Open AccessPriority Fields of Teachers’ Professional Development in Terms of Open Education Worldwide
Author(s) -
Наталія Авшенюк
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
porìvnâlʹna profesìjna pedagogìka/comparative professional pedagogy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2353-9518
pISSN - 2308-4081
DOI - 10.1515/rpp-2016-0042
Subject(s) - connectivism , open educational resources , context (archaeology) , open education , professional development , information and communications technology , pedagogy , distance education , the internet , massive open online course , sociology , openness to experience , mathematics education , psychology , learning theory , computer science , world wide web , paleontology , social psychology , biology
The article is devoted to the problem of teachers’ professional development within the concept of “open educational resources”. The author analyzes the project “Massive Open Online Courses” (MOOC) as one of the modern achievements in the area of information and communication technology (ICT) for the development of adult education, namely teachers’ professional development in the context of globalization. It has been determined that MOOC is an innovative form of free distance learning, which is represented by full-fledged interactive training courses based on open access to the Internet for the simultaneous participation of a large number of people. Conceptual bases of creation and functioning MOOC, which are based on two key principles of the theory of learning organization - Cognitive behaviorism and Connectivism have been characterized. It has been found out that most of the discussions developed around the main implementation problems of MOOC are: the presence of two different types of MOOC; the role of the teacher in MOOC; participation of students in MOOC; understanding and use of “mass” in MOOC; tracking the border between openness of MOOC and control over their quality. The analysis of the contemporary MOOC platforms shows that the most popular pedagogical-oriented courses are: the development of students’ thinking; e-learning and digital culture; schools: history of school education, educational policy; how to become a developer of blended learning technologies as well as development of educational technologies