Ukrainian Distance Learning System
The Institute of Continuing Education at Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University
International Research and Training Center UNESCO/IIP of Information Technologies and Systems
Virtual & Distant Learning Laboratory, Kharkov State Technical University of Radio-electronics
“The dawn of the twenty-first century is accompanied by a digital revolution and economic globalization in the new economy. We are moving towards a global knowledge society where information, skills and competencies become the driving force of social and economic development. How can we transform the huge flow of information going through us into knowledge, how can we select what will be necessary in future?
Ukrainian Distance Learning System (UDL System) offers you to become a member of the virtual learning environment, which applies multimedia distance learning technologies and methods for knowledge transfer, growing and assessment. The art of knowledge management is the necessary element of competitiveness and development”, - Ihor B. Katernyak, UDL System Manager.
Address: 57, V. Chornovil Avenue, Lviv, 79601, Ukraine,
Phone: (380322) 522-681
Fax: (380322) 524-463
URL: http://www.udl.org.ua/
E-mail: UDLSystem@udl.org.ua
The Institute of Continuing Education at Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University
The Institute of Continuing Education was founded within the University in 1949. Its main tasks are to provide the second higher education in the fields that the University is licensed by government to give and to improve qualification of specialists in various profession lines.
The Institute trains specialists in following fields
accountancy and audit
finances and credit
economic of enterprises
international economics
industrial management
international economic relations
international law
law
statistics
psychology
social pedagogic
journalism.
A candidate is given an Institute admission depending on a result of an interview. The study is conducted on an extra-mural basis. The term of studies varies from two to three years depending on the chosen field.
As a step forward distance learning education Institute started study material distribution in electronic form via floppy, CD, local net.
Address : 36 Vasylkivska Street, Kyiv, 03022
Phone : +380 44 263 71 22, +380 44 263 01 84
Fax : +38 (044) 263-71-32
E-Mail : ipe@ipe.univ.kiev.ua, admin@ipe.univ.kiev.ua
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International Research and Training Center UNESCO/IIP of Information Technologies and Systems
International Research and Training Center UNESCO/IIP was created in 1986 on the base of the Department for Dialogue and Education systems of Glushkov Institute of Cybernetic which had been making research in the field of computer education since the late 1960s. Right from the start the Center maintained international cooperation with foreign specialists and UNESCO which enabled it to test original computer technologies of education in many countries of the world. The experience amassed by the Center gives grounds to speak about creation of the Ukrainian school of computer education. In 1992 the Center was granted with the status of the International Research and Training Center UNESCO/IIP (Inter-governmental Informatics Program).
Center participates in some international projects, supported by UNESCO, DG XIII of EC, ELSNET, The Eurasia Foundation (USA), British Council. Center demonstrates a good example of international support for its infrastructure development. Starting in 1995 Copernicus 1445 Project with several standing along PC. s and e-mail access the IRTC organized Computer-based Didactic Lab with heterogeneous LAN containing Digital Internet Alpha Server, NT-server and full Internet available on each working places equipped mostly with IBM PC 486.
Next level of infrastructure development will be achieved within the work financed by French National Commission of UNESCO, French Ministry of National Education and Participation Program of UNESCO. This project will be devoted to creating multimedia telematic-based didactic laboratory at the IRTC with links to the leading French and European educational centers. At the and of 1996 IRTC became to work as Educational Resource Center of STACCIS Project financed by DGXIII of CEC and UNESCO.
In the end of 1996 the first Distant Learning Project in Ukraine was carried out: a distant learning of a DORI ("Distant Teaching to Work with Internet" in Russian language). The course was intended to train users main Internet services and was offered to public at free basis. The development and dissemination of the course was sponsored by the Eurasia Foundation and UNESCO - EU SU 1116 STACCIS Project. Prehistory of DORI project was as follows. In 1995 a group of scientists and educators from the Twente University (the Netherlands), the University of Exeter (UK), UNESCO International Research and Training Center at Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics (Ukraine), Kaunas Institute of Technology (Lithuania) and University of Sofia (Bulgaria) joined their efforts in the "Flexible and Distance Learning through Telematics Network: a Case for Teaching English and Communication and Information Technologies" Project financed by DGXIII of CEC as Copernicus 1445 Project.
Major results of this massive experiment were as follows:
Despite all negative factors, the Ukrainian people are ready to learn and work in the telematics informational environment.
Many Ukrainian teachers are very interested to use a telematics-based distant courses in their work.
During their studying distant students receive open, easy and simple access to distributed learning resources, tutors and experts in the field.
Two distant courses have been developed within Copernicus 1445 Project. The IRTC distant students can work in 1997, with the following WWW-based courses:
Interactive "Communication and Information Technologies" distant course with knowledge assessment (Technological module);
"How to Develop Your Own Distant Course" Distant Course (Applied module for teachers).
Address: Prospect Acad.Glushkova.40, Kiev 252187, Ukraine.
URL: http://www.dlab.kiev.ua/
Contact person - Dr. Svetlana Kudrjavtseva, Head of Dialog and Tutoring Systems Department .
E-mail: sveta@tel.dlab.kiev.ua
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Virtual & Distant Learning Laboratory, Kharkov State Technical University of Radio-electronics
Since January 1998 the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Information Systems of the University is doing research in the domain of distance education. General objective of this work is to develop the possibilities for implementation and development of distance education activities, especially Virtual University, in the Kharkov State Technical University of Radioelectronics (KhTURE). This includes the development of both methodology and technology for distance education as well as networking with other Ukrainian higher education institutions and organizations from EU-countries. Also one of the main goals is to train appropriate staff for working in the Distance Education Center.
KhTURE is one of the main universities educating specialists for the Information Society Program of the Ukraine. It consists of the Institute of Computer and Information Technologies and the Institute of Radio and Electronics. The University educates students on 25 specialties and gives more than 1000 diplomas to high quality specialists each year.
The curriculum includes courses related to distance education, information systems, Internet, virtual reality, intelligent agents, computer supported co-operative work, Web-design and others. The new specialty has partners from the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, University of Jyvaskyla and exchange agreement. There is going-on academic exchange between KhTURE and University of Jyvaskyla partly supported by the scholarships' programs of CIMO (Center for International Mobility, Academy of Finland) and COMAS (Graduate School in Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla).
The main result of the AIIS department activity in distance learning is development of the project for the Ministry of Education of Ukraine and creation of initiative Distant & Virtual Learning Laboratory (DVL Lab.).
The basic activities within the framework of laboratory are the following:
Development of new methods and techniques of distance learning on the basis of new information technologies;
Development of experimental electronic courses;
Creation of electronic libraries and funds of the electronic educational literature;
Designing and development of the software for distance learning systems;
Designing of web-pages for distance learning systems;
Realization of experimental sessions of distance learning;
Support of international activity in distance learning and information systems.
Address : app.165-4, Lenina av. 14, KhTURE, Kharkov, 310166, UKRAINE
Phone: +380 (572) 409 438
Fax : +380 (572) 409 113
URL: http://www.kture.kharkov.ua/VDLL.htm
E-Mail : VDLL@kture.kharkov.ua
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