Modern children from an early age are actively involved in a variety of information processes that emotionally and aesthetically affect their upbringing and development. Since childhood, the child is in a constantly functioning information space containing a lot of cartoons and animation resources, considering the content of which he, in his own way, analyzes the qualities and actions of his favorite hero. The main pleasure is given to him by cartoons that allow him to unobtrusively reveal important concepts for life, such as friendship and loyalty, mutual help and sympathy, good and evil, on the basis of which the formation of personal qualities of the child takes place. The article shows the results of the research reflecting the perception and satisfaction of junior schoolchildren with the content of modern cartoons, which allows us to acquire a certain understanding of what character traits and touches to the child’s self-portrait can condition “cartoons” from childhood. The purpose of the study was to identify the didactic influence of cartoons on the emotional state of children, to determine children’s understanding of the semantic content of the cartoon, since it is in this time period of childhood that the child’s personal qualities are formed from the outside. The study also reveals the possible diagnostic potential of animation, determining on the basis of individual preferences of the child: firstly, closely perceived images of heroes; secondly, children’s interests in animated stories; thirdly, characteristic touches of the psychological self-portrait of the modern child.
Keyword(s) : animation
Developing the Potential of Visualization Technologies in Hybrid Tuition
Research problem. The problem of the pedagogical technologies effectiveness for students’ distance
learning has grown more acute in the extreme period of the world pandemic lockdowns. The analysis
of the training quality and students’ estimations showed a decrease in the significance of vocational
and oriented texts; weak association between educational material and the reality of the profession;
vagueness of visual representation of study objects; misunderstanding of the processes studied;
reluctance to read the texts of methodological materials; misunderstanding of presentation graphics;
rapid fatigue and reduced concentration of attention in monologue lectures. The research focuses on
the experience of using the developing potential of imaging technologies in hybrid training.
Research aim: To analyze the experience of implementing various modern technologies for
visualizing the content of vocational and oriented educational disciplines in hybrid university
tuition; to identify and experimentally test the positive effects of the influence of visualization
technologies in hybrid tuition.
Research methods: Theoretical methods – the analysis of the developing potential of pedagogical
technologies for visualizing objects and processes in domestic and foreign universities. Experimental
methods included: case visualization; Flickr-illustration of presentations; static and dynamic
animation; video and qualimetric analysis. Empirical methods included; statistical analysis of the
students’ questionnaire results; learning products and the results of academic achievements. The
study involved 103 students on 2-3 undergraduate courses.
Conclusions and recommendations. The research provides conclusions about the significant
developing potential of pedagogical technologies of visualization in the educational process of
the university. The analysis of the educational results demonstrated the demand for visualization
technologies. Most assessments of academic achievements and the students’ own predictions
were above average. Case visualization as a variant of visualization technology provides a realistic
presentation of real-life situations. Flickr-illustration of presentations is based on advanced Internet
skills. The cooperative presentations by several students ensured the development of teamwork in a
geographically distributed remote format. The animated images and dynamism of the objects revived
lectures; reduced the fatigue; and the monotony of teachers’ and students’ distance meetings. This
method contributed to the concentration of attention and the development of students’ professional
intuition. It provides the ability to repeat and watch video recordings of laboratory at a convenient
time for detailed monitoring of the process under study. Thus, visualization technologies in the
modern digital version improve the quality of professional education both in full-time and in a
distance format of training in the universities.
Application: In the development of training courses on MOODLE platforms as well as other digital
higher education educational environments.