Abstract
The article deals with the issue of teaching students of economic specialities by means of cloud technologies. The author analyses the possibilities of applying Internet services and demonstrates the feasibility of their implementation in education. The primary aim of this research is to examine the influence of Google Classroom tools on the development of students’ economic competence. During the pedagogical experiment, the criteria (cognitive, motivational and technological), indicators, and levels (high, sufficient, average and low) of the formation of students' economic competence through Google Classroom were determined. 65 students of the Faculty of Management and Marketing of the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” took part in the experiment. The results prove that Google Classroom tools allow increasing the level of cognitive activity and motivate students to study economic subjects. The paper demonstrates that the use of Internet resources has a positive effect on the development of technology skills and also favourably promotes the introduction of new methods into the educational process.
Highlights
Nowadays the information and communication technologies develop quickly
A comparative analysis of the results revealed the positive dynamics of the levels of forming economic competence of the experimental group, while there were no significant changes in the control group of students
Students of the experimental group demonstrated high and sufficient levels of cognitive, motivational and technological criteria. 53.8 % of EG students showed a high level of cognitive criterion formation, 27.4 % showed sufficient level, 14.5 % – average level, 4.3 % – low level
Summary
Nowadays the information and communication technologies develop quickly. New technologies appear and penetrate into all spheres of human life. Picatoste et al (2018) proved that nowadays the socalled fourth digital revolution is taking place, the impact of which will affect the current lifestyle of people and society This development of technology should indicate the need for changes in higher education institutions in order to successfully integrate into an ever-changing world. Researchers underline that 21st century Web 2.0 technologies, such as Edmodo, Google Docs, Zohowriter, Blogs, Wikis, and Facebook can be used in mixed or virtual classrooms, forums, or courses (Eid Hamoudeh et al, 2018) They play an important role in promoting mutual interaction, collaborative platforms for communication and learning among people. Cummings (2016) stated that interactive work with the online class using Web 2.0 technologies can help students to participate as much as possible in the learning process, as well as to establish flexible communication for performing various tasks It is easy to use Google Apps (Google (+), Google Hangouts, Google Disc for learning. Cummings (2016) stated that interactive work with the online class using Web 2.0 technologies can help students to participate as much as possible in the learning process, as well as to establish flexible communication for performing various tasks
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