Electronic Course Research Articles

Эклектическая модель преподавания иностранного языка в неязыковом вузе (уроки пандемии)

The purpose of the article is to describe the results of a study on the development of a new model of effective teaching using digital technology for students of the Siberian Federal University (SFU) during the pandemic. The methodological basis of the study was the ideas of the communicative method of teaching foreign languages in collaboration with an eclectic approach to teaching and with practical experience as an English teacher in a non-linguistic university. The article describes the search for a solution to the problems that arose during the period of covid restrictions (2020–2021) in the teaching of the practical discipline “Foreign Language”. A model of teaching a foreign language is presented, which combines an electronic course created in the SFU information training system “e-Courses” based on the structural elements of MOOC and working asynchronously on the SFU webinar service platform Webinar.sfu-kras.ru. The results obtained confirm the effectiveness of the created model.

METHODS OF ORGANIZING AND CONDUCTING LABORATORY WORK IN TEACHING PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY FOR STUDENTS MAJORING IN «PHARMACY, INDUSTRIAL PHARMACY»

Therelevanceofthescientifictopicisbasedonfindingandsolvingtheproblemsofselectingandimproving themethodologyoforganizationandconductinglaboratoryworkintheteachingofpharmaceuticalchemistryfor students of the «Pharmacy, industrial pharmacy» specialty. The purpose of the article is to study the peculiaritiesoftheprocessofteachingthediscipline«PharmaceuticalChemistry»forstudentsofthe«Pharmacy,industrial pharmacy»specialty.Themethodologicalapproachoftheresearchisbasedonthemethodsofanalysis,synthesis, comparison,andgeneralization.Intheprocessofconductinga surveyoffull-timestudents,problemsduringthe study of pharmaceutical chemistry were identified and ways to improve the methodology of teaching laboratory work were outlined. A methodological toolkit was developed to improve the level of teaching pharmaceutical chemistry forpharmacy students, namely: the use of multimedia interactive lectures; development of electronic courses; method ofrole-playing games; preparation and defence of term papers; application of lectures or laboratory-practical classes with consideration of various professional situations, with proposed false formulas, definitions, possible mechanismsofreactions.Intheprocessofconductingtheformativestageoftheexperiment,theuseofa virtualeducational environment and multimedia lectures took place. Prospective directions for improving the methodology of organizingand conducting laboratory work in teaching pharmaceutical chemistry for students majoring in «Pharmacy, industrial pharmacy» have been formed. The practical value of the work lies in the improvement of organizational methods and conducting laboratory work on a specific topic

Marketing technologies in educational management: current problems

The article considers in detail the possibilities and significance of marketing technologies for additional education programs as the most flexible and adaptive component of the educational process. Moreover, additional education programs are the most market-defined. Also at this stage, we have developed the structure of the e-mail message about ongoing additional educational programs in order to promote them, and on its basis, we have prepared an example of a letter for e-mail informational and educational mailing using techniques to attract the attention of the addressee in order to promote additional educational programs. The content of the letter was also formed for students of the electronic course "Education Marketing", sent out in order to monitor the educational process.

Teaching a foreign language at technical university according to the blended learning model in LMS «English Patient»

The purpose of the work is to create a methodology for managing educational activities in LMS English Patient using blended learning model Flipped Classroom in the course of improving the language skills of university teachers. The study was conducted in four stages. At the first stage, the features and technical characteristics of the LMS English Patient for teaching foreign languages at the university were studied. At the second stage, the authors electronic course Professional English Language Development (PELD) was developed in LMS English Patient for teaching foreign languages at the university according to the model of blended learning Flipped Classroom. At the third stage, the methodology of organizing educational activities according to the Flipped Classroom model using the LMS English Patient is described. At the fourth stage, the level of formation of language skills while working in the LMS English patient was revealed.
 The scientific novelty of the study consists in creating of effective methodology for managing educational activities using blended learning Flipped Classroom model in LMS English Patient.
 It is proved that LMS English patient, as a means of organizing the educational process according to the blended learning model for learning a foreign language, is an effective tool for organizing not only independent work, but also classroom interaction of students with a teacher, which is demonstrated by the high efficiency (76.8 %) of mastering language skills as a result of final testing.

