Using of digital technologies in the teaching of aviation chemistry in flight establishments of higher education

The article deals with the problem of development of cognitive interest of cadets of flight educational institutions in the process of teaching the discipline «Aviation Chemistry» through the use of digital technologies in the educational process. In the process of training cadets, taking into account the epidemiological situation, there is a need to use techniques that stimulate increased attention and interest in the classroom, in particular in the process of distance learning. Such techniques define digital technologies in the article. The concept of «digital technologies» is clarified, their composition and principles of application are substantiated. Monitoring of digital tools used in the process of student learning. The tools for setting the educational problem, summarizing the studied material, summarizing, tools for testing and consolidating knowledge, forming critical thinking, tools for organizing group work, reflection and for organizing independent work of cadets. Also, the criteria for selecting digital technologies are highlighted. Emphasis is placed on using the Google Workspace cloud service package. In particular, the use of such services as Google Classroom, Google Meet, Google Forms, Google Chat, Google Drive in the process of teaching the discipline «Aviation Chemistry». In addition, the use of digital tools is described: Learningapps - a tool that allows you to create interactive exercises; Answergarden - a concise tool for organizing instant evaluation of responses; Mindmeister is a tool for creating mental maps.

Digital Text through Hot Potatoes in Supporting Online Learning in Digital Society

Pandemic era stressed the lecturer to create innovative learning process. The article aimed to show up the benefit of hot potatoes in online learning. Hot potatoes is one of applications which consists of 6 tools in making interactive exercises. They are J Quiz, J Cross, J Cloze, J Mix, J Match, the masher. It helps lecturer managed exercises based digital text. It can used on offline. This article used research and development by Addie. There are five steps in Addie model. They are Analysis, design, develop, implementation, and evaluation. Data found that hot potatoes supported students in learning process. They more enjoy in completed the exercises on hot potatoes. Digital text used is decreasing the using of hardcopy, it help students saving the cost.

Theoretical and practical researches of interactive method in learning a foreign language

The article discusses the features of using interaction as methodological basis of organisation of interactive approach and its role in interactive learning. The author compares different points of view and suggests methodological assumptions about the reorganisation of the traditional approach to the practice of learning how to work out the skills of interpersonal communication. The author notes that interactive approach means interaction of all members of learning process which helps to exchange authentic information in a foreign language. The author gives methodological grounds developing skills of informational exchange in a foreign language and possessing experience of communication using interactive exercises. The article analyses principles of interactive learning a foreign language via interaction which results in the development of social processes in the society. The author considers it conforming that in the past years in the methodology of teaching foreign languages, there has been a tendency to change the position and to move from the communicative approach to its variety – the interactive approach, since interactive learning of a foreign language proposes the usage of training, role and business-like games, competitions, performances, warming-up, discussions, brainstorming, which will enlarge the level of interaction in a foreign language. The author believes that interactive learning will permit to solve many problems in the development of communicative skills and promote success in learning a foreign language which is the aim of its usage.

Uprooting Deeper Causes of Belgium's Lack of Pandemic Preparedness in the Covid-19 Crisis

The challenge of the Coronavirus Pandemic Preparedness project was to explore gaps in the way Belgium addressed the COVID-19 pandemic as a path forward for learning how to be better prepared in the probable event of a future pandemic. A pandemic is more than just a health crisis; well-intentioned efforts to contain an epidemic resulted in mental health problems, an economic downturn and the impairment of learning, among other issues. To understand a complex or "wicked" problem, such as a pandemic, we deployed a transdisciplinary approach, engaging experts and stakeholders from a variety of fields. At the end of March 2021, we organised an online co-creation workshop on behalf of the transdisciplinary research team at the Institute for the Future (1), inviting societal actors to participate in a multilevel brainstorming discussion. The purpose of the workshop was to identify deeper causes underlying the gaps in Belgian pandemic preparedness, building upon earlier work of the research team. We engaged stakeholders from different sectors of society in interactive exercises to verify and challenge the work of the research team. As a result, our team unearthed plausible missing elements within the deeper causes underlying the Belgian lack of preparedness for the pandemic. The majority of gaps identified by the stake holders could be traced to deeper causes interwoven in our society's fabric. Some key areas where improvement was suggested were greater political willingness to tackle more complex problems, an expansion of transdisciplinary knowledge and education across our institutions and trust-building among citizens, government and the scientific community. Our findings are summarised and presented in a short video output. These findings can be taken up to formulate future objectives for pandemic preparedness in Belgium. This can in turn serve to create a more resilient and sustain- able society.

Using digital tools during dista nce learning: teacher experience

Due to the situation caused by the coronavirus COVID-19, educational institutions were forced to switch to a mode of distance interaction with students. The proposed material presents the range of digital tools successfully used by the teacher during the period of distance learning, as well as proposed for use in the traditional learning mode in the perspective of the use of blended learning technology. Among the tools, attention is paid primarily to educational platforms, portals, electronic notebooks, services for creating interactive exercises, quests, quizzes, and video sessions. Several variants of virtual whiteboards are offered for use, and attention is also drawn to the possibility and feasibility of using MOOC in school. As examples, the methodological techniques implemented in the lessons during the distance in the Zoom communication program are given. The use of digital tools in school education allows you to create, implement and distribute new methods of teaching and working with children, improve educational approaches, and further combine the possibilities of online and offline learning. The article will be relevant for practicing teachers and researchers whose interests lie in the field of digitalization of education.

