Modern Distance Education Research Articles

Distance educational technologies as a facilitator of students’ cognitive flexibility: risks and prospects

The article is devoted to the analysis of training methods in higher educational institutions, the comparison of the main characteristics of the educational process in institutions of full-time and distance learning, their disadvantages in modern conditions are identified, the main advantages of distance learning, compared to the ways of providing and processing information, the interaction of teachers and students of different forms of education, the application of methods of facilitation and development of cognitive flexibility in modern distance education are considered. The directions of distance learning influence on the process of formation of students' creativity and freedom of opinions, ability to search for solutions, and aspiration to self-education are described. The relationship between the methods of facilitation and formation of cognitive flexibility in students' education is revealed. The main directions of self-improvement and peculiar characteristics of teachers who can perform the functions of a facilitator of the educational process are described. The influence of the teacher-facilitator and distance education methods directly as a facilitator of the process of formation of cognitive flexibility of students is considered.

Analisys of teaching elements on technical and mathematical disciplines in modern distance education

The object of research is the quality of teaching technical and mathematical disciplines in modern distance education. One of the most problematic areas is communication, dialogue between a teacher and a student, personality problems in the teacher-student dyad, and the effectiveness of feedback. The idea of distance learning, obviously, is that the interaction between teacher and student takes place in a virtual space. The more efficiently this interaction is built by using a variety of techniques, methods, the better a teaching process. Distance teaching is essentially a person-centered form of education. This is a separate modern educational technology that provides a choice for the teacher, the ability to select educational material depending on the information needs of students. In the course of the study, the main possibilities for improving the effectiveness of feedback between the student and the teacher and the forms of implementing such communication were considered. The organizational and pedagogical conditions for the use of the system of certain elements of distance learning in the process of vocational training have been substantiated. Modern information technologies and innovative teaching methods in training specialists are described. It is proposed to use more actively such elements as an interactive whiteboard, interactive processing of students’ statements during a survey, both in the form of tests or a forum, and in the form of a «word cloud». The use of these interactive elements has proven itself in practice. As a tool for objective assessment of the level of feedback, a comparative analysis of statistical data is proposed, which concerns the distribution of marks at the beginning and at the end of the distance learning course. This data can also be interpreted as an indicator of the quality of teaching. In particular, the analysis of school preparation of students for mastering mathematical disciplines in higher education was carried out. Comparative analysis substantiated, in particular, the need for additional classes for students with poor preparation.

Innovative Training of Future Teachers of Higher Education Institutions in the Conditions of Distance Learning

The study examined the change in the attitude of students and teachers to the system of distance learning of future teachers of higher education institutions after passing the blitz course "Modern distance education". The experiment was conducted in Ukraine -a post-Soviet state, where part-time and part-time education still prevails, and distance learning still remains innovative and is gradually being implemented within the transitional credit transfer system. The article used sociological methods to study the acceptability of innovative forms of learning. In particular, after the participants of the blitz course "Modern Distance Learning" sociologically measured the attitude to innovative areas of distance learning, namely: work with electronic resources,counseling, modeling personal educational trajectory, organization and self-organization of independent forms of work and psychological training (motivation, training in self-regulation techniques, trainings and self-trainings on the practice of independent decision-making and responsibility). Particular attention was paid to diagnosis and self-diagnosis, as well as control and self-control. After a theoretical (sociological) discussion of innovative forms of distance learning, it was found that teachers are interested in innovative methods of work, but prefer a stationary form of educational services; during distance learning, emphasis is placed on consulting forms of work and multifaceted monitoring of competencies. Students, on the other hand, showed a high sensitivity to e-learning, providing maximum academic freedom and self-control. However, the dynamics of a positive attitude to distance innovation had a slight increase in students and moderate -in teachers. At an international level, the scientific novelty of the article involves subjective views of students and university teachers on distance learning in the post-Soviet countries, where until now such learning was implemented only by the top-down approach. Thus, the article can become a theoretical basis for the development of contact educational programs in the humanities for the implementation of innovative methods of distance learning in the studied region.

