Mobile technologies in educational process Chinese universities

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Marina Y. Antropova ◽  
Andrei A. Vlasov ◽  
Elena F. Kasyanenko
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Chinese Universities ◽  
Teaching Activities

Mobile training facilitates communication and information exchange without reference to stationary equipment. The purpose of the study is to find effective resources and mobile programs for use by Chinese undergraduate students in the study of Russian and English as foreign languages. The study was conducted in the Chinese universities of Guangzhou, Zhuhai and Wuhan. Observation, survey, survey and problem-oriented search showed that 95% of respondents prefer to use the mobile communication system WeChat (Weixin). Mobile programs and applications based on it—Xiumi, dictionaries Youdao and Qianyi, mini-program Ruclub, ‘Russian centre’—are widely used in the classroom and outside the classroom, in various forms of student and teaching activities. The results of the study showed that WeChat (Weixin) is the leading mobile platform for learning foreign languages in China. It is important to create a methodological classification of mobile applications used for teaching purposes on the WeChat platform. Keywords: Mobile learning, mobile programs, mobile app, WeChat, Chinese students.

scholarly journals Mobile technologies in the professional training of students of economic specialties

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-53
Author(s):  
Viacheslav Osadchyi
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Communications ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Modern Information Technology ◽  
Financial Monitoring

Representatives of economic specialties must have the skills to use modern information technology in their professional activities. One of these technologies is mobile, based on the use of mobile devices, services and mobile communications. The purpose of the study is to analyze the opportunities and prospects of mobile learning in the process of professional training of students of economic specialties. In order to study the prospects of introducing mobile technologies into the process of professional training for students of economic specialties in mobile app stores, analysis of applications for the platforms of Google Android and Apple iOS was conducted. Mobile applications have been identified which can be used in the process of training students of economic specialties in terms of content and functionality. They were assigned to the following groups: e-books, directories and dictionaries, news editions, manuals and manuals for economists, simulators of economic processes, appendices for learning a foreign language, question sets and simulators for passing the tests on economics, simulators for work with accounting programs, economic courses, economic calendars, economic calculators, financial monitoring applications, business plans and business ideas, notebooks and planners. As a result of a survey of teachers and students, it was concluded that all interviewed have mobile phones and use mobile Internet. In the educational process, mobile applications use 70% of teachers and 97% of students, including special programs of economics using 50% of teachers and 93% of students. Of the applications of economic orientation, most teachers use manuals for economists (70%) and directories and dictionaries (70%), most students - directories (77%) and training simulators for work with accounting programs (73%). Both lecturers and students indicated that they would like to use mobile applications of economic subjects in professional training. The results of the theoretical analysis and the survey give grounds to assert about the sufficient possibilities of available mobile technologies and the positive attitude towards their use in the professional training of students of economic specialties.

scholarly journals THE USE OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION "DROPS" IN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES

2020 ◽  
pp. 107-120
Author(s):  
Oleksii Nalyvaiko ◽  
Anastasiia Vakulenko ◽  
Uliya Zemlin
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
English Language ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Foreign Languages

The article deals with the issues of modernization of the educational process and outlines one of the most effective ways of implementing modern methods and techniques of language learning that are crucial for a successful person today. It is determined that despite the fact that in Ukraine there is an educational program for primary, secondary and higher education institutions, it is considered rather outdated and, unfortunately, negatively affects not only the knowledge base, but also the attitude of people to the educational process. The article analyzes the works of domestic and foreign scientists who have studied the process of introduction of digital technologies and mobile applications in the educational process. The research is a confirmation of previous scientific research and is aimed directly at the question of learning foreign languages, especially English, using personal computer (PCs) programs, tablets, smartphones and other gadgets. The study focuses on exploring the benefits and weaknesses of the Drops mobile app and analyzing its impact on users' level of knowledge and prospects for future interactions with users and mobile apps to successfully learn foreign languages. The article demonstrates the functionalities of the Drops mobile application and identifies the ability to apply it among three different age groups of users with different levels of English, as well as make predictions about the further progress of users in learning the language if the Drops mobile application is used regularly. The experiment analyzes the conditions, which determined: download the Drops application; to study a specific block of vocabulary of the British English language "City & Shops" within one week, the recipients of the experiment were "users" of different age and level of language proficiency. The main problems faced by language learners are highlighted, which confirms the benefits and highlights more of the program's disadvantages that the creators of the Drops mobile application should work on. It was noted that the success in learning a foreign language by using the Drops mobile application was improved, and the effectiveness of using modern technologies in the process of acquiring new knowledge of English was demonstrated. The widespread introduction of mobile applications in English language education programs is recommended.

