Intensification of the educational process of higher educational institutions by tools of interactive technologies

Abstract

Intensification of the educational process of a higher educational institution by tools of interactive technologies (IT) is studied in terms of efficiency of distance learning platforms. A good deal more IT tools are integrated into the educational process than platforms, the main function of which is the exchange of materials, task supervision, registration of activity and attendance. Within the scope of on the survey and data analysis of the Moodle platform for the period from September to January 2019 (230 students and 8 educators of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv from the following faculties have been involved, namely: economic, financial and business management, international relations of the 2nd year of study). The scale of intensification of the educational process due to the integration of different types of IT has been estimated. The analysis of users’ activities of the distance learning platform has been carried out. An improvement of the communication level, self-monitoring, assessment, reducing time for preparation of materials, as well as increasing the efficiency of tasks’ performance has been revealed. Increasing the level of attendance and increasing the level of control and responsibility are the most common manifestations of the intensification of the educational process. The reduction in the time for obtaining and searching for materials and saving in the time for preparing materials by educators has been recorded. As a result, there was a significant reduction of time for the course’s organization. The educators have given higher assessment of the intensification of the educational process in terms of using IT tools compared to students’ assessment. However, students’ assessments of the processing of materials and tasks’ performance are higher compared to the assessments of educators; it characterizes a certain level of subjectivity of students in assessing their own educational activities. The results obtained can be used to theorize the experience of using IT in the organization of the educational process of higher educational institutions, as well as for further experimental research in this area in order to reveal effective models of “teacher / student” interaction and search for effective ways to intensify the educational process of higher educational institutions in the paradigm of introducing distance education in the realities of the Covid-19 pandemic.