DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL-COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCY OF HIGHER INSTITUTIONS’ FUTURE INSTRUCTORS BY MEANS OF WEB-ORIENTED TECHNOLOGIES

• Main Authors: Nataliia P. Volkova, Lidiia S. Verchenko
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Information Technologies and Learning Tools 2019-04-01
• Series: Інформаційні технології і засоби навчання
• Subjects: соціально-комунікативна компетентність; майбутній викладач вишу; веб-орієнтовані технології; сервіс LearningApps.org
• Online Access: https://journal.iitta.gov.ua/index.php/itlt/article/view/2374

The article discusses the issues of social-communicative competency development of higher institutions’ future instructors by means of web-oriented technologies. It presents the analysis of different scientific approaches to the organization of social-communicative training of higher institutions’ future instructors. The authors state that among the means of the above-mentioned competency development scientists distinguish information and communication technologies, particularly web-oriented, as carrying a significant didactic and communicative potential. Special focus is put on the essence of the social-communicative competency of higher institutions’ future instructors and on its structure (motivational and axiological component, cognitive, operational-pragmatist, personal components). The experience of LearningApps.org service, e-mail, and social networks’ application to the process of higher institutions future instructors’ social-communicative competency development is explained. The article gives examples of the LearningApps.org service’s implementation into real learning scenarios as a constructor for creating interactive multimedia exercises based on a variety of templates. The application of interactive exercises provides an opportunity to intensify cognitive motivation of master students, involve them in solving the discussed problems, develop communicative skills and reflection; gives a more flexible control of the acquired knowledge and skills. The example of the e-mail usage as a tool to implement a long-term project aimed at establishing professionally directed contacts with future teachers of higher educational institutions and psychologists who study at universities in Poland is provided. The peculiarities of the project work organization in social network environment, aimed at developing teamwork skills, information and communication skills for solving professional and social problems are revealed. The article underlines the expediency of extra-curricular activities (Skype workshops, webinars, etc.) for the development of spoken and interactive skills, as well as social intelligence of master students.