Electronic Educational Environment Research Articles

Development of Knowledge Assessment Algorithm in E-Learning Environment

The development of technology also manifests itself in the educational environment. The traditional education model is already being replaced by the modern online education model. An electronic learning environment is created here. Online education allows people to learn remotely. This is basically a pretty advanced feature for anyone with internet access. It is possible to get access to any classes at any time, regardless of time and place. E-learning, which has many advantages, also helps in the development of individual education.
 Electronic universities are one of the places where electronic educational environment is applied. E-universities can offer more advanced services to more students. At the same time, it is possible to choose an individual educational trajectory here. The selection of the individual trajectory of students is carried out on the basis of a certain method. And the management of electronic universities is carried out in electronic form.
 The article is devoted to the study of the electronic university project as an electronic educational environment and its main space. Online education, e-learning environment, e-universities, services offered by them, methods and means of implementing individual education, algorithm of e-university management, calculations and examples in this direction are mentioned here.

Identifying Student Behavior Patterns Based on LMS Data

In contemporary education, data analysis methods to establish patterns of student behavior for subsequent optimization of the educational process are becoming increasingly relevant. This paper presents research aimed at identifying patterns of student behavior based on the processing of data obtained from Learning Management Systems (LMS). The article examines data collection and analysis issues from LMS, including activity logs, grades, participation in forums, and other interactive elements. Additionally, methods such as statistical analysis and machine learning, applied to identify patterns of student behavior, are discussed. The text describes the identified patterns of student behavior in the electronic educational environment, which are subsequently linked to students' academic performance levels. The paper's concluding section presents the research findings and potential scenarios for their application. Key Words: adaptive learning, machine learning, learning management systems, student behavior patterns.

Информационная безопасность студентов в условиях информационно-образовательной среды

e article considers the main aspects of the influence of the electronic educational environment on the development of personality, as well as its positive and negative sides. Nowadays, the issue of information security of students is acute in connection with the global digitalization and computerization of education. This work is devoted to the analysis of the problem of information security of students based on the results of a sociological survey, which was attended by 128 students of the Omsk branch of the Financial University of various fields of training. About 66% of respondents considered it necessary to use information technologies in education. Thus, the results of the study allow us to conclude that it is necessary to introduce an educational module on information security, the purpose of which is to increase literacy in the era of computerization and digitalization of education.

Transformation of mechanisms of the university first-year students’ social adaptation: mathematical analysis tools

The article describes modern approaches to the transformation of the mechanisms of the first-year students’ social adaptation to study at the university, taking into account the requests of students. The theoretical prerequisites of the research are formulated on the basis of the analysis of modern publications of the knowledge-intensive Scopus database of Russian and foreign scientific articles. The theoretical model of transformation of adaptation mechanisms has become the basis of empirical research. The analysis of the process of social adaptation to the training of the modern generation of first-year students was carried out by the survey method using the electronic educational environment of the University of the North Caucasus (Stavropol Krai, Russia). A total of 1,278 people took part in the survey. The results of the study allow us to identify key areas for improving the educational process at the university: the development of alignment programs within the educational program of the level of knowledge in the most significant subject areas (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Social Studies, etc.), entering into the educational rhythm of the university training format, a deeper understanding of the nature of professional activity and the organization of professional socialization. The obtained theoretical conclusions and empirical research data provide an understanding of the transformation of the mechanisms of social adaptation to university education.

Methods of working with professional vocabulary in accordance with modern requirements to the educational process

Introduction. The updating of standards and the active introduction of distance and computer technologies cause the emergence of both new techniques and new relationships between the elements of the educational process. Purpose setting. The purpose of the study is to determine the compliance with the requirements, approaches and methods of working with professional vocabulary in the process of learning a foreign language in a technical university. Methodology and methods of the study. By analyzing the scientific and pedagogical literature and the results of observation, the connections and dependence of the success of fulfilling specific requirements for the educational process on the modern approaches and methods of learning a foreign language are revealed. Results. The parallel development of terminology in Russian and foreign languages, the computer competence of teachers and controlled working conditions in the electronic educational environment have the particular importance. As a part of the study, a survey was conducted, which confirmed the students' interest in working with Internet resources and tasks in an electronic educational environment. The teaching and controlling functions of the proposed methods are noted. They are directly related to the process of mastering professional vocabulary. A direct connection between specific approaches, techniques and the compliance with standards is demonstrated. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the description of the organizational and methodological system of working with professional vocabulary in a modern technical university. Conclusion. As a result, approaches and techniques have been identified and tested that allow improving the process of organizing and implementing work on the assimilation of professional vocabulary. The integration of activities to form the professional communicative competence of students in the programs of general education and special disciplines and the updating in the system of language training in connection with Russia's withdrawal from the Bologna process can be the advanced research directions.

