Educational Activity
April 25-26, 2024, the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts hosted the International Scientific and Practical Conference
“INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN CULTURE, ART, EDUCATION, SCIENCE, ECONOMY AND BUSINESS”.
The purpose of the conference was to discuss the prospects for the development and application of information technologies and systems in culture, art, education, science, economy, and business.
Vice-President of the Ukrainian Association of IT Professionals Olena Chaikovska, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of Distance Learning at the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, presented a report at the plenary session titled “Initiatives for Creating a Digital Educational System in Ukraine.” In her speech, she analyzed the current state of the educational system and highlighted key aspects that must be considered when implementing digital technologies into the learning process. Ms. Olena emphasized the importance of innovation in digital education, the use of smart technologies, and the development of online learning. In particular, focus was placed on two projects in which the Ukrainian Association of IT Professionals participates. These are the dComFra project of the international Erasmus+ program, within the framework of which digital competence frameworks for citizens of Ukraine and for pedagogical and scientific-pedagogical staff were developed, Centers for Digital Competences were created, and the dComFra educational platform containing 22 training modules was developed.
Olena Chaikovska introduced the attendees to a new project, “Digital University — Open Ukrainian Initiative,” which is being implemented under the European Union’s Erasmus+ program. The main goal of the project is to create a unified digital educational ecosystem that will provide continuous, high-quality, inclusive, and transparent education that can be obtained regardless of location, using digital innovations in the educational field. The project consortium includes 10 Ukrainian universities, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Digital Transformation, the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance, as well as foreign partner universities and associations from EU member states, including France, Germany, Spain, the Czech Republic, and Poland. The UniDigi project is extremely relevant in the context of martial law and the post-war recovery of Ukraine. This project will make it possible to unite Ukrainian universities into an ecosystem to overcome key challenges and the consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine through digital technologies with the support of the EU.