VISUAL REPETITION OF EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION AT SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY

2019 ◽  
pp. 41-50
Author(s):  
О. V. Ivanova
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Educational Material ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Mathematical Statistics ◽  
Crossword Puzzle ◽  
Conceptual Apparatus ◽  
Knowledge Types ◽  
Educational Information

The article discusses one of the stages of the educational process with the use of modular visualization that is systematization and synthesis of educational material. Various forms of visual repetition when studying the discipline “Theory of Probability and Mathematical Statistics” for undergraduate students who study non-mathematical profiles are presented. The concept of modular visualization is revealed, all types of each of the presented forms of visual repetition are described: through the conceptual apparatus (types: crossword puzzle, mathematical dictation, work with definitions, classification of concepts), transformation of knowledge (types: reference summary, proof of theorems, work with formulas, dictionary knowledge), by means of large-modular supports (types: table, flowchart, graph-diagram). Examples of each type of visual repetition of educational information on the discipline “Theory of Probability and Mathematical Statistics” developed by SMART Notebook and HTML are given. The technology of constructing various forms of visual repetition is presented schematically.

scholarly journals INNOVATIVE METHODS OF TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE FOR STUDENTS OF NON-LANGUAGE SPECIALTIES WITHIN

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (194) ◽  
pp. 158-162
Author(s):  
Alina Mekheda ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Authentic Materials ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Innovative Methods ◽  
Educational Potential

The article reviews the main reasons for the growth of the role of a «foreign language» discipline within the framework of non-linguistic specialties as part of the process of gradual reformation of the higher education system in Ukraine. The author addresses the search for effective concepts for the integration of professional training and teaching foreign languages for future highly qualified specialists in non-linguistic universities, which are reflected in strategic government documents. The main innovative methods of teaching a foreign language, conditions for their effective application in the educational process of higher educational institutions along with their teaching and educational potential are analyzed. Amongst the innovative methods of teaching students a foreign language, the author highlighted the following: training modules that ensure the development of the fluency of students' speech, as well as their confident communication in a foreign language; case technologies that make it possible to use practical life situations for learning; binary classes allowing the integration of subjects, interest and students` motivation. Educators and students have the opportunity to use the Internet and computer technology to increase the efficiency of the process of learning foreign languages in university courses. A great tool for learning foreign languages are mobile applications and Internet platforms that use authentic materials. Students and teachers have access to audio and video materials created by native speakers who are also teachers. Mobile applications allow you to independently create test tasks, surveys and a variety of games and involve a large number of students.

scholarly journals Using M-Learning Technology in Teaching Foreign Languages: A Panacea during COVID-19 Pandemic Era

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (15) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Elena Dolzhich ◽  
Svetlana Dmitrichenkova ◽  
Mona Kamal Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Learning Technology

