Electronic Course Research Articles

ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОГО ПРОЦЕССА ПО ИНОСТРАННОМУ ЯЗЫКУ ДЛЯ СТУДЕНТОВ ИНСТИТУТА ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ ПО МОДЕЛИ СМЕШАННОГО ОБУЧЕНИЯ

The article deals with the issues of teaching a second foreign language (German) for students of the Institute of Professional Education according to the model of blended learning. The purpose of this article is creation and implementation of the author’s electronic course “German for PEI students”, created in the LMS Moodle platform, for implementation of blended learning. The efficiency consideration of the of the application of the blended learning model in the process of teaching a second foreign language is studied.

About One Approach to the Study of the Topic “Synthesis of Combinational Circuits Using Carnot Maps”

This article describes the technology of teaching the theme “Synthesis of combinational circuits using Carnot maps” of basic digital electronics course to first/second-year students based on the DL.GSU.BY website. The main advantages of the technology include training adapted to the student, many years of experience in practical application and effectiveness. The following issues are consistently considered in the article: the theoretical foundations of the topic; library of standard components; a system of step-by-step learning to solve problems on Carnot Maps, a technology for using these tasks.

Predicting student performance using machine learning tools

Digital assistants are increasingly penetrating various areas of human activity, including education. Today, they are no longer just automated systems or web applications that support and automate certain processes, including educational processes. Now they are more intelligent and more autonomous systems. Digital assistants play a special role in a student’s life, in a sense replacing the dean’s office, mentor, tutor, representatives of other university services and other elements of educational infrastructure. The digital support for the student is important and useful, especially in the first year during his adaptation to the environment of higher education, which is significantly different from the school one. It is at this point that the largest amount of students dropouts occurs due to academic failure. According to the authors, a digital assistant in the form of a mobile application that can predict learning outcomes and inform about it in time, can provide important support for the student and help him/her orient and adjust his/her behavior in case of a threat of a negative result. To solve the problems of creating a predictive model of student learning outcomes and a mobile application that implements it, as well as to conduct a pre-project study, the following methods and tools of mathematical statistics were used: k-means method, Kendall correlation method, Friedman’ test with Durbin—Conover posterior test, linear regression, logistic regression, categorical Bayesian classifier, random forest method, neural network (multilayer perceptron), non-parametric estimation of the Nadaraya—Watson regression function, STATISTICA 10.0 and Jamovi 2.2.5, Python libraries. As a result of the study, a mathematical model for predicting learning outcomes in disciplines based on current performance in e-learning courses was created. The accuracy of the model depends on the week of training in which it is applied and reaches 92,6 %. In the early stages (e. g., for week 7), the accuracy is at least 85 % and varies depending on the contingent of the student population and disciplines. As a result of the study, a mobile application was developed that implements a predictive model and other related functions to inform the student about his/her estimated educational success. The created predictive model is based on current performance data obtained from electronic courses and is capable of making accurate predictions, which allows it to be applied in practice online and through the mobile application to inform students.

Designing E-Course Navigation

In the design of the e-course learning process, it is proposed to use the concept of a navigation model. This model provides convenient and didactically based navigation through the educational material of the course. The work is based on the recent research of the authors on the structuring of educational content in the form of an e-course content model, ordered in the form of a hierarchical structure of the ontologies of learning elements that make up the course. The navigation model concept includes a set of matrices of relations of order and logical coherence of learning elements and corresponding to these matrices of orgraphs of the sequence of study and logical coherence of fragments of educational content. The navigation model answers two important questions of designing an electronic course: 1) what should be the didactically rational sequence of studying the learning elements in the course that is being created; 2) what logical connections should be established between the individual learning elements of the course in order to ensure convenient and didactically based navigation of the course. The mathematical substantiation of the navigation model is given, its properties are investigated, and integral characteristics are introduced. The use of the e-course navigation model helps to: determine and visually represent a rational sequence of studying the educational material, as well as the logical reference links between its various fragments; provide effective assistance to students in navigating the course; analyze and compare different educational materials, assess the level of didactic significance of various learning elements; minimize the complexity of preparing exercises for training and control tests, and the complexity of training and control procedures for e-learning. The concept of a navigation model complies with the international e-learning standards SCORM and IMS, complements them with specific algorithms for aggregating learning objects (SCOs) into e-courses, and assists students in learning them. The mathematical substantiation of the navigation model makes it possible to automate the design of e-courses.

