of the reasons that negatively affect the unfinished level of formation of readiness for motherhood in female students, and determining the pedagogical conditions for the effective formation of the studied phenomenon in the educational process of the university. Keywords: motherhood, readiness for motherhood, educational training, educational process of the university, criteria and diagnostic basis for the study of the university students’ readiness for motherhood

scholarly journals Heterogeneous electronic information and educational environment of the university – a problem or an opportunity?

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 290-295
Author(s):  
Tatiana Valerianovna Dobudko ◽  
Natalia Vladimirovna Malova ◽  
Olga Isaakovna Pugach
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Optimal Level ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Electronic Information ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The University

E-learning technologies in the context of full-time and distance education have long passed the stage of innovation and have become an integral part of modern professional education. However, a number of issues related to the implementation and maintenance of the educational process based on e-learning are still relevant. This paper analyzes the problem of unification of software products, cloud technologies and services that form the electronic information and educational environment (EIEE) of a university. The authors interpret homogeneity and heterogeneity concepts in the context of the EIEE and illustrate the industry specifics of requirements and expectations for homogeneity. It is clearly proved that the heterogeneous EIEE of the university acts as a useful object/model of study when training specialists for work in cultural institutions in the fields of computer science and computer engineering, applied computer science. In these cases the EIEE structure of the university through the provision of experience develops students readiness for subsequent formal and non-formal life-long training. The paper also presents tools for assessing the existing level of heterogeneity of the EIEE and a method of expert evaluation that allows to predict the optimal level of heterogeneity-homogeneity for the EIEE of a particular university.

Electronic information and education environment as a basis for ensuring education in pandemic settings

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-55
Author(s):  
N. F. Sirina ◽  
N. S. Panova ◽  
A. V. Volynskaya
Keyword(s):  
Professional Education ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Electronic Information ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Training Professional ◽  
The University

In order to ensure safe conditions for the education and upbringing of students, guided by the orders of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia and Roszheldor from March 17, 2020, the implementation of all educational programs of higher, secondary professional education, additional educational programs (programs for advanced training, professional retraining, etc.) implemented in the university complex, including the completion of intermediate and state final certificates by students, as well as the completion of educational, industrial (including pre-diploma) practices for relevant educational programs are provided using remote technologies — in the Blackboard electronic information and educational environment, which is one of the elements of digitalization of the university complex. To optimize the educational process, the university developed a set of measures to improve and systematize work in an electronic information and educational environment, one of which was the transition from a traditional paper student’s record-book to an electronic one that functionally fully corresponds to a paper analogue. The purpose of introducing an electronic student’s record-book is to improve the quality of the provision of educational services through the integration and automation of individual information on the results of training in electronic form. The results of the development of educational programs by students in the electronic information and educational environment are automatically displayed in the electronic student’s record-book, which is especially relevant in pandemic conditions. The entire university complex is ready to continue the implementation of all educational programs of both of higher, secondary professional education, in full exclusively in remote mode using the electronic information and educational environment of Blackboard University.

ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS OF DIGITAL LITERACY OF TEACHERS AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AS A READINESS FACTOR TO USE DISTANT EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 390-406
Author(s):  
N.A. Khlebnikova ◽  
T.I. Okonnikova
Keyword(s):  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
State University ◽  
Distant Learning ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
The University ◽  
Ict Competencies

The article reveals the results of a sociological survey that allowed the authors to measure and analyze the levels of digital literacy of teachers and students of the Udmurt State University, as well as to assess the willingness of teachers and students to use digital technologies in the educational process and to the transition to the active use of distant learning technologies, including emergency transition to distant education due to the spread of coronavirus infection and rigid restrictions connected to self-isolation in the spring of 2020. In assessing the readiness of teachers and students for distance education, the authors proceed from the fact that it can be identified on the basis of their digital literacy index. According to the results of a sociological survey, the digital literacy indices of teachers and students are calculated, a detailed analysis of the components of these indices is given, the problem areas in the ICT competencies of teachers and students are identified, and the corresponding conclusions are drawn. The article provides a number of recommendations on the further use of digital technologies in the educational process of the university.

UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES: COMMERCIALIZATION AND RESPONSES TO NEW CHALLENGES

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (10) ◽  
pp. 155-162
Author(s):  
Z. F. MAMEDOV ◽  
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Kh. BAYRAMOVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
State University ◽  
The University ◽  
Education Science

Education like others spheres of life of modern society is in the state of dynamic changes. New formats of universities as well as their missions and roles in the social and economic development are actively discussed by professional environment. A number of external and internal factors that determine the depth and scale of transformation have effects on the development of the system of higher education. The system of higher education is under the influence of the system and institutional dynamics, which dictate the need for changes. The activity of universities as centers of education, science and culture is one of the most important bases of social progress. This role becomes especially important in XXI century, which is based on new knowledge and principles of technological development. First of all a university takes new features in the current conditions of globalization. The fundamental task that needs to be solved in order to achieve the goals of a modern University is the change of meanings, goals and content of education by active participation in the internationalization processes of the system of higher education and by introducing reforms in educational process. Of course new economic conditions (global market and information technologies) require modifications. It was stated that the commercialization of University innovations in Azerbaijan is a relatively new direction, since the country is just adopts the path of an innovative economy. In this regard the transformation of a scientific idea to a product or a service faces a number of difficulties. It was investigated the problem of commercialization of the results of scientific activities of higher educational institutions in Azerbaijan. For the first time Azerbaijan State University of Economics has implemented its rebranding in the educational system of the country in order to strengthen the market position of the educational institution and realization of innovative marketing strategies. The University’s strategic goals were defined under the UNEC brand, and the brand development was successfully continued with the support of the scientific and expert community. An integrative educational environment is created in Azerbaijan State University of Economics and such environment ensures the unity of the “education – science – innovation – commercialization – production system”. It is important to note that UNEC strategy also provides for clustering of economical education and so that it provides for increasing the integration pace of the University into the world scientific and educational space. The article presents the innovative infrastructure of Azerbaijan State University of Economics connected with its integration into the global scientific and educational environment. The paper studies the matters of the international cooperation issues of the University with universities of such countries as USA, EU, Russia, Turkey, which expands the academic potential of the University and increases its competitiveness. The article substantiates the conclusion that the globalization of higher education increases the importance of commercialization of higher education institutions in the field of education and science. The article reveals the successful experience of UNEC University in the creation and implementation of joint educational programs, expanding academic mobility, attracting foreign applicants, conducting joint researches and international scientific events in partnership with universities in the EU, Russia and Turkey.

Schools in an evolving digital environment: Digital renewal and its maturity

2021 ◽  
pp. 5-28
Author(s):  
А. Yu. Uvarov ◽  
V. V. Vikhrev ◽  
G. М. Vodopian ◽  
I. V. Dvoretskaya ◽  
E. Coceac ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Current State ◽  
Control Actions ◽  
Time Observation ◽  
The Impact

Evolving digital technologies are infiltrating schools wave after wave. The changes taking place are viewed as the schools’ digital renewal process (SDRP). The SDRP is complex (multidimensional). It includes changes in the educational environment (physical and virtual), the educational process, and the way the school operates. The SDRP goes uneven, with individual schools at different stages. One-time observation of the SDRP allows you to fix its current state (statics). The longitudinal observations allows you to see changes in the schools’ digital renewal (kinematics). The connection of the observed changes with the impact on the general education system makes it possible to discuss the development of digital renewal under the influence of individual control actions (dynamics). The stages of penetration of digital technologies into the work of the school: computerization, early and mature informatization, digital transformation (transition to the “Smart School”) can be considered as the stages of maturity of the SDRP. The article discusses a framework for describing the processes of digital renewal of schools in an evolving digital environment and an assessment of the SDRP’s maturity.

Problems of development of a cloud-oriented educational environment of the university

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-56
Author(s):  
Bakhytzhan Akhmetov ◽  
◽  
Valery Lakhno ◽  
Asselkhan Adranova ◽  
Baurzhan Kassymbergebayev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Comprehensive Development ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The University ◽  
Cloud Technologies

This article discusses the problems of ever-increasing demands on the organization and quality of the educational process on the part of society. Today there are new opportunities for the comprehensive development of students of the XXI century, new, more effective information and communication technologies (ICT), in particular cloud- oriented learning environments (COLE), are developing rapidly. The problems of the development of theoretical and methodological foundations for designing a cloud-oriented educational environment of the university and the justification of the structural scheme of its interaction with the methodological center of the ministry based on the use of cloud technologies are analyzed. It is necessary to introduce such models of the learning environment, which will allow to fully satisfy the demands of teaching staff on the organization and conduct of classes of a new type, the activation of educational activities of students, the formation of digital competence and the comprehensive development of personality. Such opportunities are provided by the use of a cloud-based educational environment of the university.

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