Obstacles (distance education) facing middle school teachers in light of the (Covid-19) pandemic

The study aimed to identify the most important "obstacles (distance education) facing teachers in the middle school in light of the (Covid-19) pandemic."(Gender, years of service) by answering study questions, the study population consisted of all male and female middle school teachers in the city of Salah al-Din. The validity of the study tool was verified by conducting the appropriate statistical treatment for it, and the researchers concluded that there are a number of obstacles facing male and female teachers in the middle school in the city of Salah al-Din in light of the (Covid-19) pandemic, and there are no statistically significant differences at the level of significance ( αIn light of the results, the researchers recommend providing the infrastructure for this type of education, which is the preparation of trained human cadres, the provision of qualified human resources to make electronic courses and the provision of infrastructure for this type of education. general in Iraq.

Formation and development of lexical skills using LMS Moodle when teaching a foreign language at a non-linguistic higher education institution

Problem statement. The author shares her experience in the development, creation and implementation of interactive tasks and exercises in electronic courses created using LMS Moodle for the formation and development of lexical skills in students of a non-linguistic university. Methodology. The features of the LMS Moodle tools Glossary , Hyperlink , Page , Quiz , Hot Pot and their high potential to create interactive lexical tasks and exercises are considered and analyzed. Results. A lot of examples of online tasks and exercises of various types - differentiation, transformation, repetition, substitution and constructive - to form the lexical skills of students are given, and their detailed analysis is provided. The algorithms for introducing various interactive tasks and exercises into the LMS Moodle electronic course are shown in detail. Conclusion. The author concludes that it is expedient and effective to use online tasks and exercises in order to form and develop lexical skills for students of universities and other educational institutions.

Didactic prototype for the implementation of the STEAM methodology in university electronics courses using the Arduino platform with a constructivist approach to learning

In this paper a didactic prototype for the implementation of the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) methodology based on the scientific method and using the Arduino platform for use in the electronics courses offered by the Physics Department of the Faculty of Sciences of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) is proposed. The implementation of the STEAM methodology in the electronics courses was carried out under a constructivist approach to learning through the development of an electrical prototype defined by the students and using Arduino. This proposal aims to implement training processes with technological tools that encourage the development of thinking skills, deductive reasoning, logic, inquiry, design, and optimization among students through observation, induction and questions, hypotheses, analysis, and experimentation using the Arduino platform. Arduino is a technological development tool that allows solving problems in different contexts and situations in a simple and affordable manner.

Outcome-Based Education: A Learner-Centric Pedagogical Framework with Case Studies in Digital Communication and Signal Processing Courses

Outcome-based education (OBE) is the buzzword these days in the education field which boosts students’ creativity through their active engagement in learning course contents. Their participatory learning in the OBE model is well supported by making them aware of learning goals and course outcomes. Due to this, the students develop themselves nicely in their working surroundings along with peers. This helps develop their interpersonal skills along with improving academic performance. This paper primarily outlines the implementation of a few key standards of OBE in teaching-learning of two fundamental courses in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. It then covers how OBE, and its consequences demand paradigm shifts in instructional design and evaluation practices. The discussion on OBE for courses on Digital Communication and Digital Signal Processing is explored with Program-Outcomes (POs), Program-Specific-Outcomes (PSOs), besides Course-Outcomes (COs). Analysis of POs along with COs attainment for these two courses reflects the importance of the OBE framework. The inclusion of engineering pedagogy and active learning strategies in this framework leads to enhancing students’ creativity leading to their growth in their professional careers. Keywords— Outcome-based evaluation (OBE), Course- Outcomes (COs), Program-Outcomes (POs), Program-Specific- Outcomes (PSOs), Performance Indicators (PIs)

Teaching Power Electronics: How to Achieve the Desired Learning Outcomes?

