Innovative elements in distance learning in a multicultural environment

Keywords: distance learning, ICT in education, innovative educational strategies, multicultural space, Moodle.

Abstract

Scientific and technological innovations in education actually complete the process of establishing distance learning as an independent educational format. Information and digital cluster forms specific educational components in different socio-cultural dimensions, one of which is multiculturalism. Scientific exploration aims to analyze the dynamics of the implementation of scientific and technological innovations in the multicultural educational environment through the actualization of distance learning. The objectives are to investigate the transformation of educational strategies of multicultural space, which are updated online thanks to the ICT-potential. The article uses general scientific, pedagogical, culturological, and philosophical methods of research. We see a characteristic feature of the study as methodological activity in the dynamics of the rapid socio-cultural development of modern education. Consequently, modern sociocultural space is characterized by diversity, which dictates education its development prospects, which are provided by scientific innovations and advanced technologies. Prospective areas of research are the direction of innovative dimensions to overcome the negative manifestations of distance learning and taking into account the multicultural nature of the educational environment.

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Author Biographies

Svitlana Koda, Sumy Regional Institute of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education, Ukraine.

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Theory and Methodology of the Content of Education Faculty of advanced training and retraining Sumy Regional Institute of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education, Ukraine.

Dinara Turkpenova, Orenburg state university, Russian.

Graduate student, Master of humanities Orenburg state university, Russian.

Svitlana Kyrylenko, Institute of Modernization of the Content of Education, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Head of the department of innovative activity and research and experimental work State Scientific Institution "Institute of Modernization of the Content of Education", Kyiv, Ukraine.

Valentyna Malyk, Vinnytsia National Agrarian University, Vinnytsia, Ukraine.

Postgraduate student, Teacher of the English language Department of Ukrainian and foreign languages Vinnytsia National Agrarian University, Vinnytsia, Ukraine.

Alla Lukіianchuk, Bila Tserkva Institute of Continuing Professional Education, Ukraine.

Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor Department of Pedagogy, Psychology and Management The Bila Tserkva Institute of Continuing Professional Education, Ukraine.

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Published
2022-10-18
How to Cite
Koda, S., Turkpenova, D., Kyrylenko, S., Malyk, V., & LukіianchukA. (2022). Innovative elements in distance learning in a multicultural environment. Amazonia Investiga, 11(56), 232-239. https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2022.56.08.23
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