Preface

Abstract

The 6th volume of the CTE Workshop Proceedings contains articles about the most interesting practices and ideas on the use of cloud technologies in education, carefully selected, reviewed and recommended by members of the international editorial board of the similarly-named workshop (CTE 2016), which was held in a hybrid format on April 22, 2016 in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine.

The use of cloud technologies when studying geography by higher school students

“…In the scientific literature there are widely represented the general scientific aspects of the problem under study, as well as those relating to specific teaching methods. In particular, scientists examine the essence of the concept, types of educational clouds, forms and necessary components of cloud technologies (Svetlana H. Lytvynova [14; 15]); theoretical foundations, possibilities and methods of using cloud technologies in the educational process are studied by Oksana S. Makovoz [16], Oksana M. Markova [17], Yevhenii O. Modlo [23], Vadym S. Nazarenko [26], Pavlo P. Nechypurenko [22], Tetiana S. Perederii [16], Maryna V. Rassovytska [30], Serhii O. Semerikov [18; 33], Vladimir N. Soloviev [35], Andrii M. Striuk [30; 33], Mariya P. Shyshkina [32], Illia O. Teplytskyi [34] researches the benefits and prospects of using cloud technologies in the educational process of a modern school. The use of cloud technologies in computer science classes is studied by Anna I. Gazeikina [10], Olha V. Korotun [13], Oksana M. Markova [19], Susana N. Seytveliyeva [36], Viktoriia G. Shevchenko [37], Mariia V. Stupina [40]; in maths classes by Georgii A. Aleksanian [1], Maiia V. Popel [29], Tatiana A. Vakalyuk [42]; in history classes by Olena V. Burlaka [7], in languages classes by Irina A. Belysheva [3], Olena V. Pakhomovа [28], Lucie Renard [31], Nataliia V. Skrynnik [38]; in physics classes by Maksym V. Khomutenko [12], Oleksandr V. Merzlykin [15]; for the formation of self-educational competence of future specialists (Tetiana V. Voloshyna [43]) and etc.…”

Theoretical and methodical aspects of the organization of students’ independent study activities together with the use of ICT and tools

“…Bykov [9], Roman S. Hurevych [19], Maiia Yu. Kademiia [19], Petrus A. M. Kommers [21], Mykhailo M. Koziar [19], Volodymyr M. Kukharenko [23], Olekasndr V. Merzlykin [30], Natalia V. Morze [21], Serhiy O. Semerikov [42], Eugenia M. Smyrnova-Trybulska [21], Yurii V. Tryus [51], Ivan M. Tsidylo [8] and etc. [8]).…”

“…With the object of teaching materials' granting there are the repositories for data sharing and knowledge sharing, the educational resources, the electronic libraries, the file sharing networks (Usenet, Citrix), the knowledge bases, the distributed knowledge bases, the cloud storages (Dropbox, Google Drive, 4shared, Amazon S3, CloudMe, etc.) on the Internet [42].…”

“…It means the information in a multimedia format that is continuously received by the user from the provider which offering streaming broadcasts (Internet radio, Internet-TV, video collections, educational programs, etc.) [42].…”

“…It is a peculiarity of online education that students and lecturers are separated in space and time, and the interaction between them takes place in a virtual environment [42]. Online Educational institutions are commonly referred to as "virtual universities".…”