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Contemporary Teacher Competencies Development: A Study of ICT Tools for Professional Activities in Russia and Spain

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Noskova T., Pavlova T., Yakovleva O., Gutiérrez Esteban P., Martín Espada R., Cubo Delgado S., Arias Masa J., Delicado Puerto G., Alonso Díaz L., Yuste Tosina R.

International Journal of Research in E-learning IJREL

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2017

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vol. 3

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issue 1

91-108

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The paper examines the relations between teacher competencies and the specificity of the use of ICT tools in professional activities. The research was carried out within the frame of the IRNet project with the participation of two universities – the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia and the University of Extremadura, Spain. The results of the survey described give a general idea of various ICT tools use intensity in both countries. Overall, teachers take advantage of the electronic content capabilities for fostering students’ motivation. Teachers benefit from ICT tools’ efficiency and performance, and they use cloud technologies for supporting networking and collaboration. Spanish teachers appear to be more active users of ICT tools. They apply LMS more intensively, together with own lectures recordings and foreign language e-resources. For facilitating students’ communication, they apply discussion forums and online lectures intensively. For management, the most popular tools are electronic organisers, criterial rubrics, and online polls. The choice of e-resources that teachers use is largely based on their communication preferences and ways to manage teaching; these e-resources aim at facilitating learners’ cognitive activities. As in the case of the active use of LMS, the electronic system induces the application of available communication means (e.g. forums, online lectures, etc.) together with the appropriate management capabilities (e.g. electronic organisers, criterial rubrics, online polls, etc.). The results of the survey can help identify problem areas in teachers’ ICT competencies.

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The use of ICT tools for teaching foreign languages in the military sector

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Madej P.

Security and Defence Quarterly

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2017

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vol. 15

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issue 2

85-107

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The article explores the issue of foreign language teaching using commercially available new technology tools that are becoming more and more active in the everyday life of the learner and the teacher, especially in the military sector. Interactive teaching has become an integral part of the process of learning and teaching the language. Interactive ICT education is a modern and effective form of education. It maximises students’ commitment and activity and gives them the opportunity to choose their own paths of learning and development, tailored to their abilities. By participating in the classes, students develop a learning style similar to the research process that improves teaching effectiveness. Using electronic information resources requires the use of modern IT tools, information and multimedia techniques. Experimental research into the effectiveness of information technology in a military school education has demonstrated that the use of these technologies is conducive to: high efficiency in the transmission of didactic content and skills by combining education and entertainment in one act, enabling simultaneous activation of several perceptual channels simultaneously. The learning process takes into account the individual pace and degree of real autonomy of learning foreign languages in an active and creative way, increasing the motivation of students to develop the learner’s cognitive abilities. It can also contribute to national safety to a great extent.

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Discussion Papers on the Topic of More Adequate and Effective ICT Tools Category: Tools for Making Didactic Videos

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Smyrnova-Trybulska E., Ogrodzka-Mazur E., Szafrańska-Gajdzica A., Drlík M., Cápay M., Tomanová J., Švec P., Morze N., Makhachashvili R., Issa T., Issa T., Romaniukha M., Nakaznyi M., Sorokina L.

International Journal of Research in E-learning IJREL

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2015

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vol. 1

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issue 2

11-30

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The article describes some preliminary results of the implementation of Work Package 4 (WP4) “Selection and testing new ICT tools” within a framework of the international research network IRNet and researchers from partner institutions from Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine and Australia. These results concern analyzing and studying some categories of ICT tools for making didactic videos. The whole package period was divided into several main stages 1-5. The role of multimedia in teaching is considerable since they offer various information presentation formats simultaneously. The advantage of combining text, audio, images, animation, video and hyperlinks lies in the use of both main channels - visual and verbal - for making didactic videos in an efficient way. Features of an effective presentation and examples of computer programs which may be used for this purpose have also been shown in the paper. The authors presented a ranking list based on the quality and quantity assessment of choosing ICT tools, proposed some recommendations of features of good didactic videos and analyzed some mistakes users make most frequently while elaborating didactic videos.

