scholarly journals Presence of New Forms of Intercultural Communication in Higher Education: Emojis and Social Interactions through WhatsApp among Graduate Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 295
Author(s):  
María Guadalupe Veytia-Bucheli ◽  
José Gómez-Galán ◽  
Diego Vergara
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Text Documents ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Positive Elements ◽  
Communication Processes ◽  
The University

Communication processes are part of human life. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) and, especially, the use of smartphones have generated new forms of interaction and communication, both synchronous and asynchronous, in formal and informal spaces. One of the most used applications is WhatsApp, which allows the sending of text, documents, images, and emojis. It is important to study these new forms and languages of communication in higher education because any educational or training process is essentially communicative. This research was carried out using a mixed approach, with a nonexperimental, descriptive, and transversal design, using a technique of a survey made up of 30 items. It was applied to postgraduate university students to determine their use and value among people with a consolidated university academic career, which would allow us to determine the presence of these new languages in this context. The basic objectives were to identify the frequency of use of emojis through WhatsApp amongst Mexican graduate students and to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of their use. The results confirmed the increase of emojis in conversations conducted by WhatsApp among fellow students. As positive elements, it was determined that they favor the development of a pleasant environment, confidence, and empathy, in addition to expressing emotions, feelings, and reactions. However, emojis also have drawbacks and disadvantages. Among them is the risk that they are misunderstood since their meaning is not shared, that they divert attention from a central idea, and, in general, that they sometimes have an addictive character that implies a waste of time in a study context, such as at the university. In conclusion, it can be argued that ICTs are profoundly transforming the processes of written communication in today’s society, including the university world. New languages that present intercultural, dynamic, dialectic, and ecosystemic alternatives to speech or writing have appeared. Emojis, in the context of higher education, would be an example of this trend.

scholarly journals The Higher Education Sustainability before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Spanish and Ecuadorian Case

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6363
Author(s):  
Johanna Andrea Espinosa-Navarro ◽  
Manuel Vaquero-Abellán ◽  
Alberto-Jesús Perea-Moreno ◽  
Gerardo Pedrós-Pérez ◽  
Pilar Aparicio-Martínez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Qualitative Survey ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Older Teachers ◽  
Teachers Perspectives ◽  
The University

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are key to create sustainable higher education institutions (HEIs). Most researchers focused on the students’ perspective, especially during the online teaching caused by COVID-19; however, university teachers are often forgotten, having their opinion missing. This study’s objective was to determine the factors that contribute to the inclusion of ICTs. The research based on a comparative study through an online qualitative survey focused on the inclusion and use of ICTs in two HEIs and two different moments (pre-and post-lockdowns). There were differences regarding country and working experience (p < 0.001), being linked to the ICTs use, evaluation of obstacles, and the role given to ICTs (p < 0.05). The COVID-19 caused modifications of the teachers’ perspectives, including an improvement of the opinion of older teachers regarding the essentialness of ICTs in the teaching process (p < 0.001) and worsening their perception about their ICTs skill (p < 0.05). Additionally, an initial model focused only on the university teachers and their use of ICTs has been proposed. In conclusion, the less experienced university teachers used more ICTs, identified more greatly the problematic factors, and considered more important the ICTs, with the perception of all teachers modified by COVID-19.

scholarly journals The Use of Digital Portfolio in Higher Education before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (20) ◽  
pp. 10904
Author(s):  
Soledad Domene-Martos ◽  
Margarita Rodríguez-Gallego ◽  
David Caldevilla-Domínguez ◽  
Almudena Barrientos-Báez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Kappa Coefficient ◽  
Initial Teacher Training ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Time Uncertainty ◽  
Digital Portfolio ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The University

This study is focused on the advantages and disadvantages of using a digital portfolio to improve the learning and evaluation processes in the initial teacher training of 4th-year students in the University of Seville (Spain). One of the interests of this research was to compare the learning capacities perceived by the students to improve their learning process before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. A qualitative, descriptive methodology was applied, identifying the most relevant dimensions, categories and codes for the analysis, management and interpretation of the opinions of the students, with a research triangulation (Cohen’s kappa coefficient) and a coding performed using the ATLAS.ti 8.4 software. The results show that the advantages with greater percentage correspond to the following categories: learning, usefulness of OneDrive, autonomy and evaluation. The greatest disadvantages detected were: time, uncertainty, usefulness of OneDrive and autonomy. There are differences in the perceptions of the students, between before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, about the learning capacities developed with the use of digital portfolio, since they consider that they have acquired more significant learning, greater self-regulation of their learning and greater reflection capacity.

