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Information Competence of University Students in Ukraine: Development Status and Prospects
Eugenia Spivakovska, Nataliya Osipova,
Maksim Vinnik, Yulia Tarasich
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Kherson State University
Target of research
• use of information and communication technology in the preparation of university students in Ukraine
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Statement of purpose
• formation of information competence of university students in Ukraine
The study's hypothesis
The process of information competences formation in Ukrainian university students will be effective under the following conditions: The availability of ICT infrastructure at the institution (establishment of
information and communication pedagogical environment);
The pedagogical, didactic and psychological readiness of lecturers to incorporate ICT into their professional activities;
Use of the ECDL international program to create a basic level of information competency in first-year students;
The systematic use of innovative teaching and ICT in the study of academic disciplines;
The formation of positive motivation in students to use ICT in their professional activities.
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Previous related research
• research work carried out by Kherson State University from 2010-2012
• EU project TEMPUS TACIS “ECDL for Ukrainian Administrators”
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• project of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine's “Creating the Internet Portal for Distance Learning ECDL for Higher Educational Establishments”
• project of Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine “Creating Electronic Data Bank on Distance Learning for Higher Pedagogical Education”
Information-Technology Competency Model
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IT Management
IT Literacy
Basic Computer Competency
Three parts of the Student’s IT Competency Model:
Student’s Information Competences Model
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Component of
the Model
Standard
Source
Basic Computer
Competences
European Computer Driving
License
European Computer
Driving License
Foundation
www.ecdl.org
Information
Literacy
Industry standard of higher
education
Educational and qualification
characteristics in specialty
Ministry of Education and
Science of Ukraine
mon.gov.ua
Information
Management
Industry standard of higher
education
Educational and qualification
characteristics in specialty
Ministry of Education and
Science of Ukraine
mon.gov.ua
Determination of Pedagogical Conditions to Form IT Competency
of University Students
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1. The availability of ICT infrastructure at the institution (the establishment of an information and communication pedagogical environment);
2. Pedagogical, didactic and psychological readiness of lecturers to use ICT in their professional activities;
3. The use ECDL international program to generate the basic level of IT competency of first-year students;
4. The systematic use of innovative teaching and ICT in the study of academic disciplines;
5. Positive motivation for students to use ICT in their professional activities.
Research Results
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Number of computer equipment for 2010-2013 academic years by the students of 1st and 5th courses.
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Access to the Internet of the 1st year students as of 2010- 2013
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Students’ use of social networks and communication means
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Specialties
Programs for general purposes
Programs for educational
purposes
Computer communicative
means Cloud technology means
Own (%)
Use (%)
Own (%)
Use (%)
Own (%)
Use (%) Own (%) Use (%)
Software Engineering 60 100 4 95 96 60 2 60
Informatics 65 100 5 87 86 60 2 60
Physics 30 100 3 65 77 40 1 10
Mathematics 27 100 4 62 76 40 1 10
Quantitative indicators of ICT use by students in the educational process
Research Results
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Specialties
Programs for general purposes
Programs for educational
purposes
Computer communicative
means Cloud technology means
Own (%)
Use (%)
Own (%)
Use (%)
Own (%)
Use (%) Own (%) Use (%)
Primary Education 16 100 2 72 67 10 0 5
Human Health 10 100 2 27 65 5 0 0
Physical Education 10 100 1 25 64 5 0 0
Chemistry 12 100 2 27 66 5 0 0
Quantitative indicators of ICT use by students in the educational process
Educational, Methodological and Psychological Readiness of Teachers to Use ICT in Their Professional Activities
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ICT use by teachers in their professional activity involves the possession of innovative technology, elements of which are:
Content structuring on a modular system;
Problematic education;
Use of self-evaluation techniques of educational-cooperative effectiveness;
The organization of work in small groups.
A teacher’s readiness to use ICT in learning activities involves skills and the appropriate use of various educational means: teaching materials, e-learning systems, web 2.0, and cloud technology.
Educational, Methodological and Psychological Readiness of Teachers to Use ICT in Their Professional Activities
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To form a teacher’s readiness to use ICT in his/her professional activities
at Kherson State University, we: implemented a joint program of the Ministry of Education and Science and
Microsoft Corporation, “Partnership in Education,” and taught the teachers information technology basics (organized courses and master classes for teachers);
trained teachers on the Intel program “Education for the Future”;
organized teachers’ training in universities of Ukraine and abroad, in particular within the framework of European projects;
had University professors receive Intel certificates for “Education for the Future”;
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Educational, Methodological and Psychological Readiness of Teachers to Use ICT in Their Professional Activities
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To form a teacher’s readiness to use ICT in his/her professional activities
at Kherson State University, we: ensured the university teachers were trained at Microsoft Academy and
certified as Microsoft Specialist;
made sure teachers passed independent testing on ECDL program and got certificates;
had 2 teachers of Kherson State University train to be authorized ECDL test center trainers;
held regular seminars and workshops for teachers with a view to explore the possibilities of distance learning systems at Kherson Virtual University and KSU Online.
Concept of Competence
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Informative Competence Components
Concept of Competence Structure of ICT teachers competence
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ECDL Certification
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7 modules of ECDL course program
Module 1 Basic knowledge of
information
technology
Module 6 Presentation
Module 7 Information and
Communication
Module 2 Using computer and
working with
operating systems
Module 3 Text processing
Module 5 Databases
Module 4 Spreadsheets
ECDL Certification KSU
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ECDL Certification
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The main objective of the university, which is aiming to implement and use ECDL course, should be: The formation of the requirements for teachers’ and students’ training to use A course,
and namely the definition of the required quantity and quality indicators of technical, scientific, and teaching methods, taking into account the initial level of competence, industry orientation, etc.;
Academic staff training to use appropriate resources in the educational process (teachers’ retraining, conducting research and teaching seminars and workshops using ECDL program);
ECDL program passing by students (processing of theoretical and practical modules, testing);
Providing opportunities for online communication such groups as “student –student” and “student – teacher” on the ECDL Portal of universities.
Conclusions
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Effective development of IT competencies among university students presupposes the following conditions: 1. The establishment of an ICT infrastructure at the institution
(technical: computers and networks, services, software, support, information, and communication pedagogical environment)
2. Pedagogical, didactic, and psychological readiness of teachers to use ICT in their professional activities (the teacher should possess forms of educational activity organization in IC educational environment and apply innovative methods for facilitating the creative development of students, ideally using IC learning tools)
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Thanks for your attentions
Contacts: Kherson State University, 27, 40 rokiv Zhovtnya St., 73000 , Kherson, Ukraine [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