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Intergenerational Learning in the Virtual World. Case of the European Community-Based Educational Project

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Rojek M., Leek J.

The New Educational Review

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2019

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vol. 56

88-100

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The paper focuses on presenting the research results of a community-based project titled ‘ICT Guides’, in which we investigated the features and functions of intergenerational learning with the use of ICT tools, which open the way for the virtual word. This was accomplished by surveying 267 youth and seniors attending 16 ICT courses in Gothenburg (Sweden), Sheffield (the United Kingdom), Madrid (Spain), and Berlin (Germany), with the use of a questionnaire. Both groups perceive intergenerational learning with the use of ICT as a chance to get to know the other group, despite age and cultural differences. With the use of ICT tools in intergenerational learning, mobile devices make up for a lack of a good command of language when communication problems occur, through application of texts, pictures, movies and music available online. ICT also facilitates mutual understanding and contributes to breaking the polarization that can occur between immigrant youth and unrelated adults, to the mutual benefit of both parties.

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Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Cooperation between Early Education Teachers and the Family Environment

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Pulak I., Szczotka M., Szewczuk K.

Studia Paedagogica Ignatiana

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2018

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vol. 21

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issue 2

157-175

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One of the basic factors that influence a child’s correct development is the environment where the process of education takes place. The environment is made of the family home and the school zone. Both these elements have to cooperate correctly to make the didactic message consistent and effective. However, educational practice shows that in a number of cases the flow of information between the teachers and the parents is insufficient joint activities are often lacking, along with mutual determination of objectives and tasks implemented in the didactic process. In the article, the authors try to show the problems related to the possibilities of cooperation among teachers of early school education and the environment of parents in various contexts. In the first part of the paper, legal aspects pertaining to the cooperation are described in detail, taking the historical perspective into account, along with legal provisions applicable in Poland and regulating the principles and the range of information provision by the school to the parents. The second part makes references to school practice, presents interesting and untypical examples of activities and solutions conductive to increased level of the parents’ involvement in the educational process. In the final part of the paper, ICT tools which may be used to build the online space of mutual communication and cooperation are described.

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Jednym z podstawowych czynników, które mają wpływ na prawidłowy rozwój dziecka jest środowisko, w którym przebiega proces edukacji. Środowisko to współtworzy zarówno dom rodzinny, jak również sfera szkolna. Oba te elementy muszą poprawnie współdziałać, aby przekaz dydaktyczny był spójny i skuteczny. Praktyka edukacyjna pokazuje jednak, że w wielu przypadkach przepływ informacji pomiędzy nauczycielami i rodzicami jest niewystarczający, często brakuje podejmowania wspólnych działań, uzgadniania celów i zadań realizowanych w procesie dydaktycznym. W artykule autorki starają się ukazać problematykę związaną z możliwościami współpracy pomiędzy nauczycielami edukacji wczesnoszkolnej a środowiskiem rodziców w różnych kontekstach. W pierwszej części szczegółowo zostały omówione aspekty prawne dotyczące współpracy, z uwzględnieniem perspektywy historycznej, przedstawiono również obowiązujące w Polsce przepisy prawne regulujące zasady i zakres przekazywania przez szkołę informacji rodzicom. Druga część nawiązuje do praktyki szkolnej, prezentuje ciekawe i nietypowe przykłady działań i rozwiązań sprzyjających zwiększeniu stopnia zaangażowania rodziców w proces edukacyjny. W końcowej części omówione z kolei zostały przykłady narzędzi ICT, które można wykorzystać budując przestrzeń wzajemnej komunikacji i współpracy w sieci.

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Contemporary Teacher Competencies Development: A Study of ICT Tools for Professional Activities in Russia and Spain

The use of ICT tools for teaching foreign languages in the military sector

Discussion Papers on the Topic of More Adequate and Effective ICT Tools Category: Tools for Making Didactic Videos

Intergenerational Learning in the Virtual World. Case of the European Community-Based Educational Project

Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Cooperation between Early Education Teachers and the Family Environment