Assessment of methods for analyzing the economic security of the university

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 2365-2384
Author(s):  
Elizaveta E. ERMOSHINA
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Security Analysis ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Management Decisions ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
Commercial Organizations ◽  
The University ◽  
Methodological Guidelines

Subject. The article investigates the analysis of economic security of a higher education institution. It defines its directions, analytical indicators, methodological guidelines, considering the specific nature of activity, which contribute to improving the economic security and the quality of management decisions made by key executives of universities. Objectives. The purpose is to conduct a critical review and evaluate the main methods of economic security analysis of higher education institutions, taking into account the specifics of their activities. Methods. The study rests on general and specific methods of cognition (analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, grouping, comparison, etc). Results. I reviewed the existing methods of analyzing the economic security of commercial organizations and higher educational institutions, systematized advantages and disadvantages of methods developed by scientists, substantiated the need to introduce diagnostic indicators to improve the quality and efficiency of analytical information for making informed management decisions. The paper offers to conduct an analysis of economic security, using indicators of intensity and productivity of labor, which consider the specifics of activities of universities in comparison with other organizations of the public sector. Conclusions. Currently, there is no unified approach to the analysis of economic security of universities. The conducted critical assessment of methodology may form a basis for further development of ideas and methodological guidelines on the analysis of economic security, and informed and effective management decisions.

scholarly journals Problems of technical magistracy and their solutions

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilya Ovchinnikov ◽  
Igor Ovchinnikov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
School Level ◽  
Master's Programs ◽  
Postgraduate Studies ◽  
Bridge Building ◽  
The University ◽  
General Technical ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Pain Points

The problems of the Russian technical master degree are considered on the example of the “pain points” of the Russian bridge-building education. The analysis is carried out in the school-university group, and the university examines the chain of undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate studies, preparation and defense of a thesis and writing books, textbooks for bachelors, undergraduates and graduate students. It is noted that the selection of «humanists» and «techies» at the school level by allowing the first not to pass the exam in physics leads to a decrease in potential candidates for admission to technical specialties of universities and the creation in society of a large group of young people who are not ready for further activities in technical areas . Also, a large number of humanitarian subjects are taught in technical specialties of higher education institutions and therefore “techies” are also ready to work in these areas, but not even a general technical subject is studied in humanitarian and economic specialties. A brief description and comparison of 12 master’s programs (including foreign) in bridge building is given. The problems of modern 4 year postgraduate studies are described, as well as the organization of defending a thesis with a small number of dissertation councils and limiting the number of suitable opponents. We also briefly reviewed the «pain points» concerning teachers of engineering universities, their workload, salary, and the ability to engage in scientific research. In conclusion, considered a number of ways to solve these problems.

scholarly journals nnovative Educational Technologies: Professional Development Programs for University Staff

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 9023-9029
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Educational Technologies ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
University Staff ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Executive Staff ◽  
The University

A key role in improving the quality of higher education belongs to the executive staff, teaching employees, and academic staff as direct performers. The purpose of the article is to analyze the possibilities of advanced training of university academic staff using innovative educational technologies based on information and communication technologies (ICT). The article notes the relevance of the search for new approaches to the organization of the professional development of the higher education system employees, as well as analyzes the experience of European countries in the professional development of university academic staff. The authors specify the requirements for the meaningful components of methodical system of training at the university, the prospects of ICT use in professional activity of academic and administrative employees of the university, training areas of university staff of different professional orientation, as well as highlight innovation areas of professional development of the academic staff in Russian universities.

scholarly journals Distance education as an answer to today’s challenges: cultural and artistic aspect

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryna Chumachenko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Functional Method ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Field Development ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Education Activity

