Fundamentals of using digital tools for distance learning

                                                                                                                                                                                                                           APPROVED

                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Head of the IT in Education Committee

                                                                                                                                                                                                                           of the All-Ukrainian Public Organization

                                                                                                                                                                                                                           "Ukrainian Association of Information

                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Technology Professionals"

                                                                                                                                                                                                                           R.A. Hamzaiev

Professional Development Educational Program for Pedagogical and

Scientific-Pedagogical Staff

"Digital Tools for Distance Learning"

1. Title: "Fundamentals of Using Digital Tools for Distance Learning"
2. Type of professional development: training under a professional development program
3. Developers:

Maryna Tolmach, Lecturer at the Department of Computer Science, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Distance Learning at the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, member of the IT in Education Committee of the Ukrainian Association of Information Technology Professionals.

Olena Chaikovska, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Computer Science, Dean of the Faculty of Distance Learning at the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, member of the IT in Education Committee of the Ukrainian Association of Information Technology Professionals.

4. Goal: to improve the methodological and practical levels of information-digital competence of pedagogical staff regarding the use of digital technologies in the educational process, particularly in the context of distance learning.
5. Direction: information-communication competence; use of information-communication and digital technologies in the educational process, including e-learning, information and cyber security.
6. Target audience: pedagogical staff of educational institutions of various types and forms of ownership.
7. Volume (duration of training): 30 hours (1 ECTS credit).
8. Form of study: distance
   
9. Content

The content of the standard educational program takes into account the specifics of the professional activity of pedagogical staff in the context of the introduction of distance learning and is determined by: the requirements of the knowledge society regarding the provision of educational institutions with highly qualified specialists; the main directions of state policy in the field of education; the National Qualifications Framework, educational standards, requirements for the competencies of pedagogical staff; requests from customers of educational services and the structure of the European Digital Competence Framework (DigComp).

The content of the program has a practical focus and covers: substantive, practical (practice-oriented), and resource (methodological) components of professional development for pedagogical staff.

The program provides for the following types of work:

• online lectures and master classes (participation via the Zoom platform)
• discussions and surveys (participation via the Zoom platform)
• completion of assignments for independent work (interaction on the Google Classroom platform)
• final testing.

Independent work will include the following types of activities:

• processing additional material and a list of resources
• completing a practical task using new knowledge and skills, adapted to one's subject

10. Program results

• knowledge and understanding of modern trends in education development;
• knowledge and understanding of the algorithm for organizing cooperation in the context of distance learning;
• knowledge and understanding of algorithms for working with modern digital applications for creating digital educational content;

11. List of competencies to be improved/acquired

general: ability to use modern information technologies for effective communicative interaction with participants in the educational process; ability to navigate the information space, obtain information, and operate with it in accordance with one's own needs and the requirements of a modern high-tech information society; knowledge and understanding of modern trends in the development of the educational process;

professional: ability to establish the process of distance learning through the use of modern information technologies; ability to use open resources; ability to apply acquired knowledge in professional activities; proficiency in modern information and web technologies; awareness of the latest tools for organizing effective digital interaction with all participants in the educational process; knowledge and understanding of algorithms for working with modern digital technologies.

12. Document on learning outcomes

A certificate is issued in electronic form in accordance with the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated 21.08.2019 No. 800 "Some issues of professional development of pedagogical and scientific-pedagogical staff" and publication in the online register of issued certificates on the website of the Ukrainian Association of Information Technology Professionals.

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