International Journal of Advanced Studies (May 2018)
WAYS TO REALISE THE CONCEPT OF DIGITAL INTEGRATION IN EDUCATION: DESIGN AND TEACHING-LEARNING
Abstract
Future generations will need more than just mastery of subject matter; they will need mastery of learning. The presented study outlines some major changes we expect to make over the next decade, including shifts from teacher-centeredness to student-centeredness and the increasing use of technology-enhanced learning. The outcomes of learning must be reviewed, reformulated and approaches to higher education design and delivery revised to match. The research paper states that the training process should be the whole spectrum of competencies, as well as the research activity. The research study advocates the re-examination of the many pressing and critical issues facing our universities. The research aspects are intended to assist academics, educators and policy-makers in a process of critical reflection of the outcomes and effectiveness of our practices in providing higher education to the present generation in relation to the demand of an industrialised Russia 2020. Research aspects were selected from a variety of areas important for this critical reflection. In the presented research issue we tried to pull together case observations, analysis of local scenarios and new imperatives of university so as to attain viability and comprehensiveness these include their research and development (R&D), human resource development and foresight on the use of electronic technology and innovative “products” packaging as an alternative instructional mode to enhance the teaching-learning process. Universities 3:0 must be prepared and able to deal effectively with the three basic perspectives confronting them. The resulting scenario, the Cybernetic Campus, is the reform of the Knowledge-Research-Business that is integrated with, and accountable to, the public that hosts it. Purpose. The main purpose of this research paper is the attempt to apply situational analysis, built on formally different grounds, however trying to take into account the subject requirements. Since it is clear from the stated aim, it is triune that includes both professional and language education, which implies the whole spectrum of communicative competences, as well as the research activity. Methodology. The purpose and problems of the research have defined the choice of methods. The methods used in the presented research paper include analysis of literature, the study of monographic publications, scientific articles and papers on the research problem. Material was identified mainly by reference searching and electronic literature searching using as search terms higher education, rationales for higher education integration, etc. We can highlight the following group of methods: the general scientific methods are represented by the following kinds: systematic approach (to analyse and synthesize theoretical and empirical materials); the dialectical approach allows addressing the causes of contradictions; the generalization approach is required throughout the study for the formulation of conclusions and allows us to generalize and systematize the study of theoretical and empirical material; the induction method is used to study the induction of theoretical and empirical information at all stages of the research; the deduction method enables the transition from general to specific provisions of the findings and phenomena. Results: Based on the dramatic changes in higher education, many approaches to improving curricula are mandatory and experimental in nature; control forms in the learning process are analyzed freely and are not always taken into account. Ideally, the curriculum should be supported by the scientific research of a specialist in professional language at a certain stage in a particular country. Then the final control will combine objective and subjective forms of evaluation. In this respect, the requirements of a modern postgraduate education system, as well as the wishes of graduate students and employers, must be taken into account when developing future training materials and training programs. As the main result of the study, we are considering the possibility of creating a “cybernetic campus” as a transformation in the commercialization of research and the competitive knowledge development that are integrated and accountable. Practical implications. The results are important in the preparation of master’s educational programs in the variable part, and also used in the preparation and development of teaching aids and courses in foreign languages for magistracy.
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