Forced distance learning at a Russian technical university: A comparative analysis of key challenges assessment

Introduction. On the example of a technical university, the article presents a comparative analysis of assessments of key difficulties identified among the faculty during the transition to distance learning in the spring of 2020 and 2022 throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors identified trigger challenges, which do not lose relevance in the context of the recurrence of a pandemic (and not only) and a person’s ability to adapt to the situation. Generalised recommendations are proposed to compensate for the influence of socio-psychological and communicative barriers to improve the quality of teaching activities of the faculty mediated by information and communication technologies.Aim. The presents paper aims at conducting a comparative analysis to assess key challenges, which are determined by the human factor and affect the implementation of the educational process by the lecturers during distant work with students.Methodology and research methods. The analysis was carried out during spring semesters 2020 and 2022 amid the realisation of forced distance learning. The authors used the methods of scientific and theoretical analysis, synthesis; empirical collection of a dataset of 2 cross-sectional studies using a questionnaire, the C. Rogers & R. Diamond SPA test, and the social stratification level test. Two respondent pools included 307 lecturers from Tomsk Polytechnic University. The results were processed by comparative analysis and using the SPSS 26.0 statistical package program for social sciences.Results. The comparative analysis of the results in two pools showed that the key challenges were: 1) socio-psychological challenges associated with frustration, the challenge for adapting to the remote implementation of the educational process due to the certain disorientation and unprepared teachers; 2) communicative barriers related to the complexity of keeping students’ attention and reducing the quality of materials, the necessity for lecturers to have special communicative skills that meet the conditions of remote work (linguistic, subject, discursive, pragmatic, socio-cultural, technical), and supraprofessional competencies necessary when working in conditions different from traditional methods of teaching. It is concluded that the prerequisites for successful distance learning are determined by the presence of digital educational platforms and hardware resources for their implementation, and by the socio-psychological training of the faculty. In this regard, the authors made the recommendations on the organisation of consistent systematic work by the university personnel service in terms of organising teacher training in the specifics to work in a remote format from the point of view of not only technological (acquisition of skills to develop electronic courses, introduce types of tasks focused on interactive, group collaboration, gamification elements, fractional materials and their visualisation, etc.), but also the psychological acceptance of the situation, the development of emotional competence, adaptability, socio-psychological stability, as well as the improvement of communicative competence that meets today’s challenges.Scientific novelty and practical significance. The comparative analysis in dynamics revealed that the socio-psychological and communication barriers do not lose significance and influence on the lecturers, despite the repeatability of situations associated with a sharp transition in the implementation of the educational process from the traditional to the remote format. There is, therefore, a need for comprehensive work of the university HR service to compensate for the identified difficulties and build a trajectory for the consistent preparation of the faculty for the likely repetition of the situation with the forced distance learning, since the risk of its repetition due to a pandemic, a change in geopolitical or other conditions, is high enough. The implementation of the proposed recommendations for building a vector of readiness for remote work will reduce the negative socio-psychological impact of stressors and improve the quality of the educational process.