The purpose of the article lies in the comprehension of theoretical aspects of distance learning as the most efficient cultural and organizational paradigm of educational field development, specific nature of its realization, and prospects for cultural and artistic education development. The methodology of the research is based on the application of methods of hermeneutic interpretation (to determine specific features of distance education in foreign and national higher education establishments), comparative analysis (with the purpose to discover reasons for active development and peculiarities of realization of distance education technologies in European and US higher education establishments), structural and functional method (to discover the role of distance education in a time of civilizational globalization and social isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic). The scientific novelty lies in carrying out a theoretical analysis of distance education development in European countries, the USA and Ukraine, determination of advantages and disadvantages of implementation of distance education in the educational environment, the discovery of priority ways of distance education development for cultural and artistic disciplines. Conclusions. The COVID-19 pandemic provided conditions due to which adoption of distance education technologies to the traditional education system – internal and external – became the only possible form of implementation of the education activity. The new conditions caused the creation of a brand new educational environment that determined potential ways of higher education development in the future. The conceptual framework of search and realization of a new educational strategy needs to take into account a paradigm basis for cultural and artistic education and science development that is possible on the condition of adoptive integration of information and communication technologies into the cultural and artistic field.

scholarly journals Análisis documental relacionado con la educación continua como eje integrador de las competencias del currículo universitario

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 443-468
Author(s):  
Luis Danilo Flores Rivera ◽  
Carlos Fernando Meléndez Tamayo ◽  
Manuel Morocho Amaguaya
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
University Education ◽  
Educación Superior ◽  
Continuous Training ◽  
Educacion Superior ◽  
University Curriculum ◽  
Service Staff ◽  
The University

El artículo presenta a la educación continua como un recurso fundamental y eficiente del currículo universitario y su mecanismo innovador es el empleo de las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación en todas las modalidades de estudio, metodologías y/o procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje. El estudio tiene como objetivos analizar a la educación continua como eje integrador de las competencias del currículo universitario y difundir resultados oficiales del proceso. Para lo cual, se realizó un análisis conceptual y un análisis descriptivo cuantitativo con un diseño no experimental longitudinal. La investigación registró datos de una Institución de Educación Superior desde el año 2014 hasta el 2019 con un total de 190 cursos con 9276 personas capacitadas y puntualmente el último año con 46 cursos y 1559 participantes. Los resultados del estudio evidencian un crecimiento en el número de cursos, horas y participantes al proceso formativo continuo. Se identifican tendencias actuales de la educación continua vinculada a las TIC; así como requerimientos a otros tipos de programas curriculares. Finalmente el análisis establece el beneficio de la educación continua en la actualización, capacitación, formación y perfeccionamiento de competencias; además la oferta de alternativas que se ajusten a la demanda y requerimientos de los participantes para renovar nuevas competencias sea en el campo académico o laboral. La Institución de Educación Superior (IES), considerada en la investigación, fue la Universidad Técnica de Ambato (UTA), que por medio de la Dirección de Educación Continua a Distancia y Virtual (DEaDV), lidera el proceso de formación continua universitaria. La entidad ha ejecutado un total de 190 cursos con 9276 personas capacitadas; y el registro año 2019 con 46 cursos y 1778 participantes (estudiantes, docentes, personal administrativo y de servicio) de la universidad, organizaciones públicas, privadas y público en general (DEaDV, 2020). Estos datos revelan el crecimiento e importancia del proceso formativo continuo que se ha venido ejecutando. This article presents continuing education as a fundamental and efficient resource of the university curriculum, being its most innovative mechanism the use of Information and Communication Technologies in all study modalities, methodologies and / or teaching-learning processes. This study aims to analyze continuing education as an integrating axis of the competences in the university curriculum and to disseminate official results of the process. To this end, a conceptual analysis and a quantitative descriptive analysis with a longitudinal non-experimental design were conducted. We collected data from a Higher Education Institution from 2014 to 2019 with a total of 190 courses with 9276 people (specifically for last year 46 courses and 1559 participants were included). The results show an increase in the number of courses, hours and participants in the continuous training processes. Current trends in continuing education linked to ICT are identified; as well as requirements for other types of curricular programs. Finally, the analysis establishes the benefits of continuous education when it comes to updating, training and improving skills. Besides, this study also reports an increase in the offer of alternatives required by the participants to update their competencies, whether in academic or labor fields. The Institution of Higher Education (IES), considered in the research, was the Technical University of Ambato (UTA), which through the Directorate of Continuing Distance and Virtual Education (DEaDV), leads the process of continuous university education. The entity has executed a total of 190 courses with 9276 people trained; and the year 2019 registration with 46 courses and 1778 participants (students, teachers, administrative and service staff) of the university, public, private and general public organizations (DEaDV, 2020). These data reveal the growth and importance of the continuous training process that has been running.