DISTANCE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES OF POSTGRADUATE DENTAL EDUCATION SYSTEM

The implementation of distance learning is carried out with the help of modern systems of distance education. They allow to teach and to assess the knowledge of interns and doctors quickly and easily, regardless of their location. The aim of the study. A comparative review of the most well-known distance learning platforms, wich are designed to organize the learning process and control learning with the help of Internet technology. System of distance education is a virtual classroom with the possibility to train interns and doctors from different regions of Ukraine at the same time. There are many educational platforms for distance learning nowadays, such as Moodle (Australia), iSpring Learn LMS (Russia), Collaborator (Ukraine), eTutorium LMS (Ukraine), Opigno (Belgium), Atutor (Canada). Moodle is a free platform that allows users to create individual courses. It supports more than 100 languages. iSpring Learn LMS is a simple and user-friendly system that is a paid alternative to Moodle. Collaborator is a platform that works effectively on all modern devices and browsers and is virtually independent of the software of the user's device. eTutorium LMS is a virtual distance learning system that allows to create an online course of any complexity quickly. Opigno is a modern free distance education system based on Drupal (a popular content management system). Atutor, like Moodle, is an open web-based e-learning system. Conclusion. Distance learning systems differ not only functionally, but also in the way they solve problems. The simplicity of use of the platform depends on the degree of its adaptation to the needs of the user and the ability to use all existing features and functions of the system.

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Random network calculation under the background of 5G network in remote piano music video teaching application

With the development of the Internet, perhaps everyone can easily exchange information and services, but the influx of large-scale machines will undoubtedly bring problems to network license control. At the same time, machines and business flows have different characteristics from previous human business flows, making the modeled flow suitable for M2M business models, and the analysis of network transmission performance becomes a topic. As a new education method in the network age, distance education mainly refers to the network education of network multimedia information technology between educators and educators. Modern distance education is an important means to build a lifelong learning system for people in the era of knowledge economy. Taking modern distance education as the main means, it integrates face-to-face education, communication education, self-study and other educational forms, and uses various media means to contact teachers and students and convey the content of the course. It provides a variety of advantages for education, and provides strong support and services for education.

Online Courses As a Form of Professional Development: Russian Local University Teachers' Experiences

Modern education is a phenomenon that combines offline education (traditional, classroom education) and online education (innovative, distance education), and in recent years its second form has become widespread that it is perceived as a direct threat to the existence of the first one. In a social, scientific and teachers’ field an ambiguous attitude towards online education phenomenon has developed, educational researchers study both positive characteristics of distant education (massiveness, accessibility, various areas, an opportunity to study at any time in any place) and circumstances suggesting some vigilance towards this form of education (not suitable for developing practical skills, there is no precise contact, a low number of students finish courses). Online education is a popular form of modern distance education, implemented through massive open and massive closed educational courses, that is, online courses of specific universities which are placed on world and domestic educational platforms. If, regarding the training of young people (students) through online technologies, the debate about the appropriateness and effectiveness of this form does not subside, then for teachers and university leadership (especially a provincial), online courses are almost a panacea for solving the problem of advanced training. In this research online courses are studied as a form of a university teacher’s professional development. Informal interviews with professors’ Khakas State University named after N.F. Katanov, who had an online course experience, were conducted. The study has revealed the reasons teachers’ satisfaction of this form of this education form and some aspects of their positive and negative experience, etc.
 Keywords: distant education, online learning, online courses, massive open online courses, mass closed online courses

WEB-ТЕХНОЛОГІЯ ВИКОРИСТАННЯ ПРОГРАМ ВІДЕОЗАХОПЛЕННЯ ПРИ ПІДГОТОВЦІ ОСВІТНІХ МАТЕРІАЛІВ ВІДДАЛЕНОГО НАВЧАННЯ

Promising areas for improving the education system, and with the advent of coronavirus online mode has become critical in education, in this regard are at home. Schools have started using Zoom software, and the role of the modular learning environment has grown significantly. At the same time, many problems were identified, such as the lack of Internet access for students from rural areas or disadvantaged families, which has become an obstacle to learning and access to educational materials. In response, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has made a number of recommendations for distance learning. Modern distance education is an extensive system of knowledge transfer at a distance using various tools and technologies, the result of which is the receipt by users of the necessary information for its successful implementation in practice. There are a variety of ways to disseminate knowledge today: mailing books, writing assignments, audio and video discs, telephone consultations, and virtually limitless possibilities of the World Wide Web. The use of distance learning methods allows to provide educational services of various kinds in remote areas, to teach without interruption from the main activity, to teach people with disabilities, to have access to educational resources of the world through the use of modern electronic communications. In today's world, education plays a key role in people's lives, which makes it necessary to constantly develop teaching methods, including distance learning. The coronavirus pandemic has revealed many shortcomings of distance education, as well as the absolute unpreparedness of students and educational institutions for this form of education. That is why it is important to develop this industry now in order to further provide comfortable education for both Ukrainian and foreign students and to ensure that in the future the education system will be ready for situations similar to the coronavirus pandemic. The article is written to assess the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning, its necessity, analysis of the requirements for distance learning materials. Prospects of technologies of multimedia representation of researched objects, processes, phenomena, adequate modeling of the subject area, and their realization.

