April, 18 at the Department of System Engineering of the Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics a round table was held. The event was organized by the participants of the training project Erasmus+ “Digital competence framework for Ukrainian teachers and other citizens”, which was held on March 18-22 in Krakow (Poland). During the round table, teachers and students learned about the goals and objectives of the project as for the formation and implementation of the framework structure of digital competencies for certain target groups in Ukraine. The main stages of work on the project, the results obtained so far, lectures, meetings and discussions organized during the training at the Krakow pedagogical University, which is one of the participants of the consortium of the project, were presented.

The  main outcomes of the Round Table are:

1. teachers and students learned about the goals and objectives of the project as for the formation and implementation of the framework structure of digital competencies for certain target groups in Ukraine
2. the main stages of work on the project, the results obtained so far, lectures, meetings and discussions organized during the training at the Krakow pedagogical University were presented

Website: http://nure.ua/en/the-department-of-system-engineering-of-nure-held-a-round-table

April 16, 2019 at the faculty of computer and information technologies of NTU “KHPI” the third for teachers within the international project “dComFra – Digital competence framework for Ukrainian teachers and other citizens / dComFra” (No. 598236-EPP-1-2018-1- LT-EPPKA2-CBHE-SP).

Senior Lecturer, Department of Information Systems, NTU “KPI”, Ohrymenko M.Yu., Tolkachov M.Yu. and Jenyuk NV reported on participating in a dComFra training course held at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.

Issues considered:

• Department of Information Technology: Education and Research
• CULS Test Center experience
• ICT skills training
• Digital Skills Strategy in the Czech Republic
• ICT skills training for international students
• IoT and Big Data
• Training operating systems, computer networks and CISCO Academy
• Visiting laboratories: human behavior studies and virtual reality
• Czech National Digital Coalition and ICT projects
• Innovative methods in teaching programming
• Large-scale digital learning support – Moodle & Adobe Connect
• Exchange of best practices (seminar)

On February 18-21, 2019, trainings were held at the Pedagogical University of Krakow in accordance with the project plan for implementation of the project “Digital Competence Framework for Ukrainian Teachers and Other Citizens” (598236-EPP-1-2018-1-LT-EPPKA2-CBHE-SP). The lecturers from DonNTU participated in the trainings: Assistant Professor of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Informatics N. Kostyukova, Assistant Professor of the Computer Engineering Department S. Tsololo and Senior Lecturer of the same Department Yu. Dikova. During the training, Polish University staff introduced Ukrainian guests to strategies for improving digital literacy in Poland as part of Poland’s computerization plans. Thus, e-Poland, Digital Poland and other strategies are being implemented in the country. Polish colleagues also introduced the training participants to the trends of pre-school education, the study of computer science at the level of secondary schools, the standards of digital competences of children and adults. Also the cross-coaching of dComFra and Creating Modern Master’s Degree Programs in Information Systems was so interesting. There were very interesting the topics deal with the IT infrastructure at the Institute of Computer Science.

Between 8 and 11 April 2019, the Department of Information Technologies organized a training event for 23 participants within the project the Digital competence framework for Ukrainian teachers and other citizens / dComFra.

The project is funded by the Erasmus + program and is implemented by a consortium of 15 partners – nine institutions from Ukraine and six from Lithuania, Poland, Austria, Romania and the Czech Republic. The project coordinator is a Lithuanian Vytautas Magnus University and the Department of Information Technology FEM CULS Prague, as a project partner, is responsible for and guarantees the project realisation.

Professor Michal Lošťák, Ph.D., Vice-Rector for International Relations and First Vice-Rector, welcomed participants with a lecture on the system of education at CULS Prague, where he also talked about the position of our university in international rankings. During the four-day training, the Department of Information Technology in the area of teaching and research was presented, as well as specialized workplaces: the Testing Center, CISCO laboratories, Big Data, IoT and GIS. In addition, topics such as the Digital Education Strategy in the Czech Republic and the EU, the involvement of practitioners in teaching and experience from abroad were also presented and discussed.The project aims to contribute significantly to the ongoing reform of the education system in Ukraine.

On March 29, a meeting on “Digital competencies for Ukrainian citizens” was held on the basis of the Department of System Engineering of NURE, within the frameworks of the annual European initiative “All Digital Week”, where students and employees of the University presented the idea of integrating into the Ukrainian space of international programs of digital competences for citizens. It should be noted that the event was held under the auspices of the Erasmus project + “Framework of Digital Competences for Ukrainian Teachers and Other Citizens (dComFra)”

The  main outcomes of the All Digital Week at NURE are:

1. a meeting on “Digital competencies for Ukrainian citizens” was held on the basis of the Department of System Engineering of NURE
2. students and employees of the University presented the idea of integrating into the Ukrainian space of international programs of digital competences for citizens.