A Guided Scratch Visual Execution Environment to Introduce Programming Concepts to CS1 Students

First-year computer science (CS1) university students traditionally have difficulties understanding how to program. This paper describes research introducing CS1 students to programming concepts using a Scratch programming language guided visual execution environment (VEE). The concepts addressed are those from an introductory programming course (sequences, variables, operators, conditionals, loops, and events and parallelism). The VEE guides novice students through programming concepts, explaining and guiding interactive exercises executed in Scratch by using metaphors and serious games. The objective of this study is, firstly, to investigate if a cohort of 124 CS1 students, from three distinct groups, studying at the same university, are able to improve their programming skills guided by the VEE. Secondly, is the improvement different for various programming concepts? All the CS1 students were taught the module by the same tutor in four 2-h sessions (8 h), and a qualitative research approach was adopted. The results show students significantly improved their programming knowledge, and this improvement is significant for all the programming concepts, although greater for certain concepts such as operators, conditionals, and loops than others. It also shows that students lacked initial knowledge of events and parallelism, though most had used Scratch during their high school years. The sequence concept was the most popular concept known to them. A collateral finding in this study is how the students’ previous knowledge and learning gaps affected grades they required to access and begin study at the university level.

EXERCISES FOR DEVELOPING STUDENTS-PHILOLOGISTS SKILLS TO UNDERSTAND VARIANTS OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE IN THE PROCESS OF READING

The article discusses possible strategies forteaching reading the texts in German for students of philology.The methodological literature and the experience of scientistsin the field of developing the competence in reading have been considered. A set of exercises for teaching understanding ofvariants of German is presented. The application of a set ofexercises aimed at teaching such receptive type of speechactivity as reading provides the organization of independentwork of students of Philology in order to understand the variantsof the German language in the process of reading. The formationof skills and abilities covers the following stages: preparatory,executive, as well as the stage of text reflection.The stages identify the types of exercises that are relevantboth for mastering foreign language material and improvingcommunication skills in reading. The article offers ways tooptimize the independent work of students of Philology in orderto improve the learning process of mastering communicativecompetence in the process of reading authentic texts in German.The author focuses on lexical items for Austrian and SwissGerman, provides interactive exercises on the Learning Apps.Attention is focused on the independent organization of teachingreading to students of Philology. The author presents thelinguistic and cultural information of the German-speakingcountries: Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It is recommendedto do the set of tasks both during the classroom training andas a selfstudy activity using information and communicationtechnologies.

Organization of Mathematical Distance Learning in Primary School

The article is devoted to researching the problem of using ICT by primary school teachers in teaching mathematics, in particular during distance learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of comparative analysis of the most common online services are presented in three categories: 1) services for creating a virtual classroom and interactive exercises and other educational content (LearningApps, Google Classroom, Classtime, and Classdojo); 2) services for organizing a distance lesson (Padlet); 3) services for conducting a distance lesson in the form of a conference (Zoom, Skype, Microsoft Teams). The generalized results of the online survey of Ukrainian primary school teachers on the use of these online services in mathematics lessons are presented. Furthermore, methodological recommendations for the use of selected online services are reflected in the developed e-course “Internet resources for creating mathematical learning and game content for primary schoolchildren”.

AN INSTRUCTIONAL SCENARIO (LESSON PLAN): THE IMPORTANCE OF ARTERIAL PULSE

<p>This article aims to present a lesson plan entitled: "An instructional scenario: The Importance of Arterial pulse". This teaching plan lasts for one teaching hour. It was carried out with modern educational form through the Cisco WebEx Meetings platform and concerns the course Nursing Theory II for the 3rd Class of Vocational High School (EPAL), specializing in Nursing of the Health, Welfare &amp; Wellness Sector. This lesson plan was implemented in the context of the training of B2 level ICT trainees, organized by the Institute of Educational Policy (IEP) with the co-financing support of Greece and the European Union. The article aims to present a teaching plan so that students can deepen their knowledge in the topic of Vital Signs with emphasis on the importance of arterial pulse. More specifically, students learn to define what an arterial pulse is, to list the points where the arterial pulse is taken, and to state each time the arterial pulse should be taken. The strategy on which it was based is collaborative learning. In particular, through the working groups, the participation and the interaction with the students are reinforced. Students were asked to complete interactive exercises created in the e-me content, then work on a collaborative document (google forms), and at the end of the course fill in a worksheet for feedback.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0747/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Advanced technologies for the development of information competence of university students as transprofessional

The study focuses on advanced technologies associated with the use of interactive and animated videos, web quests with scenario branching, interactive worksheets, flash cards, interactive exercises, training simulators, collaboration services, and others in the educational process. advanced technologies, university students have soft skills as “soft skills” or transprofessional competences, manifested in different fields of activity. One of these transprofessional competences is the information competence of university students. The development of information competence of students of the direction of training "Pedagogical education" as transprofessional is possible through advanced technologies. Attention is drawn to the description of the experience of using such technologies for the development of information competence of university students. Examples of the use of these technologies by students are given.