Dissemination of knowledge potential in the e-learning process

The key terms in the process of knowledge management and knowledge potential are analyzed. Groups of internal and external factors affecting knowledge potential are indicated. The factors of influence on the choice of electronic educational resources are highlighted. The interaction of participants in the educational process is depicted schematically, particularly in communities of the electronic educational environment. The list of probabilistic selection rules for choosing a source of knowledge and learning is given. The model of dynamics of dissemination of knowledge potential, taking into account the flow of knowledge from source to agent, is indicated. Modeling is described in the form of a generalized diffusion model of processes of redistribution of knowledge potential during e-learning, taking into account the replenishment of the source of knowledge. The influence of electronic educational resources on the replenishment of the teacher's knowledge, which transfers knowledge to students within a certain community, is given. The general structure of the process of formation of knowledge potential during e-learning, indicating sources of knowledge, factors of influence on participants of the educational process is shown, the processes of replenishment, transfer, and redistribution of knowledge are indicated.

Принципы разработки учебных материалов для обучения в электронной образовательной среде

This paper deals with the problem associated with the definition of the principles for the development of educational materials designed for learning in an electronic educational environment. The result of a critical analysis of the basic concepts is presented. The dominant of independent work and independence of the student as a specific feature of learning in the electronic educational environment is considered. The essence and purpose of educational materials for the organization of cognitive activity of students in the conditions of an electronic educational environment are disclosed. Particular attention is paid to the construction of a system of principles underlying the development of educational materials designed to train students in an electronic information and educational environment.

DIGITAL INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL

The article presents a systematic analysis of digital interactive technologies in the conditions of primary schools. In the light of rapid digitalization, it is quite obvious that the educational institution should play a key role in preparing young people for life in a digital society. A primary school teacher must meet the new demands and requirements of today, in particular: respond promptly and actively implement educational trends; make the optimal choice and skillfully apply current digital technologies for teaching primary education students; organize cooperation and communication between the participants of educational process; design electronic educational environment; understand and take into account the needs, requests and peculiarities of younger students in the educational process. The methodological basis of the research is the theoretical analysis of digital interactive technologies in the conditions of primary school. The article used theoretical methods of scientific and pedagogical research: systemic-structural analysis, content analysis of literature, synthesis, classification, abstraction and generalization. The essence is clarified, the principles are outlined (openness, active cooperation, interface convenience), the structure (hardware, software, and user levels) is defined, and the main means (hardware and software) of digital interactive technologies are characterized. The most popular interactive platforms for younger schoolchildren are characterized (LearningApps, Kahoot!, Seesaw, Scratch, ABCmouse, Code.org, Epic!, Quizlet, Duolingo). An algorithm was developed and the requirements for its effective application were determined, as well as the possibilities of digital interactive technologies in the conditions of a modern primary school were critically evaluated. It was found that digital interactive technologies have significant potential to improve learning in primary schools, but their use should be justified and ensure a balance between digital and traditional learning, as well as adhere to the principles of security and privacy.

Formation of the ability to listen in English

The article is devoted to the formation of listening skills among students learning a foreign language. In addition, the article deals with the problem of formation of listening skills stages and ways of formation of these skills using short popular science texts selected taking into account engineering specialties. Special attention is paid to the methods of working with students with multi-level formation of listening skills in general, and in the professional field in particular. Recommendations are presented for the use of educational audio materials in the independent work of students, including using an electronic educational environment, as well as the principles of selection of audio texts and the principles of the organization of educational material in general. The article also defines a new method for teaching listening, identifies goals and objectives, mechanisms of listening. The role of listening in the process of mastering a foreign language as a means of communication is emphasized, arguments are given in favor of the constant expansion of vocabulary and the study of conversational grammar, some recommendations are given on the organization of practical listening classes in the student audience.

Creating an electronic educational environment in educational institutions in conditions of digitalization of education

The article analyzes pedagogical methods and the importance of developing communicative competence in the personal qualities of the head of the educational insti tution in the formation of the qualities of social and psychological initiative, determination,courage, aspiration to innovation and their acceptance and correct application in practice.

