THE PHENOMENON OF VIRTUAL EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITIES IN THE SYSTEMS OF EDUCATION OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES : APPROACHES TO DETERMINATION OF CONCEPTS

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https://doi.org/10.33407/itlt.v30i4.714

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information and communication technologies, virtual educational communities, virtual learning communities, secondary school, foreign experience

Abstract

Popularity of virtual communities which exist and constantly develop in Internet caused a creation of educational virtual communities. Their possibilities are successfully used in the systems of education of foreign countries, including the educational process of secondary school. The phenomenon of virtual educational communities is the theme of research of many modern scientists, the concordance of terminology is under discussion. In the article some approaches to determination of concepts on this issue are analysed as well as offered some definitions, namely: virtual, virtual educational and virtual learning communities.

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Iryna D. Malytska, Institute of Information Technologies and Learning Tools of NAPS of Ukraine, Kyiv

senior researcher of the Information-analytical department of pedagogical innovations

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2012-09-30

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I. D. Malytska, “THE PHENOMENON OF VIRTUAL EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITIES IN THE SYSTEMS OF EDUCATION OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES : APPROACHES TO DETERMINATION OF CONCEPTS”, ITLT, vol. 30, no. 4, Sep. 2012.

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Vol. 30 No. 4 (2012)

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Theoretical and methodological backgrounds of innovation educational environment development: world's trends

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