scholarly journals Virtual internationalization as a new form of communication between university and foreign students during the global pandemic

Communicology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 124-134
Author(s):  
D. I. Spicheva ◽  
D. Y. Sviridova
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Mental Images ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Culture History ◽  
New Form ◽  
The University

This article introduces an original methodological approach to determining and creating mental images of the university and the region in which it is located for foreign students and enrollees. This approach is based on methodology of determining cultural artifacts, concepts and constants that may become the base for the digital visualization of the region’s (in which the university is located) cultural environment. Mental images created using this methodology are the foundation for the new form of communication that is the basis of the “virtual internationalization”. In the article we justify the idea that in the process of globalization - that was heavily influenced by the pandemic – universities can provide unique experiences in exploring culture, history and everyday life of a foreign country or a different region. It is this very experience that motivates enrollees in their choice of studying at a foreign university, and this is why it can be considered the driving force of internationalization, the importance of which for the university’s reputation is not diminished by the pandemic.

scholarly journals International Academic Exchange of Students and Teaching Staff in Human Geography Study Field: The Case of Klaipėda University / Visuomeninės geografijos studijų krypties studentų ir dėstytojų tarptautiniai akademiniai mainai: Klaipėdos universiteto atvejis

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 91-103
Author(s):  
Daiva Verkulevičiūtė - Kriukienė ◽  
Angelija Bučienė
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Academic Exchange ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
The University ◽  
Foreign Universities

The participation in Erasmus and Erasmus+ programmes is the most popular form of mobility among the university teachers and other academic staff as well as students. The geographers of Klaipėda University can study in more than 20 universities of different regions of Europe, and the geography of studies expands from year to year. While studying in foreign countries, they not only deepen their knowledge, but also broaden the geographic scope, acquaint with new people and cultures, strengthen the knowledge of foreign language. From the other side, the students of foreign universities, having been chosen the geographic modules at Klaipėda University, have a possibility to see and learn about the nature of Western Lithuania, social and economic objects, the cultural environment. According to the foreign students, the studies are organized so, that academic staff is able to collaborate with each student immediately, and the atmosphere of studies is very good. Besides the foreign students, Klaipėda University receives also the foreign academic staff, organizes the international practices, develops the projects, and the academic staff of Klaipėda university has a possibility to visit the universities of foreign countries. Those visits give the invaluable benefit to the teachers, because one can receive more experience, and the newly adopted methods may be applied at Klaipėda University.

Platform Urbanization and the Impact on Urban Transformation and Citizenship

2021 ◽  
Vol 120 (4) ◽  
pp. 763-776
Author(s):  
Naomi C. Hanakata ◽  
Filippo Bignami
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
Urban Condition ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

Many of the defining characteristics of the urban are shifting to virtual platforms. This process imbues all dimensions of urban life, from governance to politics and participation. During the global pandemic and the lockdown in many countries, this shift has gathered speed and is changing the way we communicate and work, challenging the everyday life of our cities. As a result, we are confronted with a new topology of negotiation, participation, governance, and control in a virtual realm. With that, rights and duties of citizens are also being transformed, which creates a new dynamic that needs to be captured to ensure an alternative way to perform and enable citizenship. What we refer to as “platform urbanization” is a planetary phenomenon that needs to be investigated as a new driving force in the transformation of the urban condition and in terms of the impact it has on citizenship and the way cities are produced.

scholarly journals The Pedagogical Model of Hybrid Teaching: Difficulties of University Students in the Context of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1320-1332
Author(s):  
Alejandro Lorenzo-Lledó ◽  
Asunción Lledó ◽  
Alba Gilabert-Cerdá ◽  
Gonzalo Lorenzo
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
University Education ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Teaching Model ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Hybrid Teaching ◽  
Degree Of Satisfaction ◽  
The University

The global pandemic caused by COVID-19 has led to changes in many areas, with educational scenarios being affected. In this sense, university education has undergone significant changes owing to the impossibility of following the fully face-to-face mode of teaching. Given this situation, the general objective of this study is to analyze the university educational scenario in the context of COVID-19 and, more specifically, to identify the difficulties perceived by students. Using a mixed quantitative–qualitative methodological approach, an ad hoc questionnaire was designed, and data were collected from a sample of 238 students of the Bachelor’s Degree in Teaching during the 2020/2021 academic year. The results obtained have shown that students have experienced numerous difficulties in adapting to the hybrid teaching model. In this sense, it is worth highlighting the decrease in motivation, the feeling of loneliness, technical connection problems, and less interaction with the teaching staff and other students. The degree of satisfaction with the teaching received is also moderate. As a conclusion, it can be stated that the difficulties identified recommend the introduction of actions to improve the application of the teaching model implemented in favor of university excellence.

