Abstract
The main research directions of the situation in European higher education and Ukraine such as emergency transition to distance learning and teaching; problems related to internationalization and academic mobility; the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on research; the importance of cooperation with various organizations; strengthening of European higher education at the international level; and consequences of the crisis and prospects for higher education have been defined. The threats and potential emergence of destabilizing natural circumstances for the development of educational systems in a society, in particular higher education, have been described in global, European and national dimensions.Four groups of teachers that have been formed in forced transition to distance education. The groups have included the teachers of the subjects that required a significant amount of practical and laboratory work; teachers who actively used digital technology before the pandemic; teachers familiar with digital technologies; teachers who failed to master new tools for organizing learning, teamwork and expanded use of digital resources. The problems of the lack of professionally developed programs for online learning, insufficient funding, the need for methodological training of teachers to work with students online, which are common to most universities, have been identified.
Highlights
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected absolutely all forms of human interaction and cooperation, significantly changed the world picture, necessitated adaptation to new life conditions, caused social and economic destabilization, and destroyed the sense of life security.Higher education is one of those spheres that have been significantly affected
Because of the quarantine measures caused by the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, there arose a need for a radical change in the forms and methods of teaching, methods of interpersonal communication, and the organization of the educational process
The International Association of Universities has initiated a global study to analyze the situation in higher education at the regional and national levels in Asia, Europe and North America and two provisional reports have been presented by the IAF (Regional/ National Perspectives on the Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education, 2020)
Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected absolutely all forms of human interaction and cooperation, significantly changed the world picture, necessitated adaptation to new life conditions, caused social and economic destabilization, and destroyed the sense of life security. Higher education is one of those spheres that have been significantly affected. Higher educational institutions had been forced to switch to distance or blended learning. Because of the quarantine measures caused by the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, there arose a need for a radical change in the forms and methods of teaching, methods of interpersonal communication, and the organization of the educational process. It is education that provides support and protection of the basic values of society, forms a sense of security and prospects for development, and affects the psychological state of society. The informational and psychological aspects of education associated with the formation of mass consciousness are important in this context (Sukhenko & Lukianenko, 2007)
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