This study aims to address the challenge of identifying the potential of the universities’ digital environment in relation to increasing the level of international students’ engagement in the educational process. The assessment of the existing experience of using digital tools in teaching is presented, and the difficulties of their use in teaching are revealed. The authors identify the possibilities of universities for digitalization, as well as the potential of improving the digital environment of the university to increase the involvement of foreign students in the learning process. According to the results of the study, the main aspects of digital transformation have been determined to increase the involvement of students in the educational process, such as improving the quality and accessibility of multimedia and visual content, including creative tasks in digital resources, using various services, improving online communication interaction, and using simulation computer environments.
Author : Inna Golovanova
Immersive Approaches in Teacher Students Training
The modern educational environment of the university is at the stage of active development of digital solutions to improve the learning process of students. The article discusses the possibilities of using virtual reality technology in the preparation of a future teacher. The approaches to the development of a project for the creation of a simulation simulator for the development of conflictological competence of students of pedagogical specialties, designed for training in immersive environments, are presented. The importance of using situational and constructivist learning in virtual reality is shown. The substantiation is given for the selected set of situational cases, the solution of which is possible in a virtual environment and will allow the future teacher to determine his behavior in pre-conflict and conflict situations with the aim of constructively resolving them or preventing them. The components of conflictological competence are described and an approach to assessing the effectiveness of its development is presented.