Applying QR Codes in Facilitating Mathematics and Informatics Education
Lilla Koreňová · International Journal of Research in E-learning · 2018
In this volume of the International Journal of Research in E-learning, authors from different countries are trying to answer the following question: what should be the university / school of the 21 st century?Among other things, it should be open to innovation -not only in the world of technology, but also in relation to teaching and learning processes.Personalisation of teaching / learning should take place -a student is in the centre of the university / school of the 21 st century.Another desirable feature is highly qualified staff, open and prepared for lifelong learning.One of the pillars of preparing new generation specialists should be STEM education, internationalisation of higher education, and mobility.The present volume includes seven articles gathered in three chapters.Chapter I -"Evolution of Innovative Educational Environment and Development of Digital STEM Competences" -includes four articles.At the beginning of this chapter, Nataliia Morze, Oksana Strutynska, and Mariia Umryk -Ukrainian experienced authors -present the article "Implementation of Robotics as a Modern Trend in STEM Education."They state that the world revolves around innovations: new ideas, new products, new solutions to existing problems.Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are the foundation for innovation.The development of STEM-directions in education is crucial for the development of modern society.The paper discusses implementation of STEM education in the learning process of educational institutions.The authors analyse the development of STEM education in Ukraine, determine the level of readiness of educators for understanding the principles of STEM education, and substantiate the need for introducing robotics into the educational process as a modern and important trend in STEM education.The concept of educational robotics is discussed.This makes it possible to identify the technical inclinations of students (at an early stage) and development of these inclinations, as well as formation of STEM competency in general.The study focuses on the interdisciplinary aspect of STEM education, in particular on the implementation of interdisciplinary links between STEM subjects and robotics in the conduction process of research and training projects.The authors provide examples of the implementation of robotics in the educational process based on the use of a project method.The article also delineates the project for the creation of the Juno Rover robot based on the Arduino robotic platform in DOI ./IJREL. . . .International Journal of Research in E-learning Vol. ( ), , pp.should provide a single style of design and identical compositions of components; for example, image of the same type of information should be in the form of identical elements of "SmartArt."The second article, "The Role of Ecological Education and IT Education in Promoting Sustainable Development of a Human Being," has been elaborated by Natalia Maria Ruman from Poland.She argues that we live in times dominated by the media, which have an impact on virtually every sphere of our lives.Nowadays, it is difficult to imagine school education without the use of modern technologies such as computers or the Internet.In the context of the ecological crisis and a number of threats associated with it which are brought by contemporary civilisation -including those of conformism or materialism -it is necessary to present a series of actions taken in education to help children and their parents oppose contemporary threats.The Internet today is becoming a good tool for exploiting information.Ruman's article contains theoretical considerations on the important problems of modern civilisation and human education, namely issues related to ecology, the use of modern technologies, and communication.It focuses the reader's attention on important values in education for sustainable development.Chapter III -"Reports" -contains the paper "A Report from the International Scientific Conference DLCC2018, 15-16 October 2018, Poland" elaborated by Eugenia Smyrnova-Trybulska, devoted to the 10 th edition of the International Scientific Conference DLCC2018: Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Distance Learning (www.dlcc.us.edu.pl).The conference was held under the theme "E-learning and smart learning environment for preparing the specialists of new generation" and included reports from the IRNet project.The conference was held on 15-16 October 2018 in Wisła.It was organised by the Faculty of Ethnology and Educational Science at the University of Silesia in Cieszyn with cooperation of ten other universities and organisations.More than 90 researchers from 10 countries and from more than 20 universities participated in this conference.It is worth noting that the conference favours exchange of experiences, strengthening international cooperation, common problem solving, implementing innovative methodologies, and creating global educational space.During the conference numerous themes were discussed, such as: further directions in international cooperation, new common scientific and didactic projects, internationalisation development in the conditions of digitalisation and globalisation.More information concerning the event can be found on the website www.dlcc.us.