scholarly journals Information Technologies in the Space of Educational Practices

2021 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 03003
Author(s):  
Maryna Stryhul ◽  
Olena Khomeriki ◽  
Marianna Khomeriki ◽  
Nataliia Polovaia ◽  
Nelia Hryshchenko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Information Culture ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Education Today ◽  
Human Desire ◽  
The University ◽  
Special Studies

The article solves a scientific problem, the essence of which is the contradiction between the need to clarify the peculiarities of implementation of information and communication technologies in institutions of higher education of the technical profile and a certain deficit of special studies that would allow to meet this need. The situation is formulated in accordance with which in the sphere of social and cultural relations the preconditions for the use of Internet technologies are formed, but the managerial and directly educational levels of activity for the university are more promising «conservative» position, aimed at the phased and integration of these technologies in parallel processes of modernization higher education associated with the preservation of the quality of education, financial success of universities, etc. The modification of the network structure of education takes on special significance in connection with the emergence of new forms of social communication, including the innovative network learning, which becomes a social and communicative alternative to traditional education. Today, interpersonal communication, which is the sphere of the connection of new types and forms of communication without human being in the real environment, is determined precisely by the information culture of a person, which explains the human desire to learn in the new world on the basis of the use of information and computer technologies.

scholarly journals PRO ET CONTRA. LECTURERS OF TOMSK AND TYUMEN UNIVERSITIES ON THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THEIR PROFESSION

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 77-89
Author(s):  
M. V. Gribovskiy ◽  
◽  
A. N. Sorokin ◽  
G. Z. Efimova ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
State University ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
Depth Interviews

This article discusses the results of a field study conducted in 2019 at Tomsk State University (TSU) and Tyumen State University (TyumSU). The purpose of the study is to investigate the motivations behind educators’ choice of their profession and the aspects they say as its advantages and disadvantages. Methodologically, the study is based on 43 in-depth interviews with lecturers of TSU and TyumSU. These universities are located in Siberian cities and are among the group of the leading higher education institutions in Russia. The study shows that the lecturers associate the benefits of work at the university with the opportunities provided by the ‘5-100 Project’ to attain the world standards; good working conditions; prestige of work at a reputable university; stability of university employment; feeling of belonging to the academic; and so on. Most educators are dissatisfied with such aspects of university work as bureaucratization; redundancies; short-term contracts; the lack of transparency and inefficiency in funds distribution; and irregular working hours. We found that despite some divergence of views, the faculty of the TSU and TyumSU share a lot of opinions on the advantages and disadvantages of university work. Thus, the cases of the two Siberian universities provide us with the insights into a larger picture of the Russian system of higher education. These findings can be useful for HR services of universities for recruiting and retaining personnel.

scholarly journals Online Assessments: Their Importance in Higher Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 308-316
Author(s):  
G. D. D. T. Karunarathne ◽  
L. Wijewardene
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Online Assessment ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Online Assessments ◽  
Information And Communication

The main purpose of this review article is to deliberate on online assessments, the advantages and disadvantages of e-assessments, and their importance in the higher education sector, in the post-COVID era. Online assessments are the collection of tasks that are made by educational instructors in order to evaluate student performance, using Information and Communication Technologies. There are different types of techniques to conduct e-assessments, which result in different rewards and shortcomings. However, this article delivers the strategies that can be used to eliminate the downsides of online assessment.

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