Using E-Courses to Enhance the Future Teachers` Digital Competence

Abstract

The article presents the experience of developing the digital competence level as one of the main components of future teachers’ success, including the implementation of STEAM education in the educational process of secondary education institutions. An overview of modern scientific publications was performed, mainly published by foreign researchers and also by researchers from Ukraine, which define the concept of digital competence, reveal different approaches to determine the level of digital competence of future specialists using the digital competence wheel; STEAM education and digital competence communication, formed enough to integrate STEAM principles into the educational process of secondary education institutions. The author presents the results of the implementation e-learning courses, that were developed for key disciplines in the specialization «Management of e-learning in the intercultural space» and joint research of IT in Education Laboratory staff, teachers of the Department of Computer Science and Mathematics and students of the Pedagogical Institute of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University on training courses to enhance the digital competence of future teachers. The description of the two key disciplines of the e-learning course presents information on the development of integrated, professional and digital competences. While updating the content and selection of teaching methods, the recommendations and articles issued in the framework of the project «Modernization of Pedagogical Higher Education through the Use of Innovative Teaching Instruments» (MoPED) of the EU program Erasmus + KA2 – Development of Higher Education Capacity, No. 586098-EPP- 1-2017-1-UA-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP, JP, which is affiliated with Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, are included.

System for digital professional development of university teachers

“…Participants explore tools for creating quality e-content, implementing formative assessment, effective communication and collaboration. Learning takes place in a blended learning format using the e-learning course "Digital Module" [6] located in the university's e-learning system (figure 1).…”

Systematic analysis of digital tools to provide STEM and science education

“…The most known and modern modelling educational environment is Go-Lab [30][31][32]. For example, Go-Lab is a worldwide-known system that is the part of international programs, for example, it will be implemented as modernization of STEM based environments of Ukrainian educational institutions within Erasmus+ project "Modernization of pedagogical higher education by innovative teaching instruments" (MOPED) [32][33][34][35]. Go-lab is a website that contains links to virtual laboratories and computer simulations.…”