JOURNALISM EDUCATION BASED ON SERIOUS GAMES

The article substantiates the use of serious games for training in the specialty 061 Journalism. Serious games are viewed as information and communication technologies for training journalists. Well-known serious games of journalistic direction are analyzed. The role of serious games in the courses «Internet Journalism», «Blogging», «International Journalism», «Fact-Checking», «Art Journalism», etc. is determined. The project of a serious game «J-chess» for journalists using the universal modeling language (UML) is described. It identified the benefits of serious games for learning journalists: work the principles of active- and problem-based learning, a pleasant and deep immersion in professional issues and educational topics. Serious games are also a basis for strengthening the interdisciplinary links between mandatory and selective disciplines of journalists’ professional training. The content and principles of serious games contribute to reaching learning outcomes defined in the Higher Education Standard in journalism. It confirmed this by the four-year results of students' surveys. Problematic issues for the practice of serious games in the educational process are shown: digital inequality, availability of video games, lack of integration of serious games with electronic learning systems, students’ readiness to play, the didactic impact of the game, and ethical dilemmas. Emphasis is placed on the need to create methodological aids for serious games, determine their role and place in the discipline’s structure, formulate the principles and algorithms for pedagogical support of serious games. Solving these problems will promote the academic and practical training of future journalists through serious games, intensify the development of serious games, bring together the gaming industry and education. Integrating serious games with online learning will be the basis for trans-media learning. And this will increase the quality of education and the level of satisfaction of graduates and stakeholders.

DISTANCE LEARNING IN TEACHING ENGLISH: ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

Foreign languages e-learning has gained in a great importance because of growing interest in the Internet. It becomes a very popular method due to its accessibility, simplicity and availability, which contribute to improvement of spectrum and quality of distance learning in teaching English in higher educational establishments in pandemic conditions. Mechanism of education is a key process of human life, which determines the personality development. Fast pace of information technology development brings on displacement of traditional learning in higher education establishments with more modern methods including distance learning in teaching English. This article attempts to reflect the current trends in foreign language learning using distance technology. Currently, new technologies and the Internet allow the person to gain the necessary knowledge without leaving home, using a personal computer. This article considers the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning in teaching a foreign language compared to full-time and part-time education. The survey has confirmed that quality and structure of educational courses are usually much better with distance learning than with traditional training forms. Distance learning comprises all actual learning methods and suggests a large number of assignments designed for independent study, with the probability of obtaining day-to-day consultations. It uses the latest accomplishments of interactive and information technologies and gives equal educational opportunities to students regardless of health, place of residence, financial security and elitism. Besides, the disadvantages of this form of learning over other forms and the reasons why distance education may be ineffective are given and explained in the article (lack of face-to-face conversations, one-side explanation and lack of constructive skills). The student must also have certain psychological traits and technical means such as a computer and an access to the Internet. The conclusions made as a result of the comparison allow to determine the areas that need special attention, as well as to choose the most convenient tools for effective learning of foreign languages and English, in particular.

FORMATION OF DIGITAL AND INNOVATIVE COMPETENCIES IN FUTURE TEACHERS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL USING TECHNIQUE EBRU

The article contains a review of modern approaches to the formation of innovative and digital competencies of future primary school teachers; the essence of the concept of "innovative competence of a teacher" is revealed; the indicators of readiness of the future primary school teacher for introduction of innovations at school are defined, the classification of levels of innovative activity of future teachers is considered. The need for innovations in the activities of future primary school teachers is justified. This will lead to qualitative changes in the educational process in educational institutions, as well as the approximation of the results of their activities to the standards of the European educational space. The authors of the article pay attention to the description of digital competence of a teacher in accordance with the Education Development Concept and the European Framework of Reference on Digital Competence. It is stressed upon the importance of introducing scientific and technological, creative and informational innovations into the pedagogical process. It is forcasted the necessity of forming of primary school teachers' professional readiness for innovative activity. Optimal conditions for future teachers to search, to select and to use digital and innovative tools in the educational process are defined. The practical lesson helps: to form the knowledge of future primary school teachers about the technique of ebru as a technology of drawing on water; ability to formulate creative ideas; to develop artistic and technical talent, technical thinking in the process of creative activity, artistic perception (sense of colour, shape, emotional expressiveness of the object); ability to apply knowledge of ebru technology when planning their own professional activities. The lesson gives an opportunity to possess polytechnic skills as to organize the workplace, to plan the work process, to carry out technological operations using ICT tools to exchange messages and to organize cooperation in solving educational, research and practical tasks. The authors searched for and implemented the formation of digital and innovative competencies of primary school teachers the technique of drawing on the water ebru. Achieving a high level of future primary school teachers formation of innovative and digital competencies is possible when there are having the following qualities: high level of creativity, creative potential of teachers; the existence of professional and motivational readiness for innovation in education; performance of a set of educational tasks aimed at increasing the creative activity of students. The method of formation of innovative and digital competencies presented in the article can be adapted to the use of other technologies and techniques, such as origami, isothread, vapplique, embroidery, etc. Finding out the levels of awareness of students about the use of water painting techniques at the beginning and at the end of the lesson allow the authors to confirm the successful achievement of the purpose and objectives of the lesson.