Preliminary research on the development of PS-BK learning model in basic electronics courses

This research is motivated by the importance of increasing the competence of human resources in facing global competition in the current 4.0 revolution era. Therefore, learning models that can prepare students to master critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and creative and innovative thinking skills must be developed. This preliminary study aims to identify the elements necessary for the development of the PS-BK (Integrated Problem Solving and Creative Thinking) learning model in basic electronics courses. The Plomp development design’s preliminary research stage is this one. The needs and context analysis, literature review, and conceptual theory development make up this preliminary research. Data collection techniques are using questionnaires and observation sheets. The data analysis technique used is the percentage technique. The learning outcomes obtained by dividing the value with the highest percentage, on the B- and C+ grades, indicate that the majority of lecturers use conventional models so that learning activities have not maximally involved students in building knowledge and developing their thinking skills, over the preceding three years (2019, 2020, and 2021).. Based on needs and context analysis as well as analysis of student characteristics in basic electronics learning, it is known that PS-BK learning models need to be developed in improving students’ abilities and developing creative thinking ability.

EFFECTIVE METHODS OF INCREASING FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFECIENCY IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS

In this article, the authors consider the problems of English-language training within the framework of the traditional system of education in technical universities. The article also provides an analysis of the approach to teaching a foreign language, which represents the greatest practical difficulty in organizing the educational process. The purpose of the work is to analyze and justify the need to change the approach to teaching a foreign language to students, demonstrate one of the methods used to teach a foreign language using the example of an electronic course developed in the LMS Moodle system. Considerable attention is also paid to the importance of the presence of authentic materials in the classroom, the main the source of which is today the Internet and e-learning in the LMS Moodle system. Methods used in the study: methods of theoretical research general scientific (analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction), the study of specific literature, as well as a method for analyzing existing methods of teaching a foreign language, teaching techniques using modern achievements of science and technology, allowing the development of foreign language communication, which plays a positive role in intercultural communication.

Использование электронного курса «Иностранный язык» в системе Moodle при дистанционном обучении сотрудников органов внутренних дел Российской Федерации

The aim of the study is to summarize the experience of designing and implementing the electronic course “Foreign Language” in the educational process of the Barnaul Law Institute of Interior of the Russian Federation. The paper discusses the methodological approaches, pedagogical technologies and principles that ensure the practical significance of the created course. The described methods and means of teaching are illustrated by the examples that are successfully used during practical classes in a foreign language. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the substantiation of the need to implement the principles of interrelated teaching of types of speech activity and visualization. As a result, it was proved that the use of electronic courses in the educational process of foreign language learning improves the quality of knowledge and academic performance of students and can be recommended for distance learning in the system of the Ministry of the Interior of Russia.

Automated grading software tool with feedback process to support learning of hardware description languages

Hardware Description Languages (HDL) have gained popularity in the field of digital electronics design, driven by the increasing complexity of modern electronic circuits. Consequently, supporting students in their learning of these languages is crucial. This work aims to address this need by developing an automated assessment software tool with feedback process to support the learning of HDL and making an educational intervention to support the learning process of students. The tool’s features were selected based on similar developments, and a prototype was designed and implemented. Additionally, an educational intervention was conducted over a five-week period in a Digital Electronics course at the National University of Colombia. Through analyzing students’ interactions with the tool and their perceptions of its usage, the study examined their learning experiences. Among the features highlighted by students as most beneficial for their HDL learning process were the online availability of the tool, the feedback system that helped them identify and correct errors in their code, the provision of immediate feedback, the online editor with syntax highlighting, and the graphical user interface. This work makes two significant contributions to the field of HDL teaching in engineering. Firstly, a publicly accessible HDL grading tool has been developed, offering students immediate formative and summative feedback through an automated grader. Secondly, empirical evidence has been provided regarding the benefits of using such a tool in enhancing students’ learning process.

Spin-induced nanomaterials for detection of chiral volatile organic compounds

The capacity to recognize chiral Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) is a noteworthy element in many areas, for example, chemistry, pharmacology, and ecological observing. This review centers around the recent advancements in the field of spin-based chiral recognition, with the potential to improve the detection and classification of chiral VOCs in wearable, convenient, low-power, and with least human contribution. It will present and discuss the utilization of chiral molecules and helical structures to impact the spin course of electrons going through them, offering another way for chiral recognition of VOCs. Different dimensionalities of nano materials and related hypothetical leaps forward will be presented and discussed, which could pave the way for smart and miniaturized chiral recognition devices. These devices would empower quicker and more precise location of chiral VOCs in different settings, making them advantageous for a scope of applications later on.