Modern distance education theory and practice innovation under the lifelong education system

<p>Summary : Modern distance education models are valued for their advantages . , But distance learning has also revealed many problems as it grows. . How to: in the process of establishing and perfecting a lifelong education system , Innovation in theory and practice for modern distance education , This is an urgent problem to solve now . to this , Opportunities and challenges under the lifelong education system based on modern distance education , Strengthening communication and interaction between teachers and students in distance education , Clean network , Create good learning environment , Establish a sound certification and evaluation mechanism for teachers , public -private education institutions open deep cooperation , promoting the life-long education system under modern distance teaching education Theory and Practice Innovation .</p>

EVALUATION ON ONLINE LEARNING RESOURCES BASED ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION

In recent years, lifelong education has become widespread in the public, contributing to explosive development of modern distance education. Meanwhile, distance learners have gradually had more and higher demands for online learning resources. Despite abundant online learning resources at present, their overall quality is relatively low and they can hardly satisfy learners’ learning demands. Based on customer satisfaction, the essay establishes evaluation indexes about online learning resources based on customer satisfaction, improves its development and proposes suggestions for improvement, which is of great theoretical and practical significance.

THE WAYS TO OPTIMIZE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF FUTURE SOCIAL WORKERS TO WORK IN ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF GOVERNMENT CARING OF CHILDREN

The article substantiates the importance of optimizing the professional training of future social workers to work in alternative forms of state child custody. A number of problems of the identified process are highlighted, namely: different approaches to the content of training; the inability of modern part-time and distance forms of social work training to provide quality vocational training; high content of groups, which does not allow to develop the relevant skills; significant amounts of educational material that students need to learn; lack of narrow specializations within the specialty; excessive theorization of the learning process; insufficient motivation of the student's educational activity; the lack of clear guidance for graduates to further employment. It is indicated that the transition from institutional to alternative forms will help children in these categories live and develop harmoniously in conditions as close to family, and in the future – to become worthy citizens of their country, to create his own family with positively directed vital functions. It is indicated that, despite the large number of studies on the indicated area, in our opinion, insufficient attention is paid to the problem of professional training of future specialists to work in alternative forms of state care and improvement. Identified a number of problems of professional training of future social workers to work in alternative forms of state custody of children (different approaches in different educational institutions to study content social work; failure of the modern correspondence and distance education social work to provide quality professional training; most occupancy groups allows you to practice relevant skills; large volume of training material necessary for future specialist; the lack of specializations within the specialization; excessive theorization of learning; lack of motivation of educational activity of the student; the lack of graduates clear guidance of further employment) and the proposed ways of their solution. The ways of solving these problems are suggested and the prospects of further scientific research are outlined. In the future it is envisaged to analyze foreign experience of professional training of future social workers to work with alternative forms of social care of children.

Application of Computer Information Technology in Modern Distance Education System

The key to the application of computer information technology in distance education system is how to effectively apply the advantages of information technology to better achieve the goal of curriculum learning, cultivate students’ information literacy, innovative spirit and time ability. Computer information technology does play a huge role in distance education. And good teaching resources have laid a solid foundation for teachers to implement distance education, attaching importance to the construction of teaching resources. This paper introduces the necessity of applying computer information technology in modern distance education system and its application in modern distance education.

An artificial intelligence agent technology based web distance education system

Based on the analysis of the characteristics of artificial intelligence and agent, this paper discusses the feasibility of introducing Web services and intelligent agent technology into online teaching and learning and proposes a modern distance education system model based on artificial intelligence agent technology web. The architecture integrates the advantages of Agent technology and Web services. Starting from improving the shortcomings of the traditional Web-based distance teaching system, it strives to increase learners’ self-directed learning interest, monitor students’ emotions, and exchange knowledge between teaching agents. To realize students’ on-demand learning according to their aptitude, teachers’ teaching ultimately improve the system’s flexibility, personalization, and artificial intelligence. Under the guidance of learning communities and other theories, construct learner model ontology inference rules. Based on the learner’s relationship characteristics, the knowledge domain that the learner is interested in is inferred, thus constructing an intelligent information retrieval system. Knowledge retrieval is realized quickly and accurately, thereby verifying the application of learner relationship characteristics in digital learning.

