Information Technology In Higher Education Research Articles

The specifics of building a psychological space for the use of information technologies as tools for activating the personal potential of university students

The study is aimed at the development of the psychological-pedagogical construct of implementation the information technologies in higher education. The aim of the study is to determine the psychological conditions and logic of information technologies deployment to develop the personal potential of students. The authors use the methods of systematization and generalization, the method of conceptual-structural reconstruction, modeling and design, psychological testing and comparative analysis. As a result, presented the personal-oriented construction of ICT realization into the university training. It combines the principles of using ICT, the structure of educational communications and specific stimuli of ICT that activating the personal potential of students. The principles proposed in the construction serve as a psychological-pedagogical filter for the introduction of ICT (targeting, accessibility, redundancy, diversity, integrativity, sensitivity, synergy, refreshment, systematicity, scientific orientation, etc.). Compliance with these principles allows building on the basis of ICT a developed and psychologically correct system of educational communications, including such components as: didactic, information-gnostic, interactive, attractive-motivating, participating and other components. In the presented construction, the authors also offer a set of ICT stimuli that activate the personal potential of students: representative, exposing, adaptive, contact, search-heuristic, imprinting, control-evaluative, structuring, reflective, modeling, suggestive, translimitative, temporal, personalizing, inclusive, etc. Approbation this construction in the online learning showed the promise of its application in practice. The results of diagnostics using the self-actualization method (version of the POI test by E. Shostrom) showed that students have an increase in such indicators of personal potential as: self-support, self-regard and self-acceptance, as well as spontaneity, flexibility and productive relationship. The results obtained can be applied in the field of building student-centered digitalization practices of university education, the novelty of which lies in the indirect introduction of information technologies through the development of a variety of educational communications aimed at activating students' personal resources and capacities.

IMPROVING THE PEDAGOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF THE PROCESS OF CREATING A DISTANCE COURSE IN E-LEARNING

This article discusses the use of information technology in higher education and the organization of the educational process on this basis, the development of pedagogical principles for the process of creating a distance e-learning course and the formation of practical skills.

Exploring students’ literacy of information technology in higher education: Platforms and usage

At present time, information technology (IT) is widely used in society. At any level of school, students use them for a variety of reasons to find, share, and discuss specific topics. By using technology, integrating IT into the basic professional learning curriculum course has not been created into a new format of instructional design. The purpose of this study is to find out how students feel about the platform and how they use technology in a basic professional learning curriculum course. It is a quantitative descriptive research that assesses students' perceptions of information technology in relation to specific topics. According to the findings of the study, the majority of students in the age range of 20–21 years stated that the most appropriate platform to be integrated in the basic professional learning curriculum course and learning efficiency was achieved for the majority of them by the age range of the respondents from 17 to 19 years. IT has infiltrated virtually every facet of society, including education. It is envisaged that the findings of this study would be used as a foundation for the development of IT integration in basic professional learning curriculum courses in order to maximize student learning outcomes. 
 
 Keywords: Students' perception, curriculum course, information technology, platform, usage

АНАЛИЗ ЦИФРОВОГО СЛЕДА СТУДЕНТОВ ЮГОРСКОГО ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО УНИВЕРСИТЕТА

The article deals with the search and analysis of Ugra State University students’ digital footprint. The concept of a student’s digital footprint and the potential of its application in the educational process are considered. The authors describe the process of searching for the digital footprint of Yugra State University students who major in “Software Engineering” and “Informatics and Computer Engineering”. The analysis and systematization of the obtained digital footprint data has been carried out. The approach to the study of the students’ digital footprint presented in the work can be applied in improving the quality of education and the prospects for using information technologies in higher education.