E-learning and its role in producing minds and training learners

The study aimed to identify e-learning and its role in producing minds and training learners. The study also aimed to identify the role of e-learning in developing learners and increasing their knowledge and identifying the obstacles to using e-learning in higher education in Kuwait and ways to solve them. The researcher used the descriptive survey approach and the study sample consisted of (140) a student and a male student of higher education. The results of the study concluded: The role of e-learning in developing learners and increasing their knowledge came to a high degree from the point of view of the sample, as it was found that the study members agreed. The obstacles that prevent the trainees from using e-learning came to a high degree, as the study participants agreed on the proposals submitted by the researcher to reduce the obstacles to the use of e-learning in higher education in Kuwait. The study also recommended a number of recommendations, most notably: spreading awareness of the importance of e-learning and modern teaching methods, encouraging male and female students towards benefiting from e-learning, and commitment to providing clear plans and strategies for employing e-learning patterns. In the different educational stages, the availability of devices and internet service for students in their homes, and work on designing and building electronic courses based on the principles and standards of educational design, and presenting them through the global or local network around the clock. Developing a strategic plan for the continuation and sustainability of distance education through electronic platforms, even partially, so that educational institutions are ready and ready to switch to distance education if necessary, and work on electronic platforms and work to improve performance through them and update them constantly.

ELECTRONIC SUPPORT OF HIGHER EDUCATION SEEKERS IN THE PROCESS OF THEIR PRACTICAL TRAINING

In the era of digitalization of all social life spheres, especially educational environment, wide using of distance and blended learning technologies the process of students’ practical training at higher education institutions demands creating the system of electronic support. The article deals with the demonstration of changing practice paper reporting documents into their electronic analogues as well as it deals with the analysis of its consequences. Thus, a diary of psychological and pedagogical observations should be substituted with a blog. Drafts of lesson plans or upbringing events can be submitted in the form of PDF files, PPT presentations, online lesson records etc. In the research process, theoretical methods were used (analysis, comparison, generalization and systematization of information obtained during the study of scientific literature), as well as practical methods (a survey of students and teachers was conducted regarding the convenience, effectiveness and feasibility of practice electronic reporting). The research aims at proving the expediency of switching to practice electronic reporting and implementation of electronic support reasonability of students of higher education institutions in the period of their practical training. The study of the effectiveness and expediency of electronic support for the practical training of education acquires took place during four academic years. Survey results, including students and academic staff, have shown that moving to practice electronic reporting provides conditions for information to be submitted in different forms, creates opportunities for commenting blog notes, interchanging experience among students, setting dynamic students’ feedback. Using MOODLE system for educational process gives an opportunity to realize student’s activity due to individual educational approach as well as to provide an opportunity for group and collective interaction. A system of electronic courses was created in accordance with the specialties and types of practice of students according to the curricula. Ensuring the high-quality use of modern information technologies depends on the participants’ access to appropriate technical means and the Internet, as well as the level of their digital literacy.

Koshiji Laboratory, Electrical and Electronics Course, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Polytechnic University

Koshiji Laboratory, Electrical and Electronics Course, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Polytechnic University

Can an augmented reality-integrated gamification approach enhance vocational high school students' learning outcomes and motivation in an electronics course?

Can an augmented reality-integrated gamification approach enhance vocational high school students' learning outcomes and motivation in an electronics course?