Website: http://nure.ua/en/nure-joined-the-initiative-all-digital-week

Dissemination activity  was performed for teachers of the Department of Computer Science on the material of training in Krakow, Poland (18-21/03/2019)

The main outcomes of the Info Day are to introduce teachers of Department of Computer Sciences:

1. the information about Polish experience in digital competences development (based on the materials of training in Krakow, Poland (18-21/03/2019)
2. the results of KNUCA’s participation in AllDigitalWeek campaign

Website: http://kn.knukim.edu.ua/

The main outcomes of the Info Day are:

1. to introduce students the information about AllDigitalWeek campaign
2. understanding and benefiting from the digital transformation
3. developing cybersecurity skills

AllDigitalWeek 2019 activity: Round table for members of the consortium of the Erasmus + dComFra project “Digital competence framework for Ukrainian teachers and other citizens” to discuss the Digital Competence Framework for Teachers and Citizens of Ukraine.

The main outcomes of this activity:

1. to share information on the experience of developing digital competences in the EU member states (Lithuania, Poland), that was received during the training of the “Digital competence framework for Ukrainian teachers and other citizens” project in Kyiv. Kaunas, Lithuania (February 18-22, 2019) and in Krakow, Poland (March 18-21, 2019)
2. to discuss the issues of harmonization of the digital competence framework for Ukraine with European standards

AllDigitalWeek 2019 activity: training “Digital Skills for University Staff”for departments and dean’s staff dedicated to the use of digital technologies in the activities of structural units of the university.

The main outcomes of this activity:

1. Promotion of EU Digital initiatives
2. Developing digital skills necessary for efficient workflow organization in university

AllDigitalWeek 2019 activity: series of events under the umbrella name “Digital Jobs – new opportunities” dedicated to the emergence of new professions driven by the development of digital technologies, as well as the organization of an effective digital workplace for traditional professions.

The main outcomes of this activity:

1. Introduce new professions driven by the development of digital technologies (digital marketing, cyber sport tournament organization)
2. Enhance employability by developing the right skills for the new digital jobs

Website: http://kn.knukim.edu.ua/

Donetsk National Technical University has joined All Digital Week events. The events were held under the slogan “Digital literacy for the old industrial region population”. In particular, the information days “Digital Skills for Everyone” were held as part of the Erasmus+ project 598236-EPP-1-2018-1-LT-EPPKA2CBHE-SP “Digital competence framework for Ukrainian teachers and other citizens (dComFra)” 26- 27 March. The event was attended by university staff, in particular, librarians, students, pupils of Spring School. During the meetings, the executors of the dComFra project – associate professors of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Informatics Natalia Maslova and Natalya Kostyukova informed the audience about the purpose and tasks of the dComFra project aimed at increasing the population’s digital skills. In total, more than 50 participants took part in the event. This is the first experience of DonNTU of participating in All Digital Week.

From 18 to 22 March in Krakow was held a training from the project Erasmus+ “Framework of digital competencies for the Ukrainian teachers and other citizens”, in which teachers of the Department of systems engineering Igor Grebennik, Alina Nechiporenko, Inna Urnyaieva  took part.

During the training, organized by the Krakow Pedagogical University, the staff of NURE got acquainted with the experience of colleagues from the Krakow ECDL certification center in the teaching of computer disciplines, which will be taken into account when creating a digital framework of competence of Ukrainian teachers.

Event photos.

On March 26, 2019, information day took place at the Faculty of Computer and Information Technologies of NTU “KhPI” within the framework of the implementation of the international project “dComFra – Digital competence framework for Ukrainian teachers and other citizens / dComFra” (No. 598236-EPP-1-2018-1 -LT-EPPKA2-CBHE-SP).

Senior Lecturer of the Information Systems Department of NTU “KhPI”, Head of the Training Center for Instructors at the Cisco Academy of NTU “KhPI”, Maxim Tolkachov and Natalya Dzhenyuk reported on participation in the training on the dComFra project, which took place in Krakow (Poland), March 18-21, 2019. The events took place at the Pedagogical University of Cracow and the Cracow Examination Center. According to the training program, the participants were introduced and participated in the training on the following issues:

• Improving digital literacy in Poland as part of plans for computerization of Poland (strategies: e-Poland, Digital Poland, etc.), Trends in early childhood education;
• Education in the profession of computer science at the level of secondary schools (level IV of the Polish Qualification Framework);
• Framework of digital competences. Polish National Digital Coalition;
• Implementation of DC projects in education;
• IT infrastructure at the Institute of Computer Science;
• Digital Competences of children, adolescents and adults. Standards of requirements;

Workshops:

• Computer skills certification systems;
• Exam platforms;
• Unified environments for interactive data analysis: Anaconda/Python + Jupyter-notebooks.

The main outcomes of the Info Day are:

1. to present dComFra project and developments accomplished within project
2. to provide information about last trainings.

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/dcomfra-kharkov