The current appeal within MET to design effective online courses has arisen from the necessity to... more The current appeal within MET to design effective online courses has arisen from the necessity to develop flexible learning environment to reinforce student background knowledge and widen student access to information. The paper presents ways for maximizing students’ learning in Maritime English online course under conditions of permanent online learning and teaching. The participants in this study are students of the Navigation Faculty and teachers of the English Language Department for Deck Officers at Kherson State Maritime Academy, Ukraine. The study examines students’ engagement and teachers’ experiences while learning and teaching Maritime English via virtual platforms. Online surveys have been designed to investigate the effectiveness of tailor-made e-books and supplementary e-courses on the LMS Moodle platform to enable communicative interaction and provide communicative proficiency development at online lessons on Zoom. The survey has explored students’ advancements in the ...
Information Technologies in Education, Oct 31, 2016
Traditional teaching aids to develop students' language skills are a coursebook, a tape r... more Traditional teaching aids to develop students' language skills are a coursebook, a tape recorder, an audio CD or a video. With a development of new technologies and opportunities they provide, teachers and students should not limit their cooperation to classroom activities only. To develop critical thinking, train learning strategies, and increase students' autonomy in their attempts to practise English outside the classroom computer-aided language learning is an available instrument, that can provide an additional learning environment for both students and teachers, enhance language learning through involving additional resources. Computer-based language courses supply learners with plenty of language learning and professionally oriented materials and allow student to work at their own pace. Computer-aided tools can be used to reinforce the students' language skills through additional practice or as a remedial tool to complete gaps in students' knowledge. The author of the article describes her own experience of utilizing computer-based aids to test the knowledge of seamanship and language skills of the future deck officers.
The effective organization of the educational process in the context of rapid acceleration of the... more The effective organization of the educational process in the context of rapid acceleration of the society’s digitalization is impossible without increasing its digital literacy. Consequently, it is necessary to study the current state of digital literacy, and to seek and implement new learning models in the educational system based on the application of modern innovative technologies and digital teaching methods. This research aimed to study the level of teachers’ digital literacy, as well as opportunities and future trends in digital didactics. Two major methods have been used: development of an abstract-logical model and a survey in order to measure the level of digital literacy of teachers and educators in Ukraine. The analysis of the survey data has revealed that teachers and university professors have reached the highest level of digital literacy, which is significantly higher than the average Russian level.
Traditional teaching aids to develop students' language skills are a coursebook, a tape recorder,... more Traditional teaching aids to develop students' language skills are a coursebook, a tape recorder, an audio CD or a video. With a development of new technologies and opportunities they provide, teachers and students should not limit their cooperation to classroom activities only. To develop critical thinking, train learning strategies, and increase students' autonomy in their attempts to practise English outside the classroom computer-aided language learning is an available instrument, that can provide an additional learning environment for both students and teachers, enhance language learning through involving additional resources. Computer-based language courses supply learners with plenty of language learning and professionally oriented materials and allow student to work at their own pace. Computer-aided tools can be used to reinforce the students' language skills through additional practice or as a remedial tool to complete gaps in students' knowledge. The author of the article describes her own experience of utilizing computer-based aids to test the knowledge of seamanship and language skills of the future deck officers.
The current appeal within MET to design effective online courses has arisen from the necessity to... more The current appeal within MET to design effective online courses has arisen from the necessity to develop flexible learning environment to reinforce student background knowledge and widen student access to information. The paper presents ways for maximizing students’ learning in Maritime English online course under conditions of permanent online learning and teaching. The participants in this study are students of the Navigation Faculty and teachers of the English Language Department for Deck Officers at Kherson State Maritime Academy, Ukraine. The study examines students’ engagement and teachers’ experiences while learning and teaching Maritime English via virtual platforms. Online surveys have been designed to investigate the effectiveness of tailor-made e-books and supplementary e-courses on the LMS Moodle platform to enable communicative interaction and provide communicative proficiency development at online lessons on Zoom. The survey has explored students’ advancements in the ...
Information Technologies in Education, Oct 31, 2016
Traditional teaching aids to develop students' language skills are a coursebook, a tape r... more Traditional teaching aids to develop students' language skills are a coursebook, a tape recorder, an audio CD or a video. With a development of new technologies and opportunities they provide, teachers and students should not limit their cooperation to classroom activities only. To develop critical thinking, train learning strategies, and increase students' autonomy in their attempts to practise English outside the classroom computer-aided language learning is an available instrument, that can provide an additional learning environment for both students and teachers, enhance language learning through involving additional resources. Computer-based language courses supply learners with plenty of language learning and professionally oriented materials and allow student to work at their own pace. Computer-aided tools can be used to reinforce the students' language skills through additional practice or as a remedial tool to complete gaps in students' knowledge. The author of the article describes her own experience of utilizing computer-based aids to test the knowledge of seamanship and language skills of the future deck officers.
The effective organization of the educational process in the context of rapid acceleration of the... more The effective organization of the educational process in the context of rapid acceleration of the society’s digitalization is impossible without increasing its digital literacy. Consequently, it is necessary to study the current state of digital literacy, and to seek and implement new learning models in the educational system based on the application of modern innovative technologies and digital teaching methods. This research aimed to study the level of teachers’ digital literacy, as well as opportunities and future trends in digital didactics. Two major methods have been used: development of an abstract-logical model and a survey in order to measure the level of digital literacy of teachers and educators in Ukraine. The analysis of the survey data has revealed that teachers and university professors have reached the highest level of digital literacy, which is significantly higher than the average Russian level.
Traditional teaching aids to develop students' language skills are a coursebook, a tape recorder,... more Traditional teaching aids to develop students' language skills are a coursebook, a tape recorder, an audio CD or a video. With a development of new technologies and opportunities they provide, teachers and students should not limit their cooperation to classroom activities only. To develop critical thinking, train learning strategies, and increase students' autonomy in their attempts to practise English outside the classroom computer-aided language learning is an available instrument, that can provide an additional learning environment for both students and teachers, enhance language learning through involving additional resources. Computer-based language courses supply learners with plenty of language learning and professionally oriented materials and allow student to work at their own pace. Computer-aided tools can be used to reinforce the students' language skills through additional practice or as a remedial tool to complete gaps in students' knowledge. The author of the article describes her own experience of utilizing computer-based aids to test the knowledge of seamanship and language skills of the future deck officers.
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