scholarly journals Readiness of higher school teachers to use digital technologies in the educational process

2021 ◽  
pp. 163-172
Author(s):  
Elena Manuzuna ◽  
Anastasia Chufeeva ◽  
Svetlana Artemyeva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Digital Competencies

The digitalization of the education system imposes certain circumstances not only on the organization of the educational process and the training of specialists in demand in the modern world, but also on the skills of a teacher in the field of information and communication technologies. Within the framework of this article, an analysis of Russian and foreign approaches to defining a set of digital competencies necessary for a modern teacher of higher education is carried out. The purpose of this study is to determine an objective diagnostic toolkit for identifying the level of digital competencies among teachers of higher institutions. Based on the analysis of Russian and foreign experience in the development of digital competence among teachers, including a higher education teacher, an internal questionnaire was developed to assess the level of formation of the necessary digital skills. Data collection was carried out through an online survey of teachers using a structured questionnaire. A survey of university teachers was conducted in order to identify the readiness to use digital technologies in the educational process. The data obtained during the survey made it possible to obtain objective information about the level of formation of digital competencies among teachers and their readiness to use digital tools and technologies in the educational process. University teachers have demonstrated high results in such competencies as the use of digital solutions for effective communication of students on academic assignments; creating your own digital resources; creation and modification of digital educational materials, inclusion of students in group work using the Internet, including online services for joint project activities; taking into account the individual characteristics and needs of students in the educational process; exchange of ideas and materials with colleagues from other educational organizations, including through cloud systems, advanced training through online training.

scholarly journals Digital competence of Russian university teachers

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 33-44
Author(s):  
Yu. A. Masalova
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Modern World ◽  
University Management ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Competence Level ◽  
Digital Competencies

This research paper presents the results of the author’s survey aimed at assessing the digital competence of modern university teachers. The relevance of digital competencies is becoming more and more obvious due to the transformations in the activities of educational organizations. These changes concern the use of digital technologies not only in university management, but also directly in the educational process. The development of distance learning and remote interaction formats is an objective reality in the modern world. The purpose of this article is to make an attempt of assessing a university teacher’s digital competence level based on the general perception of his/her abilities and the digital technologies used in his/her professional activities. The author analyses the teachers’ readiness to use digital technologies and their attitude to distance learning. The study showed that the majority of the interviewed teachers have a high level of basic and universal digital competencies. It was found that most of the respondents already have experience of taking online courses to improve their professional skills. The analysis makes it possible to conclude that the teachers who participated in the survey demonstrate a high readiness to use digital technologies in their professional activities. The author’s study is not supposed to give a complete picture of all Russian university teachers’ digital competence level, since this requires both greater coverage of respondents and the use of other channels (beyond digital) to collect data within the survey. At the same time, this research allows to formulate possible ideas for improving Russian university teachers’ digital competence level, which nowadays becomes the key to improving their effectiveness. The results of the study can be used when working out universities’ personnel development programs in order to ensure a higher level of the teachers’ digital competence.

scholarly journals Digitalization of Higher Education and Professional Development of Educators: Technologies and New Opportunities

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (29) ◽  
pp. 77-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana Valentinovna Matveeva ◽  
Natalia Sergeevna Akatova ◽  
Yuriy Ivanovich Shcherbakov ◽  
Nadezhda Victorovna Filinova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Global Network ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Teaching Aids ◽  
Digital Competencies ◽  
Almost All

Nowadays, the development of the digital environment and the global network covers almost all spheres of life. That is why special attention is focused on the provision of the educational process with appropriate teaching aids and curricula, so that schools, universities, educators, and professional development of educators meet modern national and global challenges and provide support in the field of digital technologies, developing and shaping modern digital competencies. The article presents an analysis of digitalization in higher education and the necessity to improve the professional development of higher school educators and professional development technologies related to this process. Based on an expert survey, educational trends in the era of educational digitalization, innovative pedagogical technologies, and teaching methods are determined. The results of the survey, related to the introduction of new pedagogical and digital technologies in the educational process, allow the authors to design a model for the professional development of educators in the direction of the digital transformation of the educational process.

scholarly journals Methods of Formation of Digital Competence of Future Teachers of Art Disciplines in Higher Education Institutions of China