The specificity of activating the personal potential of students in the context of digitalization of university education

Problem and objective. In the conditions of intensive implementation of information technologies in higher education, there is a problem of adequate application of these technologies for the development of students’ personal capacities and potential. The aim of the study is to determine the structural characteristics of personal potential, as well as the conditions and features of the manifestation this potential among students in different forms of digitalization university training. Research methods. The study involved 98 students and 10 teachers of the Belgorod National Research University and the Belgorod State Technological University named after V.G. Shukhov. The authors used methods of stimulating students’ personal activity in the information space of education. Methods of progress monitoring and psychological testing were used, such as: Method of study self-realization in higher education, Academic Motivation Scale, Hardiness Test, Self-organization Questionnaire, Self-actualization test (SAT) (version of POI Shostrom). For statistical processing of data the authors used the methods of percentage distribution and analysis of the significance of differences (Student's t-test). Results of the study. The authors presented a structural reconstruction of the phenomenon personal potential in the form of level and content structures of its psychological organization. A mechanism for personalization of educational communications was developed and applied in teaching a group of students of a blended (classroom-remote) form of training. In particular, the authors implemented the method of organizing an learning microsocial network, including a teacher and students for joint work. The application of this mechanism in practice has shown its sufficient effectiveness. Compared with the control group of students (remote learning), students of the experimental group showed higher academic performance, as well as signs of activation of their personal potential. Particularly significant differences were found in such parameters of this potential as: motivation of self-development (temp=10.9), cognitive motivation (temp=8.5), motivation of self-regard (temp=7.5), self-organization (temp=9.9), risk acceptance (temp=8.6), purposefulness (temp=6.5), inner-directed (temp=7.0), contact (temp=7.5), social integration into the university environment (temp=7.2). Conclusion. The mechanism of personalization of educational communications presented in the study has no exact analogues in contemporary innovations and can be used in providing personal development learning for students in the context of digitalization of education.

Practice of Innovative Pedagogical Technologies in Education

This article is devoted to the problem of distance education, namely the use of information technology in higher education. This paper examines modern approaches to learning based on Internet technologies, presents the main factors that determine the need for the use of distance learning technology in the education system, and shows the advantages and disadvantages of distance education as an innovative form of learning. The article is devoted to the possibilities of expanding the potential of traditional distance education through Internet technologies, describes the grounds for their use and the advantages of using them, and reveals the essential characteristics and specific features of distance learning. The author considers both positive and negative aspects of distance learning and focuses on certain issues of the criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of distance education. There are two types of factors for the use of distance learning in the education system: external and internal factors.

Possibilities of information technology in higher education

The conception of modernization of higher medical education in Ukraine is focused on the model of training physicians who have a broad outlook, able to integrate their potential into the activities of all medical workers, meet the current level of medical science and society, capable of self-improvement and self-development using innovative information technologies. The modern health care system is in need of specialists capable of continuous professional growth and self-improvement. The aim of the article is the formation of future physicians self-by means of information technology (IT). In the article review importance of IT in the professional activities of doctors, the prospects for the development of computer technology; formation and development of the knowledge base, skills and abilities necessary for the effective use of modern programs; development of the ability to independently master software and update and integrate the acquired knowledge. In a modern information society that is constantly evolving, it is important to develop the skills of IT skills among future doctors to make important decisions.

ANALISIS TINGKAT KEMATANGAN SISTEM INFORMASI MANAJEMEN AKADEMIK DAN KEMAHASISWAAN IAIN PALANGKA RAYA MENGGUNAKAN COBIT 5

The use of Information Technology (IT) at a university is needed at this time. There are many advantages in using IT and have a good impact on a university. The use of IT in a university has different roles according to their needs. The utilization of IT in Higher Education theoretically provides appropriate and efficient administration systems (Fernandes Andry and Christianto, 2018). IAIN Palangka Raya is one of the universities that has implemented IT, in this case, the academic and student management information system. The information system at IAIN Palangka Raya is one of the IT applications that is often used to carry out IT governance, however, there are several problems that occur in the information system, including features or tools that are not yet functional. For this reason, the researcher will analyze the information system to get the level of maturity and recommendations so that IAIN Palangka Raya can follow up on the results of this analysis and improve it to get the goal of good information system governance. In this study, the COBIT 5 framework is used with a focus on the EDM domain (Evaluate, Direct, and Monitor). The results of the analysis showed that the capability level was 2.86 (established), which means that the process was carried out, achieved goals, and well managed. With a balance value of 0.96, which means that the expected distance with the current distance is not too far so that features or tools that are not yet functioning are functional. So that the academic and student management information system of IAIN Palangka Raya runs according to its goals and is better.

