Project-based learning approach to the formation of digital competencies of students of universities in Russia and India

Abstract

Modern challenges in society require universities to move from a traditional to a competency-based technology integrated learning environment. Students must master a variety of newer complex competencies such as: learn to independently search for information, analyze it, and apply it to solve various real time problems through their content knowledge. One of the possible tools for developing these newer competencies is ICT integrated project-based learning (PBL). The present study conducts an ICT integrated practicum to the internationally paired undergraduate students of Indian and Russian universities. The practicum included a collaborative work towards a common theme. Findings of the study reveals that the outputs generated by ICT integrated PBL provided confidence to the participants to use technology tools in a global learning environment to solve real time problems. Study suggested requirements for project organization, technology tools, and a design to implement such projects. Further, it reveals how virtual teams work on a project in an online environment. Study recommends future researchers to focus on more such empirical studies and its efficacy.

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“…et al (2021), in the year of the work they have done that is presented to the students in a project-based practical education in teaching courses, intended to inform the experiences of projects, and their work is shaped accordingly, as a result of the research project-based teaching, training opportunities, motivation and modelling of the participants showed a positive attitude towards education and research, it is observed that this model achieves results better with expressing themselves. Lapina and Prakasha (2022), in the work they have done in the year students in project-based education, expressed that they were conducting integrated application and application for a joint work sought to uncover a common theme, and as a result, project organisation, technology tools and such of the requirements for a design to implement projects that provide benefits and achieves results, it is observed that the proposed year. Orlova and Firsova (2022) brought literature in the digital transformation of the education system to create a new model in studies of students' communicative competence in the formation of Project-Based Learning has attempted to address some aspects of the application and, as a result, project work, digital educational environment in the educational process to enhance motivation for learning and achieving results necessary in educational communication technology that allows the modelling of becoming a learning achieves results that are observed.…”

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