INFORMATION AND LIBRARY RESOURCES ON ISSUES OF PEDAGOGY AND EDUCATION (ON THE MATERIALS OF LIBRARY SITES OF UNIVERSITIES OF GERMANY)

The Results of the information review of the materials of the Websites of the Libraries of German Universities are presented. A sample of eleven libraries was formed, the selection criteria for which were the following indicators: The Universality of the acquisition of the fund; the presence in the structure of information resources of collections of rare, handwritten and old printed publications; participation in the network of library institutions located on campuses (libraries), library funds are completed with documents of a narrow-specialized direction. The practical problems of creating Information and library resources on education and pedagogy are highlighted; the defining components of the content and composition of the sites of these libraries are described. The Directions of formation of resources of the researched segment of libraries of universities with single - circuit and double – circuit structure are revealed and generalized. In universities of the first type, libraries perform the functions of the central and peripheral library structure, as a rule, information and library resources on pedagogy and education are exported from OPAC (Online public access Catalog) and KVK (Karlsruher Virtuelle Katalog). In universities with a two-circuit structure of libraries, the site presents resources for educational and pedagogical purposes, in library departments, resources of specialized direction are reflected. The qualitative characteristics of the portals of educational and pedagogical issues, placed on the basis of the DBIS information System, are given. features of the formed information resources on the basis of various information sources, according to needs of users, minimizing information overload by optional («superfluous») information flows are revealed. The directions of content formation, prospects of development of the portal «Pädagogik» are covered.

SOME RESULTS OF RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF DIGITAL COMPETENCE FORMATION OF GENERAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TEACHERS

The article considers and summarizes some research results in the field of digital competence formation of secondary school teachers. Theoretical sources on the research problem are presented and analyzed, the concept of digital competence in the works of domestic and foreign researchers is analyzed. Modern trends and problems of development of teachers’ digital competence in Ukraine are considered. The possibility of the digital competence framework DigCompEdu utilization as the background for Ukrainian education is demonstrated. The following levels of teachers’ digital competence are determined: Newcomer (A1), Explorer (A2), Integrator (B1), Expert (B2), Leader (C1), Pioneer (C2). The main peculiarities of each level are described from the perspective of teachers’ knowledge and skills in the sphere of digital technologies utilization in the educational process. Based on DigCompEdu analysis the survey for determination of secondary school teachers’ digital competence level is developed and conducted with the involvement of teachers of two schools in Kryvyi Rih. The levels of digital competence of the respondents are determined, the results of the complex survey are presented and the guidelines on the teachers’ digital competence development system for the school level are given. The assumption was made that most teachers and secondary schools in Ukraine have approximately the same situation with the levels of teachers’ digital competence according to DigCompEdu gradation. Thus, the provided recommendations will be useful for school management representatives to provide teachers’ digital competence development at school level. The processed methodological guidelines on teachers’ digital competence development management for school management representatives are described.

