Universities in the Networked Society

1. Front Matter

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2. Innovative MA Programme “E-Learning in Cultural Diversity”

   • Eugenia Smyrnova-Trybulska, Nataliia Morze

   Pages 1-18

3. Digital Competencies of University Teachers

   • Nataliia Morze, Oksana Buinytska

   Pages 19-37

4. Professional Training: Challenges in the Digital Economy Context

   • Tatiana Noskova, Tatiana Pavlova, Olga Yakovleva

   Pages 39-48

5. Formation of Computing and Coding Competences of Computer Science Teachers in Ukraine

   • Nataliia Morze, Mariia Umryk

   Pages 49-69

6. Networking Through Scholarly Communication: Case IRNet Project

   • Eugenia Smyrnova-Trybulska, Nataliia Morze, Olena Kuzminska

   Pages 71-87

7. Report Writing Assessment for Postgraduate Students: Lecturer’s Perspective

   • Tomayess Issa, Theodora Issa

   Pages 89-101

8. Develop and Implement MOOCs Unit: A Pedagogical Instruction for Academics, Case Study

   • Eugenia Smyrnova-Trybulska, Elspeth McKay, Nataliia Morze, Olga Yakovleva, Tomayess Issa, Theodora Issa

   Pages 103-132

9. Synchronous Virtual Classrooms in Problem-Based Learning to Mentor and Monitor Students in Higher Education

   • Juan Arías Masa, Rafael Martín Espada, Prudencia Gutiérrez-Esteban, Gemma Delicado Puerto, Sixto Cubo Delgado, Laura Alonso-Díaz et al.

   Pages 133-154

10. Multilevel Study of the Higher Education Challenges Caused by the Migration Crisis in Turkey

    • Iryna Sekret, Darco Jansen

    Pages 155-170

11. From Face-to-Face Teaching to Online Tutoring: Challenges, Solutions and Perspectives

    • Iryna Sekret, Soner Durmus, Melih Derya Gurer, Orhan Curaoglu

    Pages 171-183

12. E-learning Competencies for University and College Staff

    • Magdalena Roszak, Iwona Mokwa-Tarnowska, Barbara Kołodziejczak

    Pages 185-200

13. Approaches to the Development of the ICT Competence Standard in the System of Research-Based Training for the Future Specialist of Social Sphere in Ukraine

    • Roman O. Pavliuk, Tetiana L. Liakh

    Pages 201-222

14. Modernization of Environmental Education with the Use of Project-Based Learning, Outdoor Education, and Mobile Learning Supported by Information and Communication Technology

    • Imrich Jakab, Martina Zigová, Zuzana Pucherová

    Pages 223-248

15. Collaborative Learning as Learning Based on Cooperation with the Use of New Technologies

    • Jolanta Szulc

    Pages 249-259

16. Possible Cultural Diversity and Digital Competences: Retrospection from Mathematical Textbooks for Lower Secondary Level

    • Ján Gunčaga, Matthias Brandl, Péter Körtesi

    Pages 261-281

17. Reinforcement of Logical and Mathematical Competences Using a Didactic Aid Based on the Theory of Constructivism

    • Tomasz Kopczyński, Anna Gałuszka

    Pages 283-294

18. Back Matter

    Pages 295-301

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This book presents research on the effects and effectiveness of ICT applications in lifelong learning in relation to digital competences of educators. It sketches recent and future evolutions in higher education, explores whether universities have adjusted policies and business models in line with the rapid development of ICT technologies, and analyses whether the adjustments made are merely cosmetic or truly future-proof. The book specifically deals with such topics as digital competencies of teaching staff, the development and implementation of MOOCs and other E-learning tools, virtual classrooms, online tutoring, and collaborative learning. It presents case studies of innovative master’s programmes, projects and methods, and processes of standardization and validation used in various countries as illustrations. The book explains the rapid transition of the knowledge society to the "society of global competence" and shows the necessity of an active implementation of innovative formsand effective methods of education, and above all, distance learning at all levels of education.

• Digital competences in learning
• IRNet
• ICT techniques and e-learning methodology
• ICT competences
• LMS systems
• Massive Open Online Courses MOOC
• Virtual classroom technology
• E-learning in cultural diversity
• Information and communication technologies in higher education
• Web-based Electronic Support Systems
• Digitally-competent teacher
• ICT coordinator at school
• Digital competences of teachers
• learning and instruction

• University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland

  Eugenia Smyrnova-Trybulska

• Department of Media, Communication & Organization, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

  Piet Kommers

• Borys Grinchenko University in Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine

  Nataliia Morze

• Pedagogical Faculty, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic

  Josef Malach

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