Optimizing Information Dissemination Model for Improvement of College Students’ Education Based on Learning Community

In the context of the popularization and diversified application of information technology in higher education, efficient information dissemination has a significant impact on the learning effect of the learning community. Improving the efficiency of information dissemination and driving the force of learning to enhance the learning effect are the hot issues in the field of higher education data analysis. This paper proposes a new method of feature fusion using information entropy and ReliefF algorithm, applies the improved PageRank algorithm and K-means algorithm to optimize the information transfer mode, and finally develops a new and efficient network information model. The comparative test results show that the new model can complete the dissemination of the same amount of information with a smaller delivery ratio. The research results can play an advantageous role in information interaction feedback, curriculum quality analysis, and teaching information transmission.

Information and Digital Development of Higher Education in the Conditions of Innovatyzation Economy of Ukraine

The article deals with key measures of establishing information and digital development of the Institute of Education in the conditions of innovativeness of Ukrainian economy. The reason that motivated the study was a number of pressing issues, such as the formation of a highly qualified specialist with new quality of digital competencies and skills based on an effective innovation and entrepreneurship university and the establishment of a quality institute of digital education in European digital educational environment, which remain little studied and need knowledge. Among the goals pursued by authors is to identify the prerequisites for accelerating the automation and digitization of the economy at different levels of economic aggregation and in terms of economic sectors; to present author’s visualization of the potential innovative ecosystem of digital business center of the university in which applicants will be able to acquire digital practical skills. The purpose of the article is to investigate the peculiarities of modern problems of higher education in Ukraine, to consider objective conditions and current tendencies of development of information society. Methods: generalization – in studying the nature of digital education; structuring – in explaining the prerequisites for reforming digital principles. Results. The scientific publication reviews the features of modern problems of higher education in Ukraine, including: lagging of scientific developments from needs of the economy, fragmentation of the use of distance learning technologies in economic specialties, inconsistency of the laboratory base of universities with a technical profile of the level of modern technologies. Scientific analysis of paradigm change in education of Ukraine is conducted. Authors’ opinion is: changes are caused by integration processes in higher education system, democratization of the process of obtaining education, introduction of tools of freedom of choice of resources, technologies. The originality of publication is that authors argue that a transformational change at the Institute of Education is a change from a passive system where learning is an audition, to an active learning system where students learn subjects/disciplines by sharing knowledge about these subjects. Value of the article is that authors outlined main areas of use of digital information technology in higher education, namely: development of educational websites and promising tools, teaching methods and technologies with a focus on development, promotion of personalized education. Conclusions. The article is devoted to the consideration of objective conditions and current tendencies of development of information society, which determine the course of automation and digitization of the provision of educational services in the conditions of innovativeness of Ukrainian economy.

Temporary Contractors & Full-Time Employees:

Colleges and universities face an increased number of technology-reliant events and activities yet often do not have the in-house event services staff to meet the demand for technology support. Many institutions hire contractors temporarily to fill this gap, as opposed to hiring additional permanent staff. The issue with contracted labor is that such personnel are temporary, implying a perpetual state of newness. Contractors will not have the institutional knowledge of their permanent staff counterparts and will not be empowered to make the same decisions. Additionally, contractors will not have the same keys, access, or geographical knowledge of the campus. They will likely not be invested in the college community to the same degree as their permanently employed colleagues. Furthermore, institutions often cannot invest in temporary contractors in the ways they can with permanent full-time employees. Customer service, engagement, relationship building, and overall quality of service often suffer as a result.
 Customer engagement is an integral part of any higher education institution. The interface between staff and clientele within information technology services and event support is crucial to a college campus's successful operation and is cited in academic sources as among the most critical drivers of clientele satisfaction and student/customer retention. This research project aims to explore a primary factor impacting customer service within higher education information technology as well as the positive and negative effects that full-time employees and temporary contractors can have on the higher education customer experience.