<p class="0abstract">The higher education system around the world is being rapidly developed towards digitalization – from computers to laptops, from laptops to tablets and smartphones. Accordingly, traditional delivery of instruction is being shifted towards blended learning that is being gradually replaced with distance learning, i.e. higher education is moving forward with mobile learning (m-learning) technologies. The introduction of mobile learning became the most topical event in 2020 in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, due to which many countries had to completely move to distance learning in higher education. The purpose of the study is to analyze the prospects for the widespread use of mobile applications in teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) in Russia to Russian and Arab learners. In the course of the study, an online survey based on a questionnaire consisting of four open and closed questions was conducted. An empirical method was applied to collect the research data.  The survey was conducted at the Department of Foreign Languages of the Engineering Academy of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (EA PFUR). The total research sample included 200 participants and consisted of: 50 potential employers, 50 Russian and Arab students of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia studying Linguistics (training program code 035700), 50 faculty members, namely teachers of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, the Institute of Foreign Languages of the Moscow State Pedagogical University and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, as well as 50 administrative staff of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. The purpose of the survey was to collect information about the use of mobile applications (Smartphone Apps) and the introduction of mobile learning technology (m-learning) in the process of teaching EFL to students. According to the results of the survey, instructors are actively using mobile technologies in their professional activities and all participants in the learning process are receptive to their introduction in education. At the same time, respondents believe that technical challenges are the major obstacle to the adoption of mobile applications; these problems must be overcome in order to enable more productive use of mobile applications. In this regard, the study of mobile applications that are suitable for specific aspects of learning a foreign language, such as spoken language, reading comprehension, listening or writing, can be considered a promising research area.</p>

scholarly journals Organization of Foreign Languages Blended Learning in COVID-19 Conditions by Means of Mobile Applications

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 268-287
Author(s):  
Irina Bardus ◽  
Yuliia Herasymenko ◽  
Oleksii Nalyvaiko ◽  
Tetiana Rozumna ◽  
Yuliia Vaseiko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Effective Work ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Points Of View

The article discusses the theoretical aspects of the organization of blended foreign language learning caused COVID-19 under the conditions of the quarantine. We analyzed different points of view on the process of using mobile applications in the study of foreign languages. We considered the possibilities of four mobile applications Duolingo, Simpler, Hello Talk, EWA with their main advantages and disadvantages. In the context of the research topic, conducted a survey of first and fifth-year students, in which 100 students took part from Karazin and Berdyansk universities. The survey was conducted among students of philological specialties in order to determine the most acceptable conditions for using mobile applications in the process of learning foreign languages. The survey results showed that students, in general, positively perceive the use of mobile applications in the educational process, taking into account the possibility of teachers’ support. The study showed the need to use mobile applications in the process of learning foreign languages in the context of the introduction of quarantine and blended learning as a forceful way to organize effective work with students.

scholarly journals Mobile Applications at a Mega University: Anadolu University Campus App

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ozgur Yilmazel ◽  
Erk Ekin
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
University Campus ◽  
User Community ◽  
The University ◽  
Insight Into

This paper explores the use of mobile applications to aid on-campus and off-campus students at a mega university. Anadolu University — with over 1,900,000 students enrolled from over 30 countries — is the world's second largest university by enrolment(List of largest universities by enrolment, 2014). From its early days, the Universityhas used various means to access its students. During the last decade,with the introduction of mobile technologies and smartphones that are connected everywhere, the expectations of students have changed. Students now expect to be in contact with their educational institutions without any barriers. Anadolu University released its first mobile campus app onaniOS platform in May 2012. Students adopted the App quickly and the mobile app user community requested new functionalities. Since then,the University has released three major and over 25 minor releases of the app on both iOS and Android smartphones. This paper describes the lifecycle of Anadolu Campus App and its evolution over the years. It has been widely acceptedby our students both on campus and off campus, andthe increasing number of users gives an insight into the high rate of adoption of smartphones.

scholarly journals The role of education informatization in improving the efficiency of the educational process

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iryna Skril ◽  
Nataliia Vasylyshyna ◽  
Tetiana Skyrda ◽  
Olena Moroz ◽  
Tatiana Voropayeva
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Foreign Language Proficiency ◽  
The Future ◽  
High Level