2021 ◽  
pp. 125-137
Author(s):  
Ji Yiping
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Digital Competence

With the introduction of digital educational technologies, the learning process is changing. Digital technologies are not only a tool, but also a living environment for modern learners, which opens up new opportunities: learning at any convenient time, continuing education, the ability to form individual educational routes for students. However, such an environment requires teachers to take a different approach to the organization of the educational process, to acquire new skills and abilities for work, in particular the formation of their digital competence in the digital educational space. In these conditions, the system of pedagogical education should provide training for future teachers of art disciplines, which has a high level of digital competence. The purpose of the article is to reveal the essence of the concept of «digital competence» on the basis of the analysis of scientific literature and to determine the methods of formation of future art disciplines teachers’ digital competence in higher education institutions of China. To achieve the goal of the study, the following research methods were used: analysis of scientific literature, observation, systems analysis, comparative analysis, modeling method, classification method; methods of comparative analysis and analogy, design method; methods of systematization, generalization, logical analysis, analysis of personal experience of teaching and learning, comparison and interpretation of the obtained data. The results of the study show that the digital competence of future teachers of art disciplines consists of four components: motivational-personal (internal and external motives for their future professional activity), cognitive (a set of theoretical knowledge, skills and abilities of future teachers to effectively organize the educational process using digital teaching aids), activity (practical implementation of professional and pedagogical knowledge of a future teacher, his intellectual, cognitive, technical, design and technological skills, necessary skills for effective implementation of digital technologies in the educational process) and reflection-evaluation (ability to analyze and self-analyze, coordination of goals, methods and results, awareness of their style of activity, readiness for their creative change). Conclusions. These components of digital competence of future teachers of art disciplines should be formed taking into account the specifics of professional activity and appropriate methods.

scholarly journals Digital transformation of higher education: technologies and digital competencies

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-69
Author(s):  
Valery Glebovich Larionov ◽  
Elena Nikolaevna Sheremetyeva ◽  
Larisa Anatolievna Gorshkova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
State University ◽  
Digital Competencies

The article considers the issues of digital transformation of higher education. The approaches to the definition and content of the term “digital transformation” are analyzed, the specifics and conditions of digitalization of the economy and the development of higher education are investigated. As prerequisites for the digital transformation of higher education, one can designate not only the penetration into the educational field of various information technologies that have changed the learning process itself, but also a number of regulatory legal acts. The reasons for the digital transformation of universities are identified. There are considered the issues of the modern content of digital technologies in higher education and a set of digital competencies that a university teacher must master. The experience of individual universities (Tyumen State University, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Toliatti State University) in building a digital educational environment has been analyzed. The digital transformation of higher education involves the restructuring of all areas of activity based on information and communication technologies. Changes should take place in technologies and training programs, methods and means, forms of educational activities, planned educational outcomes, and assessment results. It is noted that digital competencies are a set of skills and knowledge necessary to carry out professional activities using digital technologies. There have been listed the digital competencies that the future university graduates should master: working with applied programs, digital equipment, digital information, communication skills in a digital environment, self-writing software, creating their own digital products, working in various programs, etc. Retraining the teaching staff implies developing advanced training programs aimed at mastering digital competencies that are in demand by the digital economy, and which must be formed among university graduates. It has been inferred that the totality of information systems, digital devices, sources, interfaces, services, which are developed and aimed at implementing the educational process and university management, constitutes a digital educational environment.

Regional University Partnership for Sustainable Development in the Age of Digital Technologies

2020 ◽  
pp. 152-174
Author(s):  
Gainiya Tazhina
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Regional Universities ◽  
Digital Knowledge

In the modern world, the sustainable development of higher education institutions is determined by their ability to integrate into the global digital knowledge. The study aimed to find out the needs of faculty in digital technologies for teaching and research. The study also aimed to find out the faculty's opinion about the building of Regional Universities' Partnership for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The practical implementation of the study could be launching a regional universities' partnership and the development of a regional resource center, which will serve for internationalization, intercultural and interpersonal exchange, and provide long-term benefits to partner universities to improve their educational potential. Due to the uneven development of digital technologies in higher education, these conclusions apply to universities not only in Central Asia but throughout the Eurasian region.