REMOTE TEACHING OF INFORMATICS: FEATURES, PROBLEMS, DIGITAL TOOLS

Today, in a pandemic crisis, there is a forced transition from the traditional system of education, designed for full-time «classroom», to a paradigm of learning, where face-to-face stages must be organically combined with remote, and their alternation must occur as required by conditions quarantine restrictions. The usual «quarantine vacations» of previous years have become impossible, when students were able to simply stay at home, and the lost time was further compensated by the intensification of education. Education now faces a situation where views on the basic organizational and methodological principles of learning, the format of the lesson, the use of digital tools, the involvement of students in online work, the use of new distance forms and methods of learning must change. During 2020, significant changes in the regulatory framework took place in education in Ukraine, in particular, the provisions on the distance form of full general secondary education and sanitary regulations for general secondary education institutions were approved, and electronic journals were introduced. However, the analysis of the definitions showed that different documents provide different definitions of the basic concepts of «distance education», «distance learning». Much attention is now being paid to teaching teachers the current way of teaching and the digital tools that can provide it. However, there are still many problems and issues regarding the effectiveness of distance learning, the choice of appropriate programs and services, the rational presentation of educational material. The article highlights a topical issue – providing remote teaching of certain school subjects, in particular the subject «Computer Science». Various methods and approaches to learning are given, digital learning tools tested by the authors of the article are proposed, which can be used as an alternative to local software during distance learning, relevant examples are given.

PREPARATION OF FUTURE TEACHERS FOR DIGITALIZATION IN EARLY LEARNING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

The education system must respond to changes in society, its demands and needs of students at all levels, so the mission of modern pedagogical institutions of higher education is to train teachers ready and able to accept such challenges. The article presents the experience of the Department of Foreign Languages at the Pedagogical Institute of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University in training students majoring in 012 "Preschool Education" and 013 "Primary Education" and methods of teaching them to implement digital tools in the process of forming foreign language communicative competence of 3-10 year-old children at preschool institutions and the New Ukrainian School. It should be noted that this work took place within the research on the scientific topic: "Strategy of foreign language teacher training in the context of European integration." The basis of the study is the understanding of the specifics of language as a means of communication, and therefore the emergence of new digital ways and tools of communication, their widespread penetration into various spheres of life naturally requires their use for educational purposes. In addition, the normative documents of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine recognize information and digital competence as a component of professional competence of a teacher of any subject, which also requires modernization of components of teacher training in early foreign language learning. In the process of research we relied on the levels of digital competence of teachers defined in DigCompEdu and aimed to prepare future teachers of early foreign language teaching for the practical application of digital tools and instruments taking into account Generation Theory, Alpha children, current foreign language programs in modern conditions of educational institutions in Ukraine. In the process of research in the curriculum of disciplines "Modern technologies of teaching preschool children a foreign language" (specialty "Preschool education") and "Modern technologies of foreign language teaching in primary school" (specialty "Primary education") content modules "Organizational and pedagogical conditions of application of modern technologies of teaching foreign languages (FL) to preschool (PS) children / FL in PS”, “Digital technologies of teaching FL to preschool children / FL in PS”, “Media-based learning in early foreign language learning in PS / in primary school”,“ Technologies of blended learning of foreign languages in primary school” are introduced, within which theoretical, practical and methodical work takes place, the purpose of which is the formation of digital competence of future teachers.

DEVELOPMENT OF AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGIES FOR ACADEMIC LIBRARIES AS AN EXPERIENCE OF SYNERGETIC LEARNING

The purpose of the study is to identify the features of the use of augmented reality technologies in the training of specialists in information, library and archival studies, who can solve specialized problems in the professional field, characterized by the complexity and uncertainty of the conditions and provide for the application of the provisions and methods of information, library and archival affairs. Work in project student groups to develop library augmented reality is a synergistic educational model that combines different pedagogical strategy: problem-based (PBL), innovative learning (IBL), project-based (PjBL), active learning (AL), deeper learning and game-based learning (GBL). The study proposes an interdisciplinary approach to teaching student librarians: a combination of applied augmented reality research for academic libraries and problem-oriented student learning, learning in the development process for innovations. The method of infographics comparative analysis was used. The article raises the issues of convergence of traditional forms of theoretical and practical training and the organization of innovative activities of students in the space of the academic library on the example of the development of AR-technologies. Peculiarities of development and implementation of augmented reality information technologies in work with documentary funds of academic libraries in the process of problem-based learning focused on innovations are determined. AR-marker technology has been intuitive for humanities students and facilitates the annotation and indexing of library documents. AR-technologies allow playfully to delve into documentary and library science aspects of creating the content of an AR document to master the skills of compiling thematic references. In the concepts of PBL and IBL, the primary emphasis is placed on the applied solution of problems and implementing innovations that meet the needs of a particular organization. This undermines the value of fundamental theoretical learning. We show the value of theoretical lecture material, on the example of the development of augmented reality for academic libraries by student librarians. We prove the importance of correlating lecture material as a starting point for student innovations to the actual needs of the academic library. The results of the research will be an impetus for implementing PBL & IBL in higher education in developing innovations by students in new learning environments (internships, information industry), such as academic libraries. Also initiate the work on implementing AR information technologies in the activities of university libraries. AR is a significant addition to the tools that university and libraries can use to engage their audiences to information literacy training. This should promote the librarianship and increase the status of the university. The students’ work with AR library technology is characterized by complexity, interdisciplinary nature, the collaboration of students of humanities and technical profiles. All this develops in students important competencies: creativity, ability to apply theory, work in a team, learn, developer responsibility, systematic thinking, involvement, focusing on innovation. The paper proposes to consider AR information technologies not only in the perspective of programming but also as a tool for PBL-AL-PjBL-GBL-IBL of student librarians, and as a subject of library and document researches (new tools of documentation). We emphasize fundamental learning and its constant testing in practice. The starting point in the development of innovations by students is the educational material, not the needs of the organization for which the innovations are developed. Because the process of innovation is a learning experience designed to show the applied power of theoretical knowledge. A multifactor model for evaluating student innovations is proposed.