Memories of a mid-20th century electrical measurements laboratory and its instrumentation

There was a time when undergraduate physics majors took a junior-level course in Electricity and Magnetism, accompanied by a semester of laboratory work, learning to make precision electrical measurements. This laboratory experience is long gone, replaced by coursework in digital and analog electronics. Even the latter has been downplayed in favor of a course in the use of digital computers to solve problems in physics. In this article, I will discuss the course that I took as an undergraduate at Amherst College in the late 1950s and then taught as a young faculty member at Kenyon College in the late sixties. I was a participant in the demise of the E&M laboratory and the rise of the ensuing vacuum tube and digital electronics course. I will concentrate on the precision apparatus, which is presently living out its life in the dusty back shelves of apparatus closets. This may help new faculty members to answer the perennial question: It is attractive, but what is it and how was it used?

Student Project-Based Space Vector Modulation Technique for Power Electronics Laboratory

Two-level DC/AC inverter topologies are widely used for low voltage and high voltage applications in power systems and industrial areas. Space Vector Modulation (SVM) is a popular Pulse-Width Modulation technique used for controlling the inverters and providing the efficient energy conversion from DC sources. However, applications of SVM-based studies are limited in the Power Electronics Laboratory (PEL) due to the vital risks associated with high voltage applications, and it is not easily learned through mathematical analysis and visual learning without implementation by undergraduate students. A simulation and experimental setup of an SVM-controlled two-level, three-phase inverter was presented in this study for undergraduate students to learn its basics in the PEL. Several programs were used to simulate the inverter in the classroom environment and to design a power circuit and microcontroller-based printed circuit board of the inverter for PEL experiments. The two case studies were given. In the case results, the output voltage waveforms of simulation and experimental inverters were compared to show the validation of simulation results. With this study, the students’ experience is enhanced in electronic circuit design, programming, coordination with hardware and software development activities, self-learning, and teamwork. Additionally, practical applications increase undergraduate students’ interest in Power Electronics Courses and reinforce their knowledge from lecture and laboratory studies.

Комплексное использование различных программных сред для повышения уровня визуализации и восприятия информации

Implementation of various software tools in the educational process affects formation of students’ professional competencies. This influence should be taken into account in scientific and methodological support of the modern education system. The purpose of the article is to develop a technology for creating educational VR content that provides immersion into a virtual thematic space using a variety of different software environments and improves the effectiveness of teaching. In this article, the technology of creating an electronic course using a complex of specialized software tools is considered. The initial stage of such technology is to develop a course description that includes data and knowledge about the object or phenomenon under study. Three-dimensional models of virtual objects created in SketchUp, Blender. Solidworks, Compass-3D, etc. are used for technical objects. Then 3D models of objects and landscape are used for creating a virtual space in the Twinmotion software package. Then photorealistic panoramas, images and videos are imported from Twinmotion into 3DVista Virtual Tour Pro to create a virtual tour. At the final stage, the virtual tour is integrated into the LMS Moodle learning management system. The implementation of the technology of integrated use of specialized software tools was tested in the creation of educational content that provides immersion into a virtual thematic space on the example of the course "History of the Tambov Region", which is included in many educational programs at Tambov educational institutions. High efficiency of developed educational content is confirmed by the survey results of several groups of students and its further analysis using Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) methodology; as well as by checking learning achievements based on testing two groups of students of 12 people each. The first test group studied the discipline using the proposed electronic content, and the second one without it. The test results showed that the proportion of correct answers to test questions in the first group was 17% higher than for the students of the second group. Thus, the authors proposed the technology for development of educational content, which includes a number of specialized software tools, as well as the organization of the educational process using innovative educational means. Moreover, the use of the proposed technology allows students to develop teamwork and interpersonal communication skills by interactive lectures and group discussions.

