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Conditions of Effective Development of Information and Communication Competencies of Teaching Staff of the University
Conditions of Effective Development of Information and Communication Competencies of Teaching Staff of the University

Author(s): Artur Kocharyan
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Media studies, Communication studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: quality of higher education; ICT competence; corporate standards; measurement tools

Summary/Abstract: The article summarizes the results of the pilot study on the implementation of the model of information and communication competencies of the university teaching staff that was conducted at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, Ukraine, and describes the basic stages of the research and the conditions of an effective implementation of the model. The article examines ways of improving the quality of higher education in Ukraine in the context of European quality standards for university educational space. The European standards and guidelines are considered in relation to internal quality assurance. The author examines the model of ICT competencies of teaching and research staff and describes structural components of this model: motivational target component, organizational and procedural component, contents and operational and technological component, diagnostic and effective components. The article suggests tools to measure the level of educators’ formation in the ICT competence of teaching and research staff. The tools are considered in accordance with the form activities of teaching and research staff. The tools are formed in accordance with the recommendations of UNESCO Standards and Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area, namely: understanding and awareness of the role of ICT in education, and basic use of ICT tools.

  • Issue Year: 1/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 33-44
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English