It is often said that teaching is an art as much as is science, and while it relies on tradition, it also draws from the innovations from various fields and inevitably evolves. There is no single best way to teach a certain topic, and clearly personal preferences of the teacher, background experience, availability of various teaching support equipment, number of students attending the course and desired learning outcomes will all come to play when defining an approach to develop a curriculum and practical method of delivery. This article does not aim to be scientific, completely correct, nor a universal way of doing the same thing, but rather aims to directly share experiences of how a Bachelor level Power Electronics (EE-365) course is organized by the Power Electronics Laboratory and taught at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.

APPROACHES IN PROVIDING HIGHLY EFFECTIVE DISTANCE LEARNING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF THERAPEUTIC DENTISTRY, POLTAVA STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

Modern medical education is significantly affected by the nationwide quarantine that has made adjustments to the development and functioning in all sectors of society. Inability to conduct offline full-fledged classes at educational settings contributed to the wider implementation of distance education.
 According to the Law of Ukraine "On Higher Education", distance education has the official status of an independent form of education on a par with full-time, extramural and externships.
 Modern platforms and services allow educators to continue the educational process at high quality levels during quarantine. Thus, groups in Viber, created for quick transmission of messages at the beginning of the last academic year, are now organically woven into the educational process. The educators at the Department of Therapeutic Stomatology actively use the Viber messenger in cases where there are problems in joining students to electronic courses and providing assistance. The department staff actively uses the services of the Zoom platform to conduct distance learning. Free service with a clear interface enables to actively participate in online meetings. The option of screen sharing allows each participant to receive and contribute their own information to group discussion thus maintaining feedback. In Zoom, it is easy to submit new material, in particular presentations, and check its assimilation by students. The chat can be used for asking quick questions and writing comments during the class. By controlling the chat, educators can add or remove participants, give the right to vote, access to the screen, separate communication. Such classes also foster the communication skills. You can plan the date of the conference [2]. The recording of the conference can be stored in separate folders. In addition, using the Zoom platform, we can hold department meetings, scientific student group meetings, etc. The department staff actively participates in various conferences, meetings of the academic councils using the Zoom platform.
 Nevertheless, online education cannot provide the proper question of practical skills. This prompted the search for visual examples and opportunities to demonstrate working with phantoms and patients in the format of distance learning to medical and dental students. Some opportunities in this direction are provided by the YouTube platform. A large number of correspondents provide this platform with an almost immeasurable variety of videos on different topics for students to view materials on the discipline. The videos are specially created for both teachers and students to explain and demonstrate certain concepts, ways of using equipment or dental accessories, the mechanism of action of a medicinal product, etc. Taking into account the above mentioned, we can determine the main ways of the development of the distance learning system: creation of various distance learning programs; increasing the number of open access and free educational distance mass courses, etc. Distance technologies applied in teaching the discipline "Therapeutic Dentistry" enables to enrich the medical training, foster systemic thinking, and to design more flexible student-centred approach.

Analysis of Trends in the Development of Informational Educational Resources in Modern Conditions

The purpose of the article is to analyze the trends in the development of informational educational resources under modern conditions. To carry out the research, the following methods were used: comparison, concretization, abstraction. In the results, it was researched: the development of university educational resources, the use of the Moodle platform, Open education resources, Coursera, and others. In the conclusions, it was noted that the creation of electronic courses will attract students and external listeners in the future. It is noted that the use of modern educational resources has certain threats: reducing the effectiveness of education due to the need to constantly pay for Internet services, the lack of highly qualified and competitive professionals, the depreciation of traditional education, the limitations of information resources created in other states (impossible to implement through sanctions, etc.). However, this type of education should be considered as a certain addition to already formed methods.

