Design of Teaching Methods Using Virtual Educational Environment

Abstract

The purpose of the presented article is the review of approaches to design of modern methods of training developed and creation of design technology option of training methods in the conditions of using the virtual educational environment for formation of common cultural and professional competences of students of majoring in pedagogical education. Within the prescriptive theory by means of a subject and design method, conceptual modeling of a set of methods of students’ training in the conditions of using information-communication saturated environment was carried out. The modeling allowed one to allocate design stages of methods of students’ training in a pedagogical field of a “modern” educational paradigm when using the virtual educational environment. The general approach to design of activity of teachers including design of training methods on the basis of the accounting of main structural components of educational technologies is reflected in presented results. The given results of research of features and opportunities of the virtual educational environment allow one to define essence of enrichment of training methods and mechanisms of self-adjustment and self-improvement of the system of training methods in information educational environments, and to formulate a conclusion about impossibility of creation of the modern educational process without the virtual educational environment.

Introducing Personal Teaching Environment for Nontraditional Teaching Methods

“…Personal Teaching Environments (PTEs) is not new as a concept [7][8][9][10][11] However, none of the mentioned scholarly works introduce a framework or how it works with nontraditional teaching methods. PTEs are comparable in concept and structure to PLEs; i.e., PTE is a concept of how instructors teach in a technological environment.…”