THE POTENTIAL OF DISTANCE LEARNING IN THE FORMATION OF NEW EDUCATIONAL PROCESS METHODOLOGICAL FORMS IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

The relevance of the material presented in the paper is due to the need for further development of information and communication technologies in education and the formation of pedagogical research of a single conceptual and terminological apparatus in the respective area. The paper highlights the concept of “distance education”, provides a justification of the teacher’s need to master specific methods and forms, the development of new methods, taking full advantage of all those opportunities provided by modern distance learning technologies. It is noted that the analysis of recent research and publications carried out by the authors demonstrates the lack of scientific and theoretical support required for the organization of distance learning education in HEI, as well as the need to study its capabilities in the formation of new methodological forms and methods of teaching students. In modern Ukrainian higher education, the priority of designing and developing a new expanded, ICT-rich, variable information educational environment is argued. The differences of distance learning from the traditional form of education are considered. It is noted that the model of distance learning must consist of six blocks: motivational, instructional, informational, control, communicative and advisory. Didactic possibilities of modern distance education in the organization of the educational process in comparison with the traditional educational methods are analyzed. Attention is drawn to the differences between the methods of synchronous (on-line) and asynchronous (off-line) learning. New organizational and methodological forms, which are being actively introduced into the educational process offered by distance learning, namely: forum, blog, chat, video conference, webinar, web-quest, etc. are considered. It is concluded that the effectiveness of any organizational and methodological form of distance learning depends on the degree of interaction between the teacher and the taught, the effectiveness of the developed methodological materials, and the feedback effectiveness.

On the Development of Teachers’ Competence in Local Open Universities under the Impact of MOOCs

With the rapid development of network technology and digital construction, the era of "Internet +" has come, and "MOOCs" has brought a new revolution to education circles. The Open University, which takes modern distance education as its basic education model, has put forward higher requirements for its teachers' competence. This paper analyzes the difficulties of teachers' competence under the impact of "Internet +" in order to improve the development of teachers' competence in local Open University.

Construction research on index system of teaching quality of distance education

The distance education is an important part of “internet plus modern education”. The construction of teaching quality of distance education is the key factor of the development of the modern distance education. The index system of teaching quality of distance education should follow the principle of comprehensiveness, objectivity and applicability. By the means of questionnaire survey and literature analysis, the index system of teaching quality of distance education, including four first-level indicators (index of management of teaching process, index of construction of teaching conditions, index of system of teaching service and index of evaluation of teaching effect) and sixteen second-level indicators, is given in this paper. Based on AHP, the weight of each index is given to calculate the result of index system of teaching quality of distance education.

Practice and Exploration of Vocational English Curriculum Group’s Intervention in College English Teaching for the National Unified Examination of Network Education

College English is one of the public basic courses for the national unified examination of the network education in the pilot university of Modern Distance Education. With the development of network higher education, some public basic courses for the national unified examination of the network education have been playing a more and more important role in guaranteeing the quality of network communication. As to the current situation of college English in the national unified examination of the network education, seminar on English teaching for all English teachers from the Radio and Television Universities (RTVU) in the province is held annually and vocational English curriculum group was established in September,2015 so as to mobilize the collective power of teachers in teaching. Besides, a provincial questionnaire survey was conducted on the English’s current situation in the national unified examination of the network education. The main statistics of this paper are from that survey on students and partly from the survey on teachers. Through the analysis on the result, problems and reasons are found, which provided the first hand information for finding out the countermeasures and the ways of improving the pass rates.