scholarly journals Evaluating the potential of enhancing teachers’ digital competencies to meet the needs of diversification of education and learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 107-123
Author(s):  
Natalia Leonidovna Mikidenko ◽  
◽  
Svetlana Petrovna Storozheva ◽  
Iryna Viktarauna Ivanouskaya ◽  
Alena Aleksandrovna Borisova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Education System ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Digital Competencies

Introduction. The article presents the results of reflection on the readiness of the education system to respond to the transformational challenges of digital economy through the formation of relevant human resources. It identifies an imbalance in the response of the education system to the demand of society and business for training human resources with digital competences. The imbalance makes it difficult to implement new in-demand educational trajectories based on the principle of individualization of employee’s professional and personal self-realization. The purpose of the study is to identify the potential of enhancing teachers' digital competence in accordance with the needs of education diversification within digital transformation. Materials and Methods. The methodological basis for the study consists of reflexive modernity concepts (E. Giddens, W. Beck), reflecting qualitative changes of the social world in the context of digitalization; digital sociology of changes in social relations influenced by digital technologies (V. F. Nitsevich), mediating ordinary social contacts in everyday communication and creating new digital opportunities and risks. Existing and required digital competences of teachers were identified on the basis of desk research of teachers’ digital skills and competences models and empirical research on technical university teachers' opinions (survey method). Statistical methods were used to analyze and interpret the research data. Results. The study has identified the potential of the education system to adjust to the challenges of educational and career transformations. It is emphasized that the ways of potential realization can vary from ‘soft’ ones which imply gradual mastering based on several program versions and formats to the so called stress-options of forced competence mastering within a limited period of time. The necessity of introducing regulating measures for the transition to a new role of a teacher in the digital model of education is justified (e.g. teacher as a manager, teacher as a facilitator of the educational process). Conclusions. The article concludes that differentiation based on the level of digital competences and the degree of readiness to master digital technologies limits the speed of relevant response of the education system to the transformational demands of society. The need for content elaboration and teaching health-saving technologies within the digital culture is highlighted. Since the level of digital competencies of teaching staff is the basis for the development of educational institutions and the competitiveness of the country, measures are to be taken in order to facilitate the development of digital competencies.

scholarly journals Future teachers training of using the phototherapy by digital technologies

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuliia Kulimova
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Effective Organization ◽  
Creative Self

The article actualizes the problems of professional pedagogical education, in particular, the problem of using the information and communication technologies in the process of mastering students of pedagogical universities the phototherapeutic technologies. The author identifies the main functions of phototherapy in the conditions of the modern information environment (transfer of thoughts and memories, expansion of social connections, improvement of skills of self-understanding and self-expression, provision of role development and transformation, construction of socio-psychological identity) on the basis of the analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature. Solved the content and features of the process of using various phototherapeutic technologies ("work with polarities", "creation of a portrait", "conversation", "photodiary" etc.) in the process of the future teachers professional training. Highlighted the main tasks of the implementation of phototherapy: actualization of emotional development, enhancement of educational motivation, development of digital competence and skills of interpersonal interaction, creative self-expression and others. The article presents the results of the questionnaire for students of the specialties "Primary Education", "Preschool Education", "Choreographic Education" and "Social Work" on the needs of phototherapy using digital technologies in the modern educational environment of pedagogical higher establishment. Characterized the ways of implementation the phototherapeutic technologies with the help of digital applications (Adobe Photoshop, Canva, Corel Photo-Paint, CorelDRAW, Google Drive, Google Slides, Prezi, Live Picture, PowerPoint, Quik etc). Considered the possibilities of using virtual social services for the purpose of effective organization of the educational process, outlined the ways of application of virtual social services for the development of phototherapeutic competence of future teachers.