Графическая подготовка студентов с применением форм дистанционного обучения

This article examines the experience of graphic training of students of a transport university in the conditions of distance learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by the example of studying the discipline "Descriptive geometry and computer graphics". The use of the BlackBoard electronic educational environment and the teaching and methodological developments of the department staff is shown both as a learning medium for students, including independent work, and as a means of teaching for the teaching staff. Not only the remote format of classes is considered, but also the so-called mixed format, when in-person laboratory or practical classes are held only in small groups, and streaming lectures are conducted with the use of an electronic educational environment. After the end of the pandemic, the mixed format is used in many educational organizations continuously or occasionally due to the withdrawal of a separate group to quarantine. Within the framework of the article, a comparative analysis was carried out, reflecting data on the quality of graphic training among students who studied before, during and after the pandemic, using the example of samples from among the students of the 2019 – 2022 sets. The results of the comparative analysis show that there were no significant fluctuations in one direction or another. This allows us to conclude that the measures taken to organize the educational process in the remote format of classes have helped to preserve the quality of graphic training of students. Recommendations on the organization of graphic training of students are given, which can be used by geometry teachers both in the field of higher education and secondary special education, after returning to the usual conditions of the educational process.

Графическая подготовка студентов с применением форм дистанционного обучения

This article examines the experience of graphic training of students of a transport university in the conditions of distance learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by the example of studying the discipline "Descriptive geometry and computer graphics". The use of the BlackBoard electronic educational environment and the teaching and methodological developments of the department staff is shown both as a learning medium for students, including independent work, and as a means of teaching for the teaching staff. Not only the remote format of classes is considered, but also the so-called mixed format, when in-person laboratory or practical classes are held only in small groups, and streaming lectures are conducted with the use of an electronic educational environment. After the end of the pandemic, the mixed format is used in many educational organizations continuously or occasionally due to the withdrawal of a separate group to quarantine. Within the framework of the article, a comparative analysis was carried out, reflecting data on the quality of graphic training among students who studied before, during and after the pandemic, using the example of samples from among the students of the 2019 – 2022 sets. The results of the comparative analysis show that there were no significant fluctuations in one direction or another. This allows us to conclude that the measures taken to organize the educational process in the remote format of classes have helped to preserve the quality of graphic training of students. Recommendations on the organization of graphic training of students are given, which can be used by geometry teachers both in the field of higher education and secondary special education, after returning to the usual conditions of the educational process.

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES WHEN TEACHING MATHS

Introduction. The article deals with the problem of digital education on the example of natural science disciplines, in particular Mathematics, when training students of Nizhny Novgorod Academy of Russian MIA (Ministry of Internal Affairs) – future specialists in the sphere of ensuring economic security.
 Purpose of research is to highlight specific features of training students in the conditions of digital educational process at the Nizhny Novgorod Academy of Russian MIA on the example of teaching “Mathematics”.
 Methods. Analysis and synthesis of psychological, pedagogical and didactic-methodical literature; generalization and systematization; monitoring, interview, pedagogical diagnostics, pedagogical experiment.
 Research results. This work deals with specific features of digital contemporary vocational education, advantages and disadvantages of educational process when using modern digital technologies. It represents the experience of using elements and resources of distance training system Moodle to deliver classes in natural science disciplines, in particular Mathematics, in order to realize the basic programs of vocational education. Apart from, the specificity of both planning and adoption of e-learning courses in electronic educational environment of higher school is determined in the article; it shows possibilities of how students can master specific knowledge, skills and necessary competences when training disciplines that are taught by teachers of Maths, Computing and Information technologies department and possibilities of further development of successful practice work in the sphere of economic security.
 Field of applying results. Research results can be the basis for drafting and using e-leaning courses in other disciplines as the tool for realizing digital education in various higher schools.
 Conclusions. The research work highlights the fact that traditional education in the conditions of digital technologies development is less effective especially if it concerns distance training. In order to improve its efficiency it is necessary to implement digital education elements, in particular the resources of SDE (System of Distance Education) LMS Moodle, to deliver classes in mathematical disciplines. The results of experiment and interviewing of both students and higher school teachers allow to identify both advantages and disadvantages of transformation from traditional to innovative education format. Digitalization has a lot of advantages but in order to get highly-quality education and a set of necessary competences when learning a discipline, it is important to consider both traditional and digital education as a single purposeful process of training and upbringing. The model of digital education is in need of training a highly-qualified specialist that would include in its system substantial aspects of training process; pedagogical methods and technologies; organization and management arrangements; all necessary facilities have to be created; and when training all possible ways of solving upbringing tasks should be highlighted.

