Faculty Members of the Department of Information Technologies Successfully Completed Internal Training on Digital Course Development within the DigiUni Project
Academic staff of the Department of Information Technologies at Sumy State University have successfully completed the professional development program “Designing and Teaching Online Courses for the DigiUni Project” and joined the next stage of the international project Digital University – Open Ukrainian Initiative (DigiUni), which focuses on the development of innovative digital educational courses.
The Department of Information Technologies actively participated in the project aimed at creating digital courses using innovative educational technologies. The internal training program involved Viktoriia ANTYPENKO, PhD in Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Information Technologies; Iryna BARANOVA, PhD in Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Information Technologies; Olha BOIKO, PhD in Technical Sciences, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Information Technologies; Nataliia FEDOTOVA, PhD in Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Information Technologies; Volodymyr NAHORNYI, PhD in Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Information Technologies; and Yuliia PARFENENKO, PhD in Technical Sciences, Associate Professor, Deputy Head of the Department for Research, Associate Professor of the Department of Information Technologies.
The training program was designed to enhance the digital competencies of academic staff and prepare them for the creation of modern educational content that meets European standards. Participants mastered the principles of online course design, contemporary active learning methodologies, gamification and microlearning tools, and gained practical experience working with the DigiPlatform digital environment.
The training was delivered by Yurii ZUBAN, Director of the E-Learning Technologies Center; Oksana SHOVKOPLYAS, Head of the Department of Computer Science; and Anna NENIA, Head of the Department of Information Technologies.
Successful completion of the program marks an important step in preparing faculty members to develop modern digital educational products. Currently, representatives of the Department of Information Technologies are working on the creation of courses that will be presented on the national digital educational platform within the DigiUni project as well as on Sumy State University’s open educational platform, Examenarium.
We congratulate our colleagues on successfully completing the program and wish them inspiration and further achievements in advancing digital education.
