The impact of virtual learning environment on future teachers’ professional competence in lifelong learning
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https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2024.18.01.6Keywords:
academic staff, computer science teachers, HEIs, lifelong learning, professional development, students, virtual tools.Abstract
The study aimed to empirically test the impact of a virtual learning environment on the professional competence of future computer science teachers in lifelong learning by conducting a survey and comparing the professional competence of bachelor and master students, as well as their opinions on the impact of the virtual learning environment on future teachers’ professional competence in lifelong learning. The surveying methods were cognitive, motivational, activity-based, and value-based. A survey of students found that a virtual learning environment has the most significant impact on the activity component of professional competence, and most students are motivated to use virtual learning environments to improve their professional competence. The survey of teaching staff revealed a positive attitude towards professional development through virtual learning environments, the prevalence among students of high and sufficient levels of professional competence and digital literacy. The obtained results can be used to adjust the virtual educational process of future teachers’ professional training in the system of Ukrainian HEIs.
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