Factors influencing instructors’ intentions to use information technologies in higher education amid the pandemic

In today's world where digital transformation is taking place very strongly with the effect of the pandemic, there has been a transition from face-to-face education to online education. In this respect, examining variables that affect the instructors' intention to use these technologies during the pandemic has a critical role in terms of the quality of education both during and after the pandemic. The purpose of the study is to determine the variables that affect the instructors’ intentions to use ITs by extending TAM and to examine the roles of individual differences (moderators) in the proposed model. Data were collected online from 321 faculty members working at various universities in fall semester 2020. PLS-SEM technique and multi-group analysis were used in data analysis. The proposed model explains 75.3% of the intention. The results showed that self-efficacy, perceived enjoyment, compatibility and facilitating conditions affect the intention to use IT. The most influential construct among these was compatibility. In addition, contrary to expectations, perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use, which are expressed as the most critical determinants, and openness and resistance to change, which are important personality traits, did not affect intention. The results provide valuable information about education during the pandemic, which can contribute to improving the quality of education during and after the pandemic. Multi-group analysis revealed that all of the moderators (gender, age, and experience) had an influence on the various relationships. Accordingly, implications for research and practice are discussed.

Problems of informatization of higher school in the perception of subjects of the educational process

The relevance of the topic is due to the widespread use of information technology in higher educational institutions. This trend has conflicting and ambiguous consequences. On the one hand, the use of information technology increases the accessibility of education, makes the educational process flexible, and expands the possibilities of using visual materials. On the other hand, problems arise in the development of teaching methods that are necessary to stimulate the learning activity of students. To study the attitude of teachers and students to the problems of using information technology in higher education, the scientific publications of foreign and Russian scientists were analyzed. The purpose of the research is to study the peculiarities of perceiving the problems of informatization of the educational process by teachers and students of higher educational institutions. The empirical basis of the study was the materials of a sociological survey conducted among students of Togliatti State University in 2014 (N=359) and in 2019 (N=353). Comparative analysis of the results shows that within five years the number of students who are interested in using information resources in the educational process has significantly increased. A similar trend can be traced in the interest in using educational programs and simulators. From 2014 to 2019, the number of students who would like to receive supplementary training in information technology has doubled. The growing interest of students in the use of information technology necessitates the development of modern teaching methods, changes in the forms of interaction between students and teachers in the educational process. The solution to these problems at the present stage is associated with the search for the optimal combination of information and interactive technologies in the educational process.

Distance education as an innovative technology

This article is devoted to the problem of distance education, namely the use of information technology in higher education. This paper examines modern approaches to learning based on Internet technologies, presents the main factors that determine the need for the use of distance learning technology in the education system, shows the advantages and disadvantages of distance education as an innovative form of learning. The article is devoted to the possibilities of expanding the potential of traditional distance education through Internet technologies, describes the grounds for their use and the advantages of using them, and reveals the essential characteristics and specific features of distance learning. The author considers both positive and negative aspects of distance learning and focuses on certain issues of the criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of distance education. There are two types of factors for the use of distance learning in the education system: external and internal factors.