Problems and Prospects for the Application of Neural Networks for the Sphere of Education

The purpose of the study is to examine the theory and practice of using neural networks in education, to develop the concept of a neural network adaptive learning environment, and to implement a neural network model of one of the subsystems of this environment (using a model example of creating an adaptive educational trajectory).Materials and methods. The study includes a review of bibliographic sources on the application of neural networks in the field of education. It also includes modeling the structure of a neural network adaptive learning environment. The PyTorch library was used to programmatically implement the neural network.Results. The prospects for the use of neural networks in the field of education are considered, including various tasks of recognition, diagnostics, classification, clustering, forecasting, optimization, etc. A structural model of an adaptive learning NeuroSmart environment is created. This environment includes a number of subsystems for solving the following tasks: biometric identification of the student; determining starting level; choosing an adaptive learning path; determining the current level of competency development; automated verification of students’ work using recognition technology; analysis of the final result of training; monitoring information security incidents in an electronic course, etc. In order to study the possibilities and problems of applying neural network models to the tasks of constructing student adaptive learning trajectories, a model example of a neural network was created. This example illustrates the possibility of using a neural network to select further nodes of the educational trajectory based on the available data on the current learning parameters in an electronic course. To implement the neural network, the PyTorch deep learning library and Pandas library modules were used. SGD, Adam, Rprop were used as an optimizer to perform gradient descent steps. For each of the optimizers, a computer study of the stability of the neural network was carried out by varying the following parameters: the learning rate coefficient, the number of neurons in the hidden layer, and the number of training epochs.Conclusion. It can be assumed that the next stage in the evolution of the use of neural network technologies in the field of education will be their integration into complex multi-component Smart systems capable of automatically supporting student learning at all stages of the implementation of their personal educational trajectory. Obviously, the practical implementation of complex neural network systems of this level is a very difficult task and can be solved so far only at the level of individual subsystems. There are a number of problems associated with computer simulation of the educational environment based on neural network models: the question of the optimal structure of the neural network (for example, the number of neurons and layers in the network) has not been studied enough, there are no clear criteria for the optimality of the adaptive educational trajectory. Nevertheless, it should be noted that the task of developing new forms and technologies of personalized e-learning is in great demand, which makes modeling based on neural networks especially relevant.

Modernizing the structure of educators’ ICT competencies to train future teachers to use e-learning methods and networking

The research investigated teacher training in the area of using ICT tools in professional activity as well as educational standards of higher education in pedagogical specialties. The analysis has demonstrated that those academic disciplines of the standard that reflect the problems of employing ICT tools in education do not fully address the issues of creating electronic learning resources (ELR). Moreover, the same observation concerns developing distance learning systems. Such systems automate the processes of collecting, processing, producing information, information interaction between participants in online learning, planning learning sessions in class and out-of-class time as well as managing students’ group, individual educational, and research activity in the digital environment. Basically, the competencies formed are oriented towards the classical learning model of education. Thus, they do not describe the above- mentioned specific features of the teacher’s professional activity in the digital environment in a clear and general way. The educational specialty-specific standards, standard syllabuses of disciplines, and curricula to prepare graduates developed on a competence-based basis constitute the regulatory and methodological framework for modernizing the educational process at pedagogical universities. The structure of teachers’ ICT competencies in the field of e-learning methods and networking is based on the requirements of the professional qualification standard of a teacher, the 3+ educational standards in the system of higher education of the Republic of Belarus as well as the National and European Qualifications Frameworks for Higher Education. The analysis of the requirements of the standard revealed a range of labor actions and functions associated with the need to form and develop certain media and ICT competencies of a teacher in the process of continuous pedagogical education. The article presents the general structure of teachers’ ICT competencies in the field of e-learning and networking methods. It is recommended to detail these competencies through developing relevant descriptors. The given structure of ICT competencies is also intended for designing electronic course descriptors in the Moodle distance learning system to assess the quality of teacher education in university electronic information and educational environment.

Distance learning of a foreign language at a technical university

The article discusses educational systems, forms, methods and means of distance learning of a foreign language. The purpose of our study was to analyze the attitude towards distance learning a foreign language at the Moscow Aviation Institute (Moscow, Russia). Students of 2-3 courses of took part in the survey. The results obtained after the survey and this methodology allow us to conclude that, in general, students of 2-3 courses consider distance learning of a foreign language effective. Students are open to publicly available electronic teaching aids; show the advantages of recorded distance learning in the "LMS Moodle" system, the availability and technology of training. The practical application also shows the possibilities of developing and applying electronic courses for students of technical universities.