Calculation and appraisal of the course outcomes of the electronics course

The purpose of this research work was to assess and evaluate the course outcomes of the electronics course of the Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering program incorporating higher-order thinking skills and complex engineering problem-solving skills among the students. This course is one of the essential course courses of BSc in EEE program of study and as such, its course outcomes are associated with three program outcomes. To compute and appraise the course outcomes of this course and hence its impact on the program outcomes, we used direct assessment data from various formative and summative assessment tests during a particular semester. For this purpose, an assessment plan was prepared and then test data were used to evaluate the outcome. Finally, statistical analysis is performed to check whether a particular student cohort of electronics courses could achieve this or not. All of the 46 participating students have attained the benchmark set before the start of the course. Finally, course survey results and a few recommendations are provided as a measure of the continuous quality improvement method. Keywords: Assessment; course outcome; electronics; evaluation; outcome-based education

The Effectiveness of proposed electronic course to develop cognitive awareness of cybersecurity among secondary school students in the city of Jeddah

هدفت الدراسة الكشف عن فاعلية مقرر إلكتروني مقترح لتنمية الوعي المعرفي بالأمن السيبراني لطالبات المرحلة الثانوية بمدينة جدة، استخدم المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، وشبه التجريبي. وذلك لمناسبتهما لطبيعة الدراسة الحالية، وتكونت عينة الدراسة من (26) طالبة تم اختيارهن بطريقة قصدية من طالبات الصف الأول ثانوي بمدرسة الثانوية الثالثة والتسعين بجدة. ولتحقيق أهداف الدراسة قامت الباحثتان بتطبيق اختبار الوعي المعرفي بالأمن السيبراني على عينة الدراسة قبل وبعد تطبيق المقرر الإلكتروني المقترح، أظهرت النتائج وجود فروق دالة إحصائيًا عند مستوى الدلالة (α ≤ 0.05) بين متوسطات درجات طالبات المرحلة الثانوية بالتطبيق القبلي والبعدي لاختبار الوعي المعرفي بالأمن السيبراني لصالح التطبيق البعدي تعزى للمقرر الإلكتروني المقترح، وفاعلية المقرر الإلكتروني في تنمية الوعي المعرفي بالأمن السيبراني، اذ بلغت قيمة الكسب الكلية (1.3)، وهي معدلات كسب عالية إذا قورنت بالحد الأدنى لبلاك Black (1.2) مما دل بفاعلية المقرر الإلكتروني المقترح لتنمية الوعي المعرفي بالأمن السيبراني لطالبات المرحلة الثانوية بمدينة جدة، وقدمت الدراسة مجموعة من التوصيات من اهمها الاستفادة من المقرر الإلكتروني المقترح الذي أعدته الباحثتان كمقرر للأمن السيبراني لطالبات مدارس المرحلة الثانوية بمدينة جدة ومناطق المملكة العربية السعودية الأخرى.

Moodle tools for teaching foreign languages at distance learning department

The paper investigates the use of the Moodle system tools for teaching the subject of Foreign Languages (English) at the faculty of distance and part-time education of the Institute of Oil and Gas Technologies (INGT) of Samara State Technical University (SSTU). The analysis was carried out on the content material of Moodle electronic course for the specialty Petroleum engineering 21.03.01, 2020-2021 years. The course structure, tools for presenting educational material for practical classes and independent work, as well as assessment tools for intermediate and final monitoring control were analyzed. The study showed that the content of the course is presented logically and divided into modules in accordance with the main educational program and the Federal State Educational Standard of the Russian Federation. The Page tool was chosen to present the material for practical classes, which ensures the availability and clarity of educational material provided. Tasks for independent work and study are implemented via the Task tool in such a way that the files can be downloaded, then done and uploaded to the system. The effectiveness of the course was analyzed according to the data automatically provided by the system. The following aspects were taken into consideration: online activity of students in the system, the number of downloaded and completed assignments, the number of attempts to take tests, assessment reports based on the results of students` performance. The study has shown that the tools chosen for the course are relevant and provide effective learning. Analysis of program data has suggested that materials and exercises are easily accessible and system navigation has not caused any difficulties for students. Thus, it can be concluded that the Moodle system has proved to be an effective platform for distance learning of part-time students with a low level of language proficiency.