Integration of ICT into Education: Lessons Learnt at the State University of Zanzibar and the Midlands State University in Zimbabwe

The provision of education using ICT has been adopted by many institutions in Africa. The use of ICT is critical in knowledge-based societies such as those in Zanzibar and Zimbabwe. This study looks at how the Midlands State University (MSU) and State University of Zanzibar (SUZA) have adopted the use of ICT in many ways. ICTs do not work for everyone in the same way. It has become inevitable, in the current digital era for educators to integrate ICT in their teaching and gradually replace traditional teaching methods with modern ones which are ICT led. The main objective of this study is to find out challenges and opportunities of using ICT in education.

SPS-CTDI Dual-evaluation Model-oriented Nursing Undergraduate Gold Course Development and Implementation

Objective: When applying the ”golden lesson” concept to pediatric nursing teaching, under the condition that the two evaluation models support each other, study the application effect of the new teaching concept in the teaching process.Method: Two classes of nursing major of 2018 were used as the golden lesson group and the tradition group. The tradition group used traditional teaching methods, and the golden lesson group used the ”golden class” concept combined with the ”Internet +” platform for teaching. After the course, compare the two groups of students’ problem-solving scores and their theoretical and practical scores.Results: The problem-solving ability of the students in the golden lesson group was better than the tradition group in terms of ”negative problem orientation”, ”avoidance style” and ”impulsive/negligence style” [(8.75±1.32VS12.59±4.7) points, (11.14±2.4) VS13.86±2.36) points, (8.59±2.55VS10.53±2.03)] (P<0.05).Conclusion: This teaching mode conforms to the professional development characteristics of nursing students, helps to improve students’ problem-solving ability and strengthens their thinking, but it also puts forward more requirements on teachers’ teaching and practical experience.

Auxiliary Teaching of Badminton Basic Movements Based on Wireless Network Communication and Kinect

Badminton is a sport with relatively delicate and complicated technical movements, which is widely welcomed in China. In order to study the specific impact of the sports game teaching method and traditional teaching method on the three aspects of the badminton learning technology mastery level, interest level, and subjective experience, with the reference of the wireless network to the students and Kinect on the students, in a three-month group teaching of students without foundation in a medical school in this city, the badminton action is broken down and the doubling of the badminton action is detected by WiFi and Kinect, to compare the traditional pedagogy and the method with this paper before and the lesson and to draw out conclusions. The results of the study found that badminton-assisted teaching based on wireless network communication and Kinect can achieve good results. The learning efficiency of students is significantly higher than that of traditional teaching methods, and badminton teaching based on wireless network communication and Kinect can effectively improve students’ interest in learning, 24% higher than the traditional method. This shows that wireless network communication and Kinect technology can play an important role in badminton teaching.

Using Gamification to Improve Literacy Skills

Students in the 21st century are learning by doing and playing. Teachers need to incorporate technology into everyday tasks. Games assist students in the learning process. Once students have learned a task through the playing process, they will remember this much easier and longer than simply doing a worksheet. Research shows students enjoy interactive and engaging activities and will choose these types of activities over pencil and paper types of activities. Teachers must prepare students for the future which involves more critical thinking and technological types of skills. Traditional teaching methods and styles have underused technology tools and pedagogical methods. The 2020 Covid pandemic and remote learning delivery style assisted teachers in developing new tools and methods to reach and teach all students with various and diverse needs.

Game-Based Learning in Higher Education

The technological developments and innovations have thrown open many challenges in the field of higher education. We are growing up in a society of digital natives who are exposed to the digital environment from their birth. Of late, the focus has shifted from traditional teaching methods to finding innovative ways and means to engage the students. Competence building instead of rote learning is the need of the hour. In order to prepare the students to face the challenges of the real world and make them future ready, it is important for higher educational institutions to focus on imparting to learners 21st century skill sets such as creativity, problem solving, and critical thinking, amongst others. Game-based learning is gaining momentum and is becoming a popular pedagogical tool as it is learner-centric and fosters creativity.

Game On!

Today, there is growing interest in digital game-based learning (DGBL) due to the increase in the variety of educational and commercial games available. Literature indicates that video games in general have entertaining, motivational, and educational benefits. Despite this, there is a lack of research comparing game types to assess their value for learning. Typically, DGBL approach may include a variety of game types, like those designed for educational purposes such as digital education games (DEGs), as well as those created for entertainment and commercial reasons, such as massively multiplayer online games (MMOs). Digital games do possess a significantly high capacity to keep users engaged, which is a potential that can be used to motivate learners to interact more deeply with their learning environments, and consequently enhance their performances. This study supports the hypothesis that both DEGs and MMOs can be instrumental in improving engagement and learning versus traditional teaching methods. The article shares the results of the mixed methods study that examined the use of one DEG and four MMOs in undergraduate courses within a community college. The results suggest that learner performance and engagement are enhanced when using DGBL for both types of games, versus the traditional teaching methods. Additionally, practitioner and future research implications are also discussed.

Czy protreptyk wart jest przywrócenia w edukacji szkolnej?