Цифровые навыки и цифровая образовательная среда: компетентность студентов

The article analyzes the level of digital knowledge and skills of students. The author conducted a sociological study, within which a survey and testing of full-time students was carried out to assess their digital literacy. It has been established that boys, to a greater extent than girls, are engaged in searchieng, downloading, installing and configuring software in everyday life and use different programming languages (SQL, R, C++, etc.). In addition, it was found that boys are more likely than girls to install (reinstall) a new operating system. Girls, to a greater extent than boys, use programs for editing photo, video and audio files in everyday practice after studying. Unfortunately, only one-fifth of students work with big data and edit and manage website content. It was found that girls are more likely than boys to blog (regularly replenish it with entries, images or multimedia), as well as upload personal author’s files (articles/magazines, music, videos, programs, etc.) to any sites, social networks etc. for public access. It has been established that girls mostly conduct financial transactions using the Internet (Internet banking). Boys are more likely than girls to carry out search queries about everything related to sports. It was also revealed that over the past six months, only a small part of the students surveyed had the opportunity to improve their skills in working with computer software as part of their studies at the university. Basically, students, regardless of gender and age characteristics, increased the level of digital literacy on their own as part of additional professional training. It has been established that students do not fully use the resources provided in the electronic educational environment. Most often, they receive assignments from teachers there, pass tests, test papers, etc. It was revealed that boys are more ready than girls to perform complex operations, independently write macros, algorithms, syntax. The author of the article proposes activities aimed at improving the digital literacy of students.

PREDICTION OF THE PROGRESS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS BASED ON COLLABORATIVE FILTERING ALGORITHMS

Building an optimal individual educational trajectory for students is currently impossible without the use of recommender systems. The role of such a system for individual educational trajectory is to inform the student about the most useful disciplines for him, based on his interests and academic performance. An important factor for recommendations is the forecast of student progress. Through assessments, the student's inclination to a particular subject, as well as the level of his education, can be expressed. In addition, the success of mastering the discipline greatly affects the motivation of students. Thus, an important part of the recommender system is the prediction model. The article describes an approach to developing a system for predicting the progress of university students in elective disciplines. The predictive model is based on machine learning algorithms. Collaborative filtering was used as the main method. The sources for collecting data on the digital footprint of students are the electronic educational information environment of the university and the official portal, which hosts educational standards, work programs and annotations. Information about students and their progress is presented in the form of three tables – a rating plan, disciplines and a list of students. The data structure has the form of a double nested dictionary, where the keys are sections of the university from faculty to specialty and year of study, and the values are tables with the student identification number, course of study, subject, normalized grade, and elective and model labels. To solve the filtering problem, k-means algorithms, cosine proximity, and Pearson correlation were used. The applied approaches are able to work for small data and do not require large performance costs. The resulting predictive model has a sufficiently high accuracy and can be used in recommender systems to build individual educational trajectories of university students.

Инновационный метод оценки сформированности компетенций у студентов при написании выпускной квалификационной работы

A topical issue in the modern education system is the objective control of a student’s independent work when writing a graduate qualification paper (Graduation Thesis). Currently, only the procedure for defending a Graduation Thesis is being assessed, which does not reflect the entire set of skills of independent research work. To solve this problem, within the more general task of creating a criteria-based assessment system, the authors developed a method for assessing the formedness of competencies by assessing the development degree of professional skills constituting competency indicators. The method is based on recording a wide range of objective indicators in the process of independent work using an electronic educational environment and on algorithms for calculating “Proficient” indicators for target professional competencies. The purpose of the study is to develop and test a method for assessing the development of students’ competencies when writing a Graduation Thesis. The developed method was tested on a group of graduate biology students specializing at the Chair of Human and Animal Physiology. Based on the results of the Graduation Thesis defense procedure, all students specializing at the Chair received an “excellent” rating, which implies an equally high level of development of competencies. As part of the testing, the authors assessed such activities as writing a literature review, mastering experimental equipment and collecting experimental material, statistical data processing, and preparing publications. It was found that the examined group of students is significantly heterogeneous in terms of some indicators. The authors identified skills where the majority of those surveyed showed a proficiency level below the required minimum. The testing results showed that, compared to the final assessment based on the thesis defense results, the developed method is more objective and informative for assessing the development of competencies.

