THE USE OF BLENDED LEARNING METHODS IN A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION
Keywords:
Higher Education Institution, information and communication technologies, e-Learning, Distance Learning, Mixed Learning, Online Learning, educational processAbstract
The article establishes the theoretical principles of improving the quality of higher pedagogical education by means of information and communication technologies in the conditions of European integration and the necessity of forming the digital competence of future professionals in a Higher Education Institution.
The methodological principles of the application of the model of mixed learning are defined: complexity, scientific strategy, consistency, fundamentalism, nonlinearity, unity of social and individual professional, link between theoretical knowledge and practice, reflexive creativity. It is proved that the process of Blended Learning involves taking into account a number of general didactic principles: awareness, activity and independence of students, scientific approach and accessibility of the content of education, adaptability, mobility, visibility, systematic approach and consistency of learning, stimulation and motivation, taking into account the individual characteristics of students, interactivity, openness of the educational process, emotionality of learning and its connection with life, etc.
The article describes the experience of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University in using the method of Blended Learning while teaching students. It highlights the main directions of activities of University scientists in the framework of the international project of the EU program Erasmus+ KA2 "Modernization of Pedagogical Higher Education by Innovative Teaching Instruments (MoPED)" (№586098-EPP- 1-2017-1-UA-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP) on
the introduction of innovative technologies in the conditions of the reformation of the education system in Ukraine.