This article is based on a study by Mason Marshall Reading Plato’s Dialogues to Enhance Learning and Inquiry. Exploring Socrates’ Use of Protreptic for Student Engagement. The author makes, inter alia, analyses of the Plato’s dialogue Euthyphro and emphasizes the ways of promoting and encouraging Socrates used for self-evaluation and conscious reflection in the interlocutor. By focusing his work on Socrates’ use of protreptic, Marshall proposes a practical approach to reading Plato, illustrating how his writings can be used to enhance intrinsic motivation amongst students and help them develop the thinking skills required for democratic and civic engagement. The article shows how to practically apply a protreptic in didactics; it also points to the work of Ole Fogh Kirkeby who writes about similar matters and justifies the use of traditional teaching methods in a modern school.

The educational possibilities of augmented and virtual reality technologies

The article reveals the role and place of augmented and virtual reality technologies in classroom and extracurricular activities. Despite the fact that, as educational practice shows, these technologies have a number of advantages over traditional teaching methods, there are a number of problems of their effective implementation in the educational process. In particular, many teachers experience difficulties in using AR technologies in their professional activities, associated with determining their place and role in the specific circumstances of the educational process. The aim of the work is to study the possibilities of using augmented and virtual reality technologies as an innovative technology for organizing the educational process in real school practice. The text discusses various approaches to the implementation of these technologies in the educational space of the school, technological and methodological features of their development within the school informatics course, gives a comparative description of programs and applications for creating augmented reality, presents the development of some elements of augmented reality and reveals the methodological features of their use in lessons and extracurricular activities. As a result of the study, it became possible to consider AR/VR-technologies as an integral part of school educational tools.

Drawing and Painting for Future Graphic Designers in the Conditions of Distance Learning

Strict quarantine restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic have significantly changed the social reality. The pandemic has become a catalyst for a significant number of processes that have affected all areas of human activity, including education. The learning process in the extreme mode was transferred into a distance format, which, on the one hand, was a better solution than its termination. On the other hand, a sharp change in the format of education has particularly affected practice-oriented and creative disciplines. The advantages and disadvantages of this approach are considered in this article on the example of the discipline "Drawing and Painting", by observing the results of its teaching in the online format. The purpose of the study is to identify ways to adapt the methodology of teaching the discipline "Drawing and Painting" to the conditions of quarantine, to identify opportunities for new educational and communication online platforms in the art process, while not losing the classic tradition of mastering the basics of visual literacy. When students have direct contact with the teacher. Research methodology. The author, based on their own practical experience of a professional artist, analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of online learning and determines the direction of solving problems identified in the implementation of the discipline program “Drawing and Painting” in a distance format. The scientific novelty of research lies in the following aspects: expansion of ideas about the peculiarities of teaching art disciplines in the extreme mode of the pandemic, identifying the specifics of transferring traditional teaching methods to distance learning platforms, new structuring of the curriculum "Drawing and Painting". Conclusions. It is proved that distance technologies cannot replace all other methods and types of teaching in the discipline "Drawing and Painting" and should be considered only as an effective addition to traditional methods. We conclude that the main part of practical classes, where an important task is the formation of students’ motivation, professional values and independent non-stereotypical thinking, cannot be carried out without live communication between teacher and student.

EMPLOYING THE MATERIALS OF MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD FOR MASTERING VOCATIONAL VOCABULARY BY STUDENTS OF THE FACULTY OF THEORY AND HISTORY OF ART

Involving exhibits of the world-famous museums in studying professional vocabulary at the lessons of foreign language for art critics. This article researches the process of modernizing traditional teaching methods and teaching methodology in the current situation of changes in education system of Ukraine and new laws and reforms, issued recently. Due to the fact, that Ukraine have been integrating into European society, alterations involve evaluation and main principles of teaching in the universities of Ukraine. One of them is targeting at studying vocational vocabulary rather than general English. This generates the need for researching and finding the new ways for teaching the students of a certain faculty and certain specialization. In order to make lessons of foreign language contemporary and increase their effectiveness and studying results, the general ways of teaching should be adapted for the students of different professions. The particularities of the profession must be taken into consideration and the chain of new exercises must be developed. This will lead to the increase of motivation and will make studying process more various and topical. The article contributes in the developing of teaching methods for the students of art critic faculty. It is based on the practical work and practical study. The ideas, given in the article, have been put into practice, developed and improved during the practical lessons. One of the fundamental differences between professional direction and teaching general English is involving real professional situations in studying process. The novelty of the article is in the fact that as the profession of art criticism is quite rare, so far very little information could have been be found and very little research has been made. Practical exercises, considered in the article, involve the work with exhibits of the most prominent world museums and galleries. These ideas are based on the fact that a museum should be an expected place of work for the future art critic. Painting analysis is the most important skill, which should be acquired while studying. Direct work with the texts, attached to museum exhibits has been suggested, analysis of the rare exhibits from private collections has been offered in the article. Exercises, involving various types of memorizing material and developing such language skills as speaking, listening, information proceeding have been researched.