The integration of Ukraine into the world community has caused a significant increase in interest in learning foreign languages as a means of information exchange. The modern conditions of development, expansion and deepening of international contacts require a high level of foreign language proficiency from a future specialist, especially in a foreign language of professional direction. High demands to the quality of education provision for the informatization of society. The high level of proficiency in a foreign language of a professional direction allows the future specialist to compete adequately not only in the domestic labor market but also abroad. It is promoted by the informatization of the educational process. It determined the relevance of the research problem. The study aims to establish the effectiveness of informatization of the foreign languages learning process of professional communication; to bring the feasibility of using social networks, cloud messengers, educational platforms in preparing future specialists for professional communication in a foreign language environment. The research methodology uses several methods. The main method in the study is the method of pedagogical experiment, also used the method of questioning, observation, to consider the theoretical material uses descriptive method, as well as methods of synthesis and analysis. The main hypothesis of the study is that the application of the educational potential of social networks, platforms, messengers, quizzes is an effective method of training a specialist with a high level of foreign language proficiency in the professional sphere. The result of the study is to determine the effectiveness of the use of the informatization process at the level of involvement of social networks, messengers to form a high level of foreign language proficiency as per profession. In the future, it is envisaged to study the application of informatization of the educational space during the teaching of a foreign language of professional communication.

scholarly journals Identifying the Collage Student’s Perception Level of Mobile Learning

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Murat Topaloglu ◽  
Harun Ozkisi
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Web Based ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Distant Education ◽  
Education Tool ◽  
Day By Day

There have been great improvements in mobile technologies recently. In line with these developments, the use of mobile technologies in web based distance learning seems to be increasing day by day making learning possible via mobile devices. Both the continuous and rapid developments in mobile devices and the growing number of people with mobile phones render these technologies fruitful and actively used in many fields, including education worldwide, inclusive of our own country. Mobile learning is regarded as a reliable distant education tool for learners who wish to continue their education from outside the institutions. The study was conducted to measure the reactions of individuals to the developed mobile applications and give insight to them. The aim of this study is to identify undergraduate students’ use and attitudes of/towards mobile learning who are studying at Trakya University Kesan Yusuf Capraz School of Applied Disciplines. Observations were made about the use and the importance of mobile learning in our lives.Peer-review under responsibility of of the organizing committee of GLOBE-EDU Keywords: Distant Education; E-Learning; Mobile Devices; Mobile Learning; M-Learning

scholarly journals TECHNIQUE APPROACHES IN TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO STUDENTS OF ECONOMICS

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (21) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariia O. Kuts ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Training ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Communicative Interaction ◽  
Economic Area ◽  
Teaching Learning

The article reveals the problem of increasing the efficiency of teaching foreign languages to students of non-linguistic specialties by means of introducing a system of pedagogical teaching technologies into the educational process. It has been determined that pedagogical technologies of teaching are such pedagogical technologies, which are based on modern positions of professional development of a person and aimed at achieving educational goals. In the process of learning foreign languages, they are a way of a phased system of organization of the communicative interaction between a teacher and a student in the conditions of operative feedback between them through the use of specific methods, forms and means of learning. It has been found that the leading class of pedagogical technologies for teaching foreign languages is a communicatively oriented technique – a project technique and an appropriate system of its successive and phased implementation, in which learning emerges as a model of real-world foreign communication. The article provides a classification of pedagogical techniques for teaching foreign languages to students of the economic area of expertise, which can contribute to their more systematic use to improve the efficiency of the educational process in higher education institutions. Among the subspecies of communicative oriented techniques of teaching foreign languages to students of economic specialties the following subcategories have been identified: subjects of educational process management – techniques of teaching, learning, partnership interaction and instrumental techniques; the place in the organization of the educational process – the technique of in-class, out-of-class and independent activities; according to the methodological approach – technique-modernization and technique-transformation and in the terms of implementation – meta-techniques, branch macro techniques, modular-local and micro techniques. The author sees the directions for further research in the development of tools for the implementation of the above techniques in accordance with the characteristics of the professional training of students of economic area of expertise.

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