Education: Digital technology's role in enabling skills development for a connected world

Language and Culture in the Classroom Space: The Case Study of a Foreign Language Assistant in Russia

“…We think that to be effective in the educational process, teachers and students have to integrate linguistic, cultural and individual 'authenticates' [70], macrocultures and microcultures, global and local specifics [4,66,71], as well as the rational, intuitive and emotional aspects [72]. That is, this process has to welcome systems and pluralistic educational methods that take into account: (1) languages and cultures of cooperating countries, (2) the individual skills of learners, (3) the ecosystem of the class, and (4) practical (situated) social interactions.…”

“…In the digital era which we live in, technology is invading almost all sectors of work. The phenomenon of 'digitalisation of work' has begun to disrupt the labour market, and digital skills are required to remain connected and up to date [1]. In the education sector, multimodal digital media such as video courses enable learners to see, hear and respond.…”

“…The students attending the French course conducted by the FLA were 'first-time tourists' and 'consumers' of authentic culture and the teacher was, at certain times, a cultural 'object', a 'showplace' that represented the image and identity of the country. However, because many FLAs are not familiar enough with the language of the visiting country, they encounter cultural and pedagogical difficulties which are mainly: (1) identifying appropriate methods to organise and explain the necessary class activities without knowing the language of the learners, and (2) determining universal means of communication for a two-way learning bridge between differing cultures and languages.…”

Air Force Nonrated Technical Training: Selected Topics to Improve Efficiency

“…Given the limited training that Air Force instructors receive, it is unlikely that individual instructors will have the time to develop the requisite knowledge and skills to quickly and easily build and update courseware in such platforms. This problem is not unique to Air Force instructors-instructors in higher education also require additional training and ongoing support to effectively leverage new educational technologies (Devaux et al, 2017;Manacapilli et al, 2011). Contracting elements of course development and upgrades would eliminate the need to provide extensive additional training to Air Force instructors, while still allowing AETC to reap the benefits of new educational technologies.…”

Cluster Analysis of Digital Performance in Educational Techniques in Conditions of EU

“…Although digital technologies have the tendency to improve the teaching process and learning by various methods, they cannot achieve this improvement, as other factors are influencing them. On the other hand, undoubtable advantage is the fact that the digital education can ease and provide education to those, who do not have physical access to it (Pagani et al, 2016;Devaux et al, 2017). An important tool for education are ICT tools which helps students and teachers in the cooperation, communication and by solution of wide spectrum of problems (Afshari et al, 2009).…”