VIRTUAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES AS EFFECTIVE MEANS FOR ICT COMPETENCE FORMATION: FOREIGN EXPERIENCE

Authors

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

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33407/itlt.v38i6.956

Keywords:

virtual learning communities, virtual learning environment, foreign experience

Abstract

Virtual educational (learning) communities are becoming more common in the practice of foreign countries teachers. Their integration into the learning process of a comprehensive school not only provides an opportunity to create a modern innovative learning environment, but also is an effective means of ICT competencies formation for both students and teachers. The article presents the most successful examples of virtual learning communities have been created in europenian and ukrainian schools; given platforms, which are often used by foreign teachers in their practice (Moodle, WizIQ, Vyew, Twiningspace) for the formation of such communities, as well as their opportunities for training and teaching in secondary schools.

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Author Biography

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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2013-12-24

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[1]
I. D. Malytska, “VIRTUAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES AS EFFECTIVE MEANS FOR ICT COMPETENCE FORMATION: FOREIGN EXPERIENCE”, ITLT, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 29–40, Dec. 2013.

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Vol. 38 No. 6 (2013)

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

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