Influence of digital technologies on the formation of social consciousness of students

The article discusses the possibilities of infocommunications in the educational process, which promote the social consciousness of art specialty students. The analysis of scientific works showed that, despite the intensive development of information technology in higher education, there is an unsystematic use of the emotional sphere of students, which affects the formation of social consciousness. The purpose of the research is to determine the educational potential of digital technologies for the optimal use of new methods in the formation of value orientations and social attitudes of young people while learning to draw. The method of communicative design in the information and educational environment of a university is interpreted as a way of actualizing traditional values that influence the formation of students' social consciousness. In this article we consider the effectiveness of the organizational and pedagogical conditions determined by the objective factors of organizing cooperative social activities in an innovative educational environment. The orientation towards the skills and abilities of innovative critical thinking, combining science and art in the national cultural space are also considered. This contributes to the adaptation of students to professional activities as citizens of Russia and allows them to build their life and professional priorities based on value orientation. The organizational and pedagogical conditions, the method of communicative design of the formation of social consciousness of art department students described in the article can be applied to the process of training specialists in the field of architecture, design, reconstruction, and restoration, as well as painting, graphics, and sculpture.

A study of university students' attitude towards integration of information technology in higher education in Mauritius

AbstractTechnology is changing the way teaching and learning take place. The main purpose of this study is to investigate tertiary students' attitude towards integrating information technology (IT) in higher education. Using stratified random sampling, 180 questionnaires were distributed to students from six tertiary institutions in Mauritius. Exploratory Factor Analysis followed by multiple regression analysis were used to identify factors which influence the perception of students towards integrating IT in education. Our findings show that prior experience, IT self‐efficacy, compatibility and institute support are the main determinants of the attitude towards IT integration in tertiary education. Our findings are expected to be useful to a number of players in the tertiary education sector.

Использование возможностей информационно- коммуникационных технологий в обучении иностранным языкам студентов-международников

The article deals with the potential application of information and communication technologies in modern higher professional education, which serve as a continuous source of creation and implementation of innovations in the educational process and teaching foreign languages. The author of the article describes the didactic functions and methodological potential of educational technologies as a tool for the development of students’ professional competencies, the forms of their use and methods of effective implementation in teaching foreign languages in the process of professional training of IR (International Relations) students. The article analyses various approaches to the use of information and communication technologies in the process of teaching foreign languages and highlights the advantages and disadvantages of their use. The examples of the application of these technologies in teaching foreign languages of IR specialists, which help to enrich and diversify the educational process, are given.

Plataformas Learning y TI en Programas de Postgrado, EVA: Una propuesta para el aprendizaje

The use of Information Technology in higher education and especially in postgraduate programs and specializations, has implied a series of significant changes in the teaching-learning process, within these changes the creation of the so-called “Virtual Environments” can be highlighted of Learning” or EVA, which give the possibility of breaking the barriers of space and time that exist in traditional education and allow an open interaction to the dynamics of the educational world. This article seeks to analyze whether VAS is a methodology that adds value to students, teachers and educational institutions.

Planning Strategy and The Use of Information Technology in Higher Education: A Review Study in Kurdistan Region Government

An apparently interminable scope of techniques and methodologies has developed to misuse the capability of innovation. The issue has not been a shortage of research. Actually a great many examinations identified with computer and learning has been distributed amid the recent decades. The issue has been one of comprehending the tremendous, and developing, group of accessible research. There is developing enthusiasm for utilizing the ability of new innovation in a productive and successful approach to meet the instructional and research needs of faculty and students. The utilization of data innovation is one of numerous means to accomplishing magnificence. However the recharged enthusiasm for promoting brilliance in advanced education through Information Technology has carried with it a more prominent accentuation on the requirement for high-bore administration in this limit. Capability, combination of learning, joint effort with industry, collaboration among grounds at different levels, helpful procurement endeavors, what's more, transferability of gaining starting with one organization then onto the next are immeasurably imperative components in the administration way to deal with IT in higher Education. In addition to an extensive literature review, this examination contemplate utilized a trial also, quantitative, self-planned and controlled overview instrument to decide the mentalities and qualified respondents, containing IT leaders, IT staff, also, executives in higher instructive at open and private colleges in Kurdistan Region Government.

Electronic Information Sharing Between Yemen Public Universities and Yemen Center Information Technology Higher Education

Electronic Information Sharing Between Yemen Public Universities and Yemen Center Information Technology Higher Education