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TRANSITION TO ONLINE EDUCATION: RESEARCH OF VIDEO TEACHING CHALLENGES DURING COVID 19 PANDEMIC
Get PDFSince 2020 middle of March many universities transposed the study process to online environment. Kaunas University of Technology within two weeks completely transferred the study process to the online space also. The following tools Zoom, Big Blue Button, Adobe Connect, MS Teams, Loom, Web Meetings have been offered for working remotely.To reveal the learners\u27 experience and evaluate the above-mentioned video conferencing technologies in the education process, the authors of this article conducted a case study involving 354 second-year students of the Faculty of Informatics. The case study was accomplished in June 2020, after the end of quarantine in our country.The aim of the work was to reveal the learners\u27 experience and summarize the results using different types of video conferencing systems.The case study showed that the rapid transition to online form of education has been quite successful and that lessons learned can be used in the future in circumstances like COVID 19.
USE OF LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ILIAS IN TEACHING TECHNOLOGIES FOR INTENDING TEACHERS OF SECONDARY AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Get PDFThe purpose of the article is to substantiate the features of e-learning technologies of materials for intending teachers of secondary and vocational education through the use of available learning management system ILIAS.The web-based learning management system ILIAS is used to develop e-learning materials, manage and disseminate multimedia materials in an online educational environment. The ILIAS system is available, free of charge and designed to manage learning resources as part of integrated systems and e-learning. The independence of the international project ILIAS and its support by many European universities as well as IT organizations are the basis for use and development in the training of intending teachers of secondary and vocational education.While researching the given issue, we have used theoretical and empirical research methods, i.e. analysis and synthesis to clarify the basic concepts and categories of computer-based education; conceptual and comparative analysis of curricula and programs, psychological and pedagogical, scientific and methodical literature as well as the materials of scientific and practical conferences on the problem of research and advanced pedagogical experience, comparing traditional and computer-oriented approaches in teaching technology. We have also used the methods of identifying patterns and drawing conclusions on the given issue.The use of web-based management system ILIAS in the teaching of construction materials technology contributes to the formation of professional competencies of intending teachers of secondary and vocational education, manifested in the ability to integrate knowledge of different technologies, make sound technical decisions and implement them in virtual reality; selection of technological processes, planning, forecasting and evaluation of technology efficiency; perception of computer models of technological processes.
PROFESSIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION OF HIGHER SCHOOL STUDENTS
Get PDFThe article is devoted to the problem of professional self-determination, which is urgent for today\u27s youth. The role of professional choice in a person\u27s life is great, and the possibilities with which a young man approaches this process plays a decisive role. In their article, the authors present the results of an empirical study of thepersonal characteristics of students in grades 9, 10, 11 and their readiness to choose a profession. We identified important and significant connections between the level of development of self-esteem and reflexivity with such indicators of professional self-determination as autonomy and emotional attitude. This result indicates that the level of development of his self-awareness plays a decisive role in the professional self-determination of a young man. It is the teacher\u27s task to help high school students in professional self-determination
FORMATION OF THE NURSES’ PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDES FOR WORK IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
Get PDFWhile the transformation of the medical education in general is competence-oriented and practice based, the article focuses on the role of the attitudes for the development of the nurses’ education and profession. Covid-19 critical conditions created new complicated cognitive, professional and psycho-emotional challenges for health care specialists. Nurses’ work ability and professional attitudes have become the central factor to solve clinical and personal problems in order to provide patient-centered and effective medical care. However, it shows that nurses do not have all the necessary competences to quickly adapt, react and keep psycho-emotional balance, working in critical situations. Theoretical analyses and empirical investigations are aimed at finding out what skills and attitudes are essential for medical specialists in Covid-19 pandemic conditions and how students feel about their readiness to use necessary skills and attitudes in practice in unexpected and complicated conditions The article discusses how to transform the organisation of the medical college study process and content to give students opportunities to acquire experience and develop necessary attitudes for the complicated practice. The focus is on studying the nurses’ attitudes necessary for the Covid 19 situation and possibility to promote them in the authentic work-based study process. The study of theoretical sources and survey results give evidence that practice-based studies can promote medical students’ professional attitudes and psycho-emotional capacity, if medical studies are aimed at forming emergency oriented skills and structured in the practice-based environment. Implementation of attitudes as outcome into programmes and effective transition of attitudes into practice can promote higher quality of nurses’ professional and responsibility level.