FEATURES OF MODERN DISTANCE EDUCATION: POTENTIAL AND NEW USE OF OPPORTUNITY

ZHUKOVSKY Vasyl – Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, professor of International Linguistic Communication Department, National University of Ostroh Academy, Seminarska str., 2, Ostroh, 35800, Ukraine (vasyl.zhukovskyi@oa.edu.ua)ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9170-8682ResearcherID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/D-5579-2018GALETSKY Sergey – Post-graduate student of Psychology and Pedagogy Department, Lecture of International Linguistic Communication Department, National University of Ostroh Academy, Seminarska str., 2, Ostroh, 35800, Ukraine (sergii.galetskyi@oa.edu.ua)ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6532-3108ResearcherID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/D-4197-2018 DOI: https://doi.org/10.24919/2313-2094.6/38.121430To cite this article: Zhukovsky, V., Galetsky, S. (2018). Osoblyvosti suchasnoho dystantsiinoho navchannia: potentsial ta novi mozhlyvosti vykorystannia [Features of modern distance education: potential and new use of opportunity]. Liudynoznavchi studii. Seriia «Pedahohika» – Human Studies. Series of «Pedagogy», 6/38, 154–165. doi: 10.24919/2313-2094.6/38.121430 [in Ukrainian].Article historyReceived: 11 September 2017Received in revised form: 2 November 2017Accepted: 15 February 2018Available online: 5 April 2018 Abstract. Nowadays, the concept of distance education is widely known. With the development of new multimedia and communication technologies, distance learning is widely introduced by various institutions and universities around the world. For teachers, this provides an entirely new potential for the spread of their knowledge and skills, and for those who study – a great opportunity to get the various information they are interested in.The current socio-economic changes in Ukraine have put forward new challenges of higher education, the implementation of which is possible through the intensive implementation of information and communication technologies in the educational process.The basis of distance learning is the use of multimedia in the indirect communication of students with a supportive organization, which can have at least two forms: the first one is one-sided sending by the supporting organization of educational materials, the second – the bilateral interaction between the student and the organization.Today, communication among students who create the so-called chats is also widespread. Computer technologies make possible asynchronous discussions. This enhances the flexibility that has been making distance education useful for adults from the very beginning, and provides joint training.The use of computer technology in distance education enables to search the global network when almost unlimited amount of information becomes available to students. Information searches, as well as hyperlinks, can be used to increase students’ independent work. Therefore, distance learning is often viewed as a type of learning that requires a degree of maturity and independence from students. Also, distance learning is widely used for the sake of academic socialization, that is a part of the so-called emotional learning. Prepared in advance courses can be easily used by a large number of students with great financial advantage. There is a combination of individualism, which concerns the interaction of students, tutor and mass communication.Therefore, teaching should be accessible at any place where students are located, and they have a great responsibility for learning. The teaching system should offer a wide range of subjects, forms of instruction and techniques, using all relevant educational and technical media. Media tools and applied technologies should be effective and easy to use, reinforce each other and the structure of the subject and the curriculum. Declaration of Conflicting Interests. The author declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.Acknowledgments. Sincere thanks to pedagogical staff at National University of Ostroh Academy, in particular Prof. Ihor Pasichnyk.Funding. The author received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

The Importance of Informatization in Medical Education

Along with informatization, medical education faces with new challenges and opportunities. Education informatization in our country is now into a period of rapid development and gets achievement. Modern distance education network, computer platform of medical education research and education satellite network are established. Satellite broadband multimedia transmission platform has been initially formed. They are interactive based on modern distance interactive education network platform. The new concept of modern informationization and digital network has gradually replaced the traditional medical teaching practice, which is also the big trend of education development and informationization teaching in China.

Rank Analysis of Off-campus Learning Centers Based on Students’ Achievements and TOPSIS Method and Grey Correlation

Modern distance education is an important form of adult higher education, and has become an important part of higher education in china. Off campus learning center is a support institution for the study of Modern Distance Education in Colleges and universities. Comprehensive evaluation of off-campus learning centers is an important means of strengthening the management of off-campus learning centers. The students’achievement as one of the comprehensive evaluation indicators of the off-campus learning center can better reflect the comprehensive ability of the management and service of the off-campus learning center. This paper applies the students’achievements in the learning process and the TOPSIS method and the grey correlation to the comprehensive analysis and ranking of the off-campus learning center, so as to provide the feasible method and theoretical basis for the students' academic achievement as the evaluation index of the off-campus learning center.

Implementation of the Intelligent Question Answering System Based on Remote Service Framework

Remote answering system of modern distance education system is an indispensable component. However, the current system is based on answering user input on the exam questions simple keyword matching, accuracy and query the user interface cannot meet the needs of users. We have designed a semantic network theory to build up intelligent answering system. We analyzed the necessity of establishing intelligent answering system, and presents a model of intelligent question answering system based on its technology defined areas, and two university computer courses as a source of knowledge to achieve the function of the system. The results show that the proposed method can improve the accuracy of the query, user-friendly and convenient. System Based on J2EE three-tier system, in the middle layer of the advanced MVC design pattern thought to achieve page display and business logic separation, improve system maintainability.