Technology-enhanced learning

The domain of Technology Enhanced Learning is represented by distant learning mostly. Distant learning is a response to the need of well-educated and skilled professionals in virtually all thinkable disciplines. R&D is presented by research in new educational methods that utilize the new facilities of Internet, creation of web frameworks for courses development and deployment of educational centers. Since the approach to education is based on the traditions of the Soviet education the products and approaches to the distant learning are mostly original compared to EU, which results in a large number of unique developments and little penetration of foreign educational methods and tools.

There is a critical mass of lectures and researchers in Armenian Universities interested in development of e-learning environments especially user-oriented adaptive learning and testing systems, as well as the systems to support virtual laboratory experiments. E-courses in Biology, Chemistry, Ecology, Physics, Informatics and Armenian History in native language are developed and embedded in Distance Learning Systems (WebCT, E-learning Server 3000) as well. Virtual environments VirtChemLab and VirtBioLab are developed for organic and inorganic Chemistry and Biology laboratory research. About 50 traditional laboratory experiments of Chemistry and Biology are supported in these systems. These e-learning resources are widely used in secondary schools of Armenia. As the learning environments for future the embedded systems are considered to provide high level of robustness and safety.

It is supposed to initiate projects for the design of the future classroom, where the e-learning systems and appropriate pedagogical practice will be embedded in educational process. The e-learning courses will be developed via Learning Objects accepted in Web Ontology’s.

Distinguished R&D teams:

1. Yerevan State University: Samvel Shoukourian, or Anna Hovakimyan

2. Russian-Armenian University: Vladimir Egiazaryan or Siranush Sargsyan

3. State Engineering University of Armenia: Gevorg Margarov

Electronic learning is one of the key priorities of cooperation between EU and Ukraine included into EU-Ukraine Association Agenda. Since the developments of “e-learning” and digital libraries are among the EU FP7-ICT priorities, they are prospective areas for further collaboration between EU and Ukrainian organizations. Additionally, the development of the National Grid infrastructure increases the possibilities of the Ukrainian universities to collaborate with the EU
Until now the most developed area of ICT collaboration between European and Ukrainian Universities is the development of e-learning applications and other ICT techniques used in Education. There are a great number of Ukrainian universities with a long tradition in the development of e-learning applications. The leading organizations in this research area:
National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute” engaged into improving e-Learning and development of training programmes on European integration for Ukrainian administrative officers.

Faculty of Computer Sciences National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy developed a computer multimedia resource centre. The Academy also produces its own e-Learning tools and has implemented Ukrainian language courses for the European learning platforms Moodle and Ilias.

Other Ukrainian organizations recognized in eLearning are Department of Open Education Systems - Nikolaev State University, Information Technologies Research Institute of Kherson State University.

Kazakhstan education portal was created under the Program “Decreasing of Information Inequality”. Development and implementation of automatic system for registering of certificates and diplomas is developing. The process of informatization of Education system is continuing.

Cooperation with EU educationalists is sought to provide world-level classes for Kazakhstan students in ICT and other sciences.

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