ABSTRACT
The global pandemic and subsequent quarantine measures and restrictions have posed an array of challenges to the structure and procedure of higher education workflow, which influenced significantly the scope of individual experiences, projected outcomes and estimated quality of higher education in countries across the world. This study focus is the in-depth assessment of the progress in individual digital and hybrid learning experiences by students of different tiers (Bachelor's level, Master's level, Graduate school level) in Oriental (Mandarin Chinese, Japanese) and European (French, Italian, Spanish, English) Languages university level programs at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University of Ukraine through the span of educational activities in the time-frame of COVID-19 quarantine measures of March 2020 to November 2021. The comparative survey benchmarking and analysis of different e-learning dimensions is used to assess the progress and challenges of individual quality and efficiency of translation of the real life Foreign Languages Acquisition practices into digital and hybrid format, involving activation of interoperable skills and cross-sectorial activities, facilitated by digital tools. Two consecutive online surveys of over 500 students of Oriental and European Languages programs provide for disclosure of progressive dynamics of student satisfaction with digitalized foreign languages education, assessment of systematized individual experiences and changes in quality estimation of e-learning and hybrid learning in the framework of COVID-19 lockdown through the years 2020-2021;assessment of changes in individual experiences and quality of e-learning and hybrid learning in the framework of COVID-19 lockdown as compared to traditional, face-to-face learning formats for foreign languages;individual quality assessment of learning process design, dynamic development of programmed learning outcomes and projected competences for university programs of Oriental and European languages in the framework of 2020-2021 quarantine measures. Copyright 2022. © by the International Institute of Informatics and Systemics. All rights reserved.
ABSTRACT
The global pandemic and subsequent quarantine measures have posed an array of challenges to the complex comprehensive structures and procedures of higher education workflow, which influenced significantly the scope of individual experiences, projected outcomes, and estimated quality of higher education in countries across the world. This study focus is the in-depth assessment of individual perceptions and experiences of complex models of digital distance and blended learning by students of different tiers (Bachelor's level, Master's level, Graduate school level) in European and Oriental Languages university programs in regions of Ukraine through the span of educational activities in the time-frame of COVID-19 quarantine measures of March 2020 to January 2021. The survey is used to assess the parameters and challenges of individual quality and efficiency of translation of the complex system of real-life Foreign Languages Acquisition practices into the digital format, involving activation of interdisciplinary skills and cross-sectorial activities, implemented by ICT tools. The online survey of 14 universities in regional centres of Ukraine provides for disclosure of student comprehensive assessment of the complex framework of digitalized foreign languages education, systematized individual experiences, and quality estimation of e-learning and hybrid learning in the framework of COVID-19 lockdown.
ABSTRACT
The workflow of the university summative assessment process was significantly disrupted in the year 2020 by the global pandemic and quarantine measures. Qualification assessment for university Foreign Languages programs, as a complex framework procedure (exams, final project presentation, review, appeal), was fully transformed into the digital format. The study discloses the context and models of the transformation of complex skillsets, necessary for the COVID-19 emergency education measures. The study is based on the identification of various complex competency principles, derivative of 21st-century skills for university education stakeholders, and projected digital literacy requirements. Correspondence between the 21st-century skills framework, Competences 2020 framework, and Global Skills 2025 framework is estimated through the revised Bloom's taxonomy of educational goals. The study objective is to analyse the case of complex skills application for Digital Final Qualification Assessment at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, Ukraine (European and Oriental Languages programs), conducted in the timeframe of the first-wave 2020 quarantine. The inquiry results disclose and measure the efficiency of complex soft skills and corresponding digital skills, necessary for a successful Final qualification assessment procedure.