scholarly journals Методический подход к определению перспективных направлений развития социальной инфраструктуры университета

2019 ◽  
pp. 98-107
Author(s):  
Анастасия Троценко
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Students ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Methodical Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
Local Students ◽  
The University

Целью настоящей статьи является определение основных направлений развития социальной инфраструктуры университета для повышения его конкурентоспособности с помощью разработанного автором методического подхода, в основу которого положен метод анализа иерархий Т. Саати, позволяющего определить приоритетность направлений развития социальной инфраструктуры университета. Предложенный методический подход позволяет учитывать интересы обучающихся (местных, иногородних российских и иностранных), научно-педагогических работников (молодые ученые и НПР старше 40 лет, проживающие и не проживающие в кампусе) и представителей бизнес-сообщества для формирования приоритетности в развитии элементов социальной инфраструктуры университета. Методический подход был апробирован на примере Дальневосточного федерального университета. The purpose of this article is to determine the main development directions of university social infrastructure to increase its com-petitiveness using the developed methodical approach is based on the method of T. Saaty’s Analytic Hierarchy Process to de-termine priority of the development directions of university so-cial infrastructure. The proposed methodical approach allows to take into account the interests of students (local students; stu-dents from other regions of the country; foreign students), scien-tific and pedagogical workers («young scientists» and scientific and pedagogical workers over 40 living and aren’t on campus) and business community representatives to prioritize the devel-opment of university’s social infrastructure elements. The me-thodical approach was tested on the example of Far Eastern Federal University. The methodological approach proposed in the article allows university top management to determine prom-ising areas for the development of the university’s social infra-structure, taking into account the interests of the main groups of iterested parties (students, academic staff, the business community), thereby allowing the university to create competitive advantages aimed at attracting and retention of certain groups. After identifying promising areas for the development of the social infra-structure of the university, it is necessary to develop measures aimed at developing the relevant ele-ments of the social infrastructure of the university, which is the goal of the next study.

scholarly journals Linguocultural bases of socialization of foreign applicants of higher education in the university education area

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
University Education ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Educational Work ◽  
National University ◽  
The University ◽  
University Training

The article highlights the problems of the linguocultural socialization of foreign applicantsfor highereducation. The scientific and methodical bases of linguocultural educational system of educational migrants’ support that forms in two ways: language training and social and cultural adaptation implemented as per level degree (bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, Ph.D. degree) were defined according to the tasks of socialization of foreigners in the higher education area. The article describes the potential of the language instruction that plays the role of educational discipline and the basis for the socialization of applicants for higher education in a foreign language and social and cultural environment. The process of linguocultural competence formation among different categories of educational migrants is outlined. The functions of the socially educational process at the university as the main factor of socialization of foreigners were determined. The authors point out that the socialization of foreign students in the educational and cultural environment of higher education institutions (HEIs) should be considered in conjunction with three aspects: linguosocial adaptation, integration, and individualization. Scientific and methodical bases of each of the mentioned aspects were discussed. The main forms of social and pedagogical support of socially educational work with foreign applicants of higher education, who study at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (training courses, cultural assimilators, excursions, local history master classes, theme nights, discussions regarding intercultural communication, creative contests, business games, conferences of young scientists etc.) were specified.

Formation and Development of the Pre-Professional Training System of Foreign Medical Applicants in Ukraine (Historical and Educational Aspect)

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 95-98
Author(s):  
Iana Proskurkina
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Students ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Training System ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Effective System ◽  
History Of ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The University ◽  
History Of Formation ◽  
Educational Aspect

Abstract The growing number of foreign applicants looking forward to getting education in Ukrainian medical universities makes us find the ways how to improve and make effective the pre-professional training system of foreign medical applicants for further education. The article deals with the issues of the history of formation and development of the preprofessional training system of foreign medical applicants in Ukraine. On the ground of the electronic databases of the official websites of higher educational establishments, the data on years of opening first offices of the dean, departments and preparatory faculties for foreign medical applicants in Ukrainian medical universities are analyzed and systematized. Also the data on the setting up preparatory faculties at other universities who carry out licensed training of foreign students of the medical profile are presented. The data on the operating and management of such institutions in the system of the University administration are generalized. It’s revealed that during the years of its functioning the pre-professional training has changed, in particular the system was commercialized and the institutions involved in training foreign applicants have been reorganized. The modern trends in teaching foreign medical students at the preparatory faculties of the Ukrainian medical universities are displayed. Based on the analysis of the data it is concluded that the system of the pre-professional training of foreign medical applicants was set up in the 50s-60s years of the twentieth century. During this time, some positive experience in the preparation of future international medical specialists has been gained. The system of the pre-professional training of foreign medical applicants has been comprehensively improved and an effective system of managing foreign medical applicants has been created.