Digital teacher competencies and their indicators

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 278-282
Author(s):  
Yu. S. Buzykova ◽  
E. S. Gafiatulina
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Russian Science ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Digital Competencies ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Types Of Information

The implementation of the national program “Digital Economy of the Russian Federation”, the use of distance technologies in the educational process require teachers to have digital competencies. At the moment in the Russian Federation, there are no formulations of digital competencies of a teacher. Although different models of digital competencies and skills have been created, they are rather complementary to each other. An organization can integrate a ready-made model, but it may not fully meet all the characteristics of the organization, its architecture and internal structure. In Russia, in the field of education, the formulation of digital competencies is spontaneous. In Russian science, digital competence refers to the use of digital technologies in professional activities, training, and social communications. Digital competencies are skills for effectively solving problems of a professional, social, personal nature using various types of information and communication technologies. Using the Delphi peer review method, the authors developed the teachers digital competencies and their indicators. The value of the results obtained lies in the fact that when conducting competitive procedures for filling vacant teacher positions, it is possible to assess the level of formation of digital competencies.

scholarly journals Use of Multimedia Technologies in the Training of Teachers of Fine Arts

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 67-77
Author(s):  
Svitlana Davydova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Multimedia Technologies

The article states that the training of young professionals, in particular teachers, is the main task of national educational systems, especially higher education. In the modern world, the transformation that rocked the society in the late XX – early XXI centuries is prevailed, and the education sector was particularly affected. The rapid growth of information volumes, globalization processes, innovations in the field of information and communication technologies prompt to change the approaches to understanding the essence of studying. Nowadays, the studying goes beyond the standard education - the acquisition of skills and abilities under the guidance of a teacher within an educational institution. The leading countries of the world are making significant efforts to provide high-quality training and further information support to highly skilled professionals. In Ukraine, the idea of reforming the system of higher education in line with the growing demands of the global information society is supported at the state level. The existence of a number of underestimated advantages of the use of new technologies is mentioned, this concerns multimedia technologies and the possibility of their introduction into the educational process of future teachers of fine arts. For example, the opportunity not only to read the facts, but also to familiarize students with video chronicles, reproductions of posters, paintings and photographs, fragments of feature films that allow multimedia technologies. The author considers the conditions of use of multimedia technologies by the teacher in the educational process and the role of the teacher himself in the professional training of specialists from different fields and especially teachers. The concepts of «multimedia», «multimedia technologies», «multimedia tools», «multimedia information», «multimedia products» are expounded. The article analyzes the scientific works on the application of multimedia technologies in the educational process. The main reasons for changing the teacher's role in professional activity are found out. Based on the analysis, the teacher's ability to use multimedia technologies in the educational process is determined. The article notes that the main task of vocational education of a modern teacher is not only the acquisition of knowledge, but also the mastery of information and telecommunication technologies for the formation of comprehensive and general cultural skills of work with information. During the study, it was substantiated that the introduction of multimedia technologies into the educational process of higher education institutions that train teachers of fine arts, will increase their professionalism and competitiveness in the labor market. It emphasizes that for the modern teacher of fine arts it is important not to accumulate knowledge, but to be able to operate and replenish it, to navigate in the information space. An analysis of trends in further education informatization shows that in the future the value of multimedia applications in this area will increase, because knowledge that provides the required level of professional qualification is always subject to rapid changes.

scholarly journals USE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

2019 ◽  
pp. 10-22
Author(s):  
Elena Antonova ◽  
Larissa Familyarskaya
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Local Network ◽  
Interpersonal Interaction ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
The Individual

The article systematized regulatory documents that characterize the need for transformation processes in education, which include updating the knowledge system and the need for adapting the teacher of higher education institutions to changes in interpersonal interaction with the use of digital technologies. The notions of "digital environment", "digital technologies", "digitalization" are disclosed. It was clarified that there was no single approach to the definition of "digital technologies" in scientific circles and national legislative documents. The peculiarities of the digital technologies implementation created by the local network of higher educational institutions through the module of administration and adjustment of the users rights, which ensures the implementation of participants activities in the educational process without territorial, geographical, time constraints, are described. The essential characteristics of educational tasks and digital technologies used for their representation are described that allows a teacher to create conditions for active student learning activities in the educational electronic environment. Possibilities of updating forms of interpersonal interaction in the context of educational tasks are generalized. The digital technologies providing feedback are characterized, in particular, through the final and formative assessment. There are three criteria for selection of digital means and technologies: provision of interactive information interaction in the learning process; adaptation to the individual characteristics of students; possibility of synchronous or asynchronous interaction of an educational activity participants. The effectiveness of using digital technologies in the educational process of the higher institution education has been revealed according to the survey of students and teachers. It is revealed that the efficiency of digital technologies' use depends and is determined by a higher educational institution teacher’s readiness for this process .

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