Under the XVI International Methodological School-Seminar “Modern Pedagogical Technologies in Education” held at National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute”, a webinar was organized by the Department of Intercultural Communication and Foreign Language (NTU “KhPI”) and the Department of Social Studies and Humanities (Polotsk State University).
Lecturers and students of PSU as well as lecturers and students of other universities of Kharkiv participated in the webinar. The issues of the influence of modern information technologies on the process occurring in higher education were discussed during the live chat. The workshop raised the problems related to the use of computer technologies in teaching, the introduction of distance learning and online courses. PSU lecturers and lecturers of Kharkiv universities shared their experience in that sphere.
Irina Pozdnyakova, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor and the Director of the Institute of Professional Development, presented the results of the PSU participation in the realization of the international project “Enhancement of Lifelong Learning n in Belarus (BELL)” co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.
The academic staff of other PSU departments took an active part in the webinar.
Kristina Savitskaya, senior lecturer at the Department of Civil Law (PSU) shared her impression of the webinar:
“Nowadays, under certain conditions of higher education internalization, it is important to be a part of a global process and to exchange best practices and the experience in order to introduce them in the educational process. During the seminar, the following issues were discussed: the use of various forms of distance learning, methodological aspects of the educational process, requirements to a modern teacher, control problems of the students’ independent work, methods of teaching in HEIs as well as specific features of the work with international students. I am sure that the professional dialogue among the PSU instructors and the representatives of Ukrainian HEIs will promote the introduction of best practices in the educational process and strengthen the cooperation among the universities”.
Igor Bortnik
Photos by Vladimir Krivoborodenko