MOBIS-COVID19/06: Results as of 11/05/2020

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Molloy ◽  
Christopher Tchervenkov ◽  
Thomas Schatzmann ◽  
Beaumont Schoeman ◽  
Beat Hintermann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Daily Mobility ◽  
The University ◽  
At Home

To slow down the spread of the Coronavirus, the population has been instructed to stay<br>at home if possible. This measure consequently has a major impact on our daily mobility<br>behaviour. But who is being affected, and how? The MOBIS-COVID-19 research project,<br>an initiative of ETH Zurich and the University of Basel, is a continuation of the original<br>MOBIS study. The aim of the project is to get a picture of how the crisis is affecting<br>mobility and everyday life in Switzerland.

scholarly journals A case study of university student networks and the COVID-19 pandemic using a social network analysis approach in halls of residence

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
José Alberto Benítez-Andrades ◽  
Tania Fernández-Villa ◽  
Carmen Benavides ◽  
Andrea Gayubo-Serrenes ◽  
Vicente Martín ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
University Students ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Centrality Measures ◽  
Structural Behaviour ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The University

AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic has meant that young university students have had to adapt their learning and have a reduced relational context. Adversity contexts build models of human behaviour based on relationships. However, there is a lack of studies that analyse the behaviour of university students based on their social structure in the context of a pandemic. This information could be useful in making decisions on how to plan collective responses to adversities. The Social Network Analysis (SNA) method has been chosen to address this structural perspective. The aim of our research is to describe the structural behaviour of students in university residences during the COVID-19 pandemic with a more in-depth analysis of student leaders. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out at one Spanish Public University, León, from 23th October 2020 to 20th November 2020. The participation was of 93 students, from four halls of residence. The data were collected from a database created specifically at the university to "track" contacts in the COVID-19 pandemic, SiVeUle. We applied the SNA for the analysis of the data. The leadership on the university residence was measured using centrality measures. The top leaders were analyzed using the Egonetwork and an assessment of the key players. Students with higher social reputations experience higher levels of pandemic contagion in relation to COVID-19 infection. The results were statistically significant between the centrality in the network and the results of the COVID-19 infection. The most leading students showed a high degree of Betweenness, and three students had the key player structure in the network. Networking behaviour of university students in halls of residence could be related to contagion in the COVID-19 pandemic. This could be described on the basis of aspects of similarities between students, and even leaders connecting the cohabitation sub-networks. In this context, Social Network Analysis could be considered as a methodological approach for future network studies in health emergency contexts.

Research of the motivation and long-term objectives of Bulgarian and Serbian students

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Borukova ◽  
Vladimir Kotev
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Educational Development ◽  
Variation Analysis ◽  
Frequency Distributions ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The University ◽  
Personal Assessment

Education is an activity requiring lengthy efforts and perseverance, as well as skills for acquiring information and its creative usage. All this is based on prolonged motivation, directly related to the improvement of the educational development and the consecutive professional realization. Long-term objectives serve as coordinating terms leading to particular goals in the everyday life and thus, behaviour could be rationalized and directed in a longer prospective towards both the past and the future. The aim of the present study is to survey the opinion and personal assessment of the long-term motivation of students from NSA “Vassil Levski”, Sofia and students from Nish, Serbia. The research was conducted from November 2016 to May 2017. It was done among 96 students (45 fourth-year students at NSA and 51 students from the University in Nish). The students had to fill out a test consisting of 10 questions related to their personal assessment of their long-term motivation. The results of the study were processed mathematically and statistically by: variation analysis, relative share, comparative analysis of two independent samples and comparative analysis of the frequency distributions with χ² – the Pearson criterion.According to the generalized conclusions, a higher percentage of the Bulgarian students is directed towards long-term objectives and prospects than the percentage of the Serbian students. Women are more motivated in their long-term development than men but there are not statistically significant differences along all the questions. Athletes’ motivation is higher than the average one for the whole population. We believe, however, that the motivation changes in the course of the studies and we assume it is higher for the students who are about to graduate.

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