Academic Use of Rapid Prototyping in Digitally Controlled Power Factor Correctors

The growing use of power converters connected to the grid motivates their study in power electronics courses and the prototype development in the degree final project (DFP). However, the practical realization of using state-of-the-art components and conversion techniques is complex due to the numerous multidisciplinary aspects that students must consider in its design and development and the workload associated with the DFP. An example of this is that, unlike a conventional power factor correction (PFC) design, the individual dedication of students to complete the design and validation of modern bridgeless PFC stages exceeds the number of credits of the DFP. The reason for this is that it includes system modeling, becoming familiar with the devices used, discrete selection, circuit design, control development, and programming, to build the converter and verify the operation of the complete system. To reinforce the individual skills needed for the DFP and reduce this time, a novel strategy is proposed. It allows the student to focus their efforts on integrating the individual skills achieved in the degree at the appropriate competence level during the modeling and construction of the power converter while carrying out part of the tasks out of the lab, if necessary, as was the case during the pandemic restrictions. For this, the rapid prototyping technique is introduced to speed up the overall design and speed up the tuning of digital controllers. This manuscript presents a teaching experience in which students build digitally controlled power converters using Texas Instruments microcontroller boards and PLECS®. The example of a bridgeless totem-pole power factor corrector is shown. Although it began to develop and was motivated due to the restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, the experience has been verified and is maintained over time, successfully consolidating.

Exploration of Multi-mode Mixed Teaching of Mechanical and Electronic Courses

Aiming at the difficulty of electronic courses and the weak electronic foundation of mechanical students. In order to change the current teaching situation, improve students' interest in learning, and improve the teaching effect. On the basis of years of accumulated teaching, and referring to the current development of relevant theories and implementation methods. A hybrid teaching method using online teaching + offline classroom + simulation exercise + practical design + course cases and other modes is proposed. Make full use of online and offline excellent teaching resources, and supplement the recording of course design practice video. For each course, a curriculum theory teaching website and a design practice website were set up to help students preview before class and practice after class. 20-40 cases are designed for each course to help students apply simulation software for circuit design and programming exercises. At the same time, real experiments are used to help students understand the real circuit design. Through the case teaching and course design practice and other means, multiple links, strengthen the students' understanding ability and practical ability. The teaching practice in the past three years has proved that this method can stimulate students' enthusiasm for learning and improve the teaching effect. It lays the foundation for training new mechanical and electrical innovative talents.

Promoting Student Support in an Online Fundamental of Electronics Course

Contribution: This article discusses instructor decisions that support social capital development in an online, asynchronous, team-based introduction to electrical engineering course. Background: Online learning is changing how instructors and students interact with each other and course materials. There is a need to understand how to support students’ social capital development during online engineering courses. Research Questions: What aspects of an online, asynchronous, team-based, introductory electrical engineering course gave students instrumental and expressive social capital? What decisions did the instructor make to support the development of strong and weak social ties? Methodology: A case study approach was used to analyze interview data from the students, instructor, and graduate teaching assistant (TA) from an online course. Findings: The results indicate effective lecture delivery and a team-based format can provide students with instrumental social supports they need to meet learning objectives in an online asynchronous, introduction to electrical engineering course. To facilitate the development of expressive support and stronger ties, instructors should incorporate these goals in their course design decisions.