Development of electronic learning system for automation of educational process

The state of modern LMS systems was studied on the example of samples of foreign and Ukrainian online education systems, which made it possible to study the structure of the electronic educational environment, available tools (available functionality), advantages and disadvantages of various types of electronic learning systems. The analysis of existing LMS systems and the state of Ukrainian online education showed the need and relevance of developing a global Ukrainian free LMS system that would allow to effectively organize the educational process and conduct training in accordance with the standards of the Ministry of Education and developed educational programs on a remote basis. As a result, the "LearnUA" e-learning system was developed. It was created using the Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) source code editor, the XAMPP cross-platform package, the PHP scripting language, the object-oriented prototyping language JavaScript (JS), and the MySQL relational database management system. The "LearnUA" e-learning system is focused on managing users and courses, supporting and creating educational content, ensuring effective electronic document flow. It is able to combine the organization of planning, implementation and evaluation of the learning process. The main component of the created LMS system are courses that can be created within the informational educational environment of an educational institution or in a corporate environment for the organization of distance learning for staff of a network company. To access the main functionality of "LearnUA", the user is given the opportunity to log in to the system. The system provides for a clear division of roles: the administrator – manages the system, provides the initial password for entering the system to the user (student, teacher) during authorization; teachers/mentors – course owners who create and manage them; pupils/students – participants who are involved to an existing course using a course invitation link. The course owner must have access to the context menu (create, edit courses and tasks, attract participants to an existing course, conduct evaluations, view reports, event log). Information on a specific course should be located on several tabs (sections) depending on the role of the user (owner or participant): a list of all available tasks, course settings, a list of course participants, evaluations, etc. The developed LMS system is of great practical importance, as it allows you to organize effective management of users and courses through a local server. In the future, the system is planned to be improved by adding new functionality.

Role of e-learning environments in training applicants for higher education in the realities of large-scale military aggression

Electronic educational environments in the conditions of quarantine restrictions of COVID-19 have become a common phenomenon for the organization of distance educational activities. The purpose of the article is to analyze the role of electronic educational environments in the process of training applicants for higher education. General scientific, pedagogical methods were used. In the results, the general properties of the Internet educational platforms common in Ukraine, the peculiarities of using the Moodle and Prometheus platforms were discussed. The conclusions state that the military actions drew the attention of universities in Ukraine to the formation of their own educational platforms.

PANDEMIC LESSONS: DIGITALIZING TRENDS ON MEDICAL EDUCATION IN THE COVID-19 ERA

The beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and the response of the Institutes of health aimed at reducing the spread of the disease required an immediate change in the traditional approach to education, especially medical. Against the background of severe restrictions in the implementation of educational programs – normative, situational and managerial - universities have an acute question about the available opportunities for mastering the competencies of the educational standard in a remote format. Forced emergency changes in approaches, forms, and methods of training allowed overcoming the crisis in the field of medical education. The article highlights the main trends in medical education formed during the crisis associated with the new coronavirus infection. The experience of organizing training in a pandemic in an educational organization is presented.
 The purpose of this work is to identify the main trends in the digitalization of medical education during the period of the threat of the spread of a new coronavirus infection.
 Methods of comparative analysis, description and subject modeling of indicators recorded in the electronic educational environment of the University for the period of 2020 were applied, as well as information from the Portal of continuing medical and pharmaceutical education was used.
 As a result, the main trends in the digitalization of medical education during the period of high alert on the example of COVID-19 were identified: the introduction of online education; personalization of medical education; transformation of working time and revision of process management practices at the university.
 The identified trends have led to the preservation of the quality of training for practical health care and have become a new starting point in the strategy for the development of medical education.

Analysis of Students’ Academic Performance using LMS Event Logs

Modern educational process involves the use of electronic educational environments. These are special information systems that are both a means for storing educational materials and a tool for conducting tests, collecting homework, keeping a grade book, and working together. Such environments produce a large amount of data containing the recorded behavior of students and teachers within the educational process. This paper proposes an approach that allows one to analyze such data and discover typical student trajectories that lead to successful or unsuccessful learning outcomes. It is shown how process mining can be used to build models of the educational process based on the available data. We also show how you can evaluate the extent to which the synthesized model reflects the actual behavior of the system recorded in event logs. The paper contains not only a description of the proposed approach, but also a case study with its application to a real data set for an undergraduate educational program. It is clearly shown how, using our approach, it is possible to find out what factors lead to the formation of successful and unsuccessful student trajectories. The bottlenecks of the educational process were identified, as well as errors in the data, indicating the incorrect operation of the system. As a result of the analysis, points of special attention for administrators of the educational program were identified, as well as some signal events, the appearance of which in a student’s individual trajectory can be an alarm. The application of the approach involves the use of free open source software, which further facilitates its deployment in a variety of educational organizations.