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF STUDENTS AT HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS WITH KINESIOLOGY AND HEALTH MAJORS IN THE SETTING OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to discover the peculiarities of students’ physical activities that study at higher educational institutions with kinesiology and health majors in the setting of COVID-19 pandemic. In order to accomplish it, an online survey was conducted among a total of 236 students of Lviv State University of Physical Culture named after Ivan Boberskyj. With its help, we were able to determine both domestic and organized physical activity levels’ self-assessments of the sample group before and during the quarantine restrictions. The majority of the students evaluated their physical activity levels as “excellent” and “good”. No significant changes among the physical activity assessments were not tracked during the quarantine restrictions. We established that 59% of the study group had regularly visited gyms before the pandemic breakout and 12% of the students systematic did home exercises. The remainder of active students (26%) exercised seldom. Before the pandemic, only 3% of the participants had not engaged themselves into organized physical activities. We observed an overall studentship physical activity decrease in terms of instances and intensity during the quarantine limitations. The forms of physical activities were substantially changed. Thus, the students began to stroll more often, as well as train alone or with online-coaches. Cardio and muscle strengthening remained dominant among activities both before and after the quarantine. After the quarantine restriction weakening, half of the study group re-embarked on gym training. 28% of the students continued exercising the same way they did during the quarantine. 12% of the respondents exercised on their owns. 7% of the participants did not return to training. With the respect to the results of this study, we can infer that Ukrainian students prefer group exercises where they can interact with either coach or other participant of the training sessions, as well as modern technologies cannot fully fulfill their needs of physical activity
OPTIMIZATION OF ENGINE CONTROL UNIT PARAMETERS
Get PDFThe aim of this work is to change car’s engine control unit’s parameters on-the-go, to achieve more power or more fuel economy. To reach named aim author in this work analyzed common method of switching car engine control unit’s parameters by using normal computer and considered utilizing single board computer and making a built-in system to switch easily desired driving style on-the-go
SEO AND SEM BENEFITS IN DIGITAL MARKETING
Get PDFThe paper deals with the search engine optimization and search engine marketing benefits to website. Explains the differences as well as their similarities between SEO and SEM. Gives tips on what conditions one of the strategies is preferable to boost website ratings than the other, and under what circumstances it is more effective to use both SEO and SEM strategies
APPLICATION OF AUGMENTED REALITY IN E-COMMERCE
Get PDFThe problem of research is still relatively low usage of augmented reality mobile applications in e-commerce, despite it’s advantages and opportunities to increase competitiveness. The aim of the research is to find out and explore the benefits of augmented reality in e-commerce. The paper discusses the definition of augmented reality, it’s advantages and looks through most succesfull mobile applications in e-commerce containing augmented reality. The author includes a case study from a very popular app “Makeup Genius” and examines the basis for its success. The most popular augmented reality apps allow customers to virtually try on products saving time by not having to go to a physical store. Several sources point out that the main advantage of augmented reality is greater consumer interaction with the application, which as a result creates a pleasant experience for the customer
TRANSFER LEARNING FOR TRAINING ACCELARATION
Get PDFIn this work, authors compare training time of standard convolution neuron network model with model trained using transfer learning. Both models are based on Alexnet architecture. CNN model training from scratch included full model, but using transfer learning, some layers of model were frozen for learning acceleration considering transfer learning methodology
DEEP LEARNING FOR APPLE AND PEAR RECOGNITION
Get PDFThe aim of this work is to develop a neural network, which can recognize apples and pears. To achieve the goal, the authors applied AlexNet architecture and the open dataset “Fruits360”. The trained model showed a good result testing it on validation images - total accuracy 0.97 and latency 35ms/step. In the future research, authors consider training the neural network model using the MobileNet architecture and verify it using the Cohen`s Kappa coefficient