IMPLEMENTATION EXPERIENCE OF DISTANCE LEARNING UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE PANDEMIC

The modern information society formulates tasks for the education of professionals who are able to adapt quickly to life situations, acquire the necessary knowledge and apply them in practice without assistance. Problems with the provision of education, which arose during the establishment of quarantine and the introduction of enhanced anti-epidemic measures in areas with a high prevalence of acute respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, required in real life to find ways to solve them rationally, using modern technologies. The situation made teachers work with information properly, be communicative, work on the development of their own IT competence by themselves. The development of modern technologies has diversified the methods of communication between teachers and students. This article presents an analysis of the implementation of distance learning in the Zaporizhzhia region and focuses on the difficulties faced by teachers, students, their parents, and ways to reduce the problems of introducing distance learning environment in particular. Monitoring the activities of various participants in the educational process provides opportunities to systematize information and provide recommendations for overcoming such difficulties. The experience of 2020 and the results of the survey showed that there was almost no separate distance and e-learning. An online survey was conducted during March 2021 in order to determine the opinion of teachers in the Zaporozhzhia region on the organization of educational and cognitive activities of students in the form of distance learning. The effectiveness of distance learning in educational institutions of the Zaporozhzhia region depends on the technical support of the educational process, the skill of teachers involved in this process, the use of effective communication. Survey participants believe that teacher motivation has less impact on the effectiveness of distance learning than the motivation of the learner. According to many respondents, the schedule of lessons has not changed, but the usual schedule of life has changed dramatically. Many educators emphasize that they work at a computer for more than half a day. Analysis of statistical data and freely expressed opinions of teachers, participants of the survey, suggests that no effective solutions have been found for the organization of "distance" learning, but there are teachers who respond positively to the existing situation and are in innovative search.

DIDACTIC CONDITIONS OF ICT USE IN THE INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT OF GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

The article highlights the concept of inclusive educational environment, describes its features and relevance of active use of distance learning in an inclusive educational environment of general secondary education. The main didactic conditions for the introduction of information and communication technologies in the inclusive educational process are the use of various educational approaches taking into account the individual characteristics of students, their temperament, ability to learn materials and the availability of logistics. Based on the study of advanced pedagogical experience and generalization of scientific and pedagogical works the basic actual ICT, for the organization of educational process in the inclusive environment are allocated. The use of ICT as a means of supporting inclusive education for compensatory, communication and didactic purposes is described. The main types of ICT that should be used as a means of supporting inclusive education are revealed. An overview of modern ICT tools that should be used in an inclusive environment for didactic purposes and describes their functionality as specially designed software for educational purposes. The focus is on distance education of children with special educational needs, interactive educational environment - "Virtual Classroom", a free project of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine "All-Ukrainian School Online" and All-Ukrainian Free School Educational Network "Diary.ua". It is established that the introduction of ICT in an inclusive educational environment as a didactic tool diversifies and expands the range of traditional tools and resources, provides children with special educational needs to have free access to quality education, social adaptation and confidence, especially in the pandemic era. and quarantine restrictions. It is indicated that a promising direction to continue research on the outlined problem is the creation and adaptation of software and methodological complexes of distance learning for people with disabilities.