Students’ Independent Work in Studying Foreign Language based on LMS MOODLE

This article provides an overview of the Moodle learning environment – what it includes and how it can benefit your teaching. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the significance and expediency of using electronic educational courses on the LMS MOODLE platform in the context of improving the quality of independent work of students while learning a foreign language.
 The following methods were used: theoretical (analysis, synthesis, generalisation and systematisation of scientific theoretical and methodological literature) – in order to define the concepts of research; empirical-diagnostic (discussions, questioning, testing, pedagogical observation, expert questionnaire) to study the results of educational activities and determine the level of formation of students’ independent work; pedagogical experiment (stages of launching, formation, controlling) to check the performance of the system of the corresponding didactic tools based on the LMS MOODLE platform.
 The results are the following. Nowadays, universities widely use the e-learning system based on the virtual learning environment Moodle (full name – Modular object-oriented dynamic learning environment). It is focused on learning technologies in cooperation and allows you to organise training in the process of solving educational tasks together, exchange knowledge. A brief analysis of the main directions of distance learning is given; experience in the development and application of electronic educational courses in English. It is concluded that the use of e-learning in the educational process increases the effectiveness of various types of independent activity of students, self-development and formation of their professional competence. The author has developed an electronic course on the discipline “Foreign language of academic and professional communication” using LMS Moodle. 
 Thus, it is concluded that LMS Moodle has increased the effectiveness of learning a foreign language by non-linguistic students. Learning becomes oriented due to the variability and flexibility of learning the learning material at an individual pace. In addition, LMS Moodle allows solving a variety of priority tasks that modern society puts before learning and meets the requirements and capabilities of recent students. However, like any method, distance learning has its strengths and weaknesses.

Implementation of Multiple Representation Tests in The Evaluation of Electronics Courses

Learning evaluation is a process of measuring and assessing the learning process, in this case, the lecturer measures and assesses students using test instruments. Research on multiple representation-based assessments has been carried out to evaluate electronics courses. The purpose of this study is to present the evaluation results using multiple representation-based assessments in the electronic learning process. This study uses a quantitative approach with a descriptive method. The data sources in this study were physics education students, FKIP UHAMKA. The data collection technique was carried out using a test technique with multiple representation test instruments. The data analysis technique used quantitative descriptive analysis. Testing the effectiveness of the representation test is done through the calculation of the gain score (N-gain). The results of data analysis in this study indicate that the application of multiple representation tests is more effective in determining students' representational abilities on transistor material through verbal formats, mathematical formats, graphic formats, and image formats.

Mapping Australian pharmacy school curricula for content related to pharmacogenomics

BackgroundPharmacogenomics (PGx) is a rapidly growing field which promises to deliver personalized, more effective medications tailored to genetic information. Although the pharmacy profession is expected to lead the translation of pharmacogenomics into widespread clinical implementation, there is a reported lack of preparedness among its members. Assessing pharmacogenomic-related training in Australian pharmacy program curricula may highlight educational gaps and provide guidance for curricula revision. ObjectiveTo examine pharmacogenomic content in Australian tertiary pharmacy program curricula. MethodsWe reviewed the curriculum of 22 Australian registrable pharmacy degrees, including 16 Bachelors of Pharmacy programs (with or without honors) and six Masters of Pharmacy programs, for content related to pharmacogenomics and genetics. This was done by screening the publicly available electronic course profiles on each institution's website and searching for key terms such as “pharmacogenomics,” “pharmacogenetics,” “genes,” and “genetics”. Three mapping activities were completed to assess the breadth and depth of pharmacogenomic training according to; 1. Bloom's taxonomy, 2. Author-assigned domains comprising; Enabling science, Translational science and Clinical implementation, and 3. Pharmacogenomic competencies from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). ResultsA total of 18 (82%) pharmacy registrable degree programs incorporated pharmacogenomics and/or genetics in their curricula. Four programs (18%) offered standalone PGx courses and 10 (45%) contained integrated PGx content in other science-related courses (i.e. pharmaceutical biology, biochemistry, microbiology etc.). Mapping activities showed that most learning objectives related to the “Understand” level of Bloom's taxonomy (61%), the “Basic Genetic Concepts” domain of NHGRI's competencies (64%) and “Enabling science” (84%). ConclusionsMost Australian pharmacy registrable degrees have incorporated pharmacogenomic content in their curricula however, the scope of training is limited. Revisions to course curricula should be made to incorporate additional education with a focus on application-based training of clinical pharmacogenomics.