Universities in times of war: Challenges and solutions for ensuring the educational process
Educational activities of higher education institutions located in the war zone are undergoing significant changes, particularly in Ukraine. This study aims to generalize the experience of the National University “Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic,” Ukraine, in ensuring the continuity of the digital services...
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| author | Viktor Greshta Serhii Shylo Vladyslav Korolkov Ruslan Kulykovskyi Oleksandr Kapliienko |
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| description | Educational activities of higher education institutions located in the war zone are undergoing significant changes, particularly in Ukraine. This study aims to generalize the experience of the National University “Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic,” Ukraine, in ensuring the continuity of the digital services of the educational process and generate recommendations for countering threats arising under the influence of active hostilities.49% of students are residents of Zaporizhzhia, and 40% live in the occupied territories. Most students were forced to move to safer locations or even abroad. Still, some of them remained in the occupation (due to the strict regime by the occupiers, they could not move to the territory controlled by Ukraine). About 5% of students temporarily or entirely stopped their studies. The city of Zaporizhzhia is under constant fire from the occupying forces, so academic staff is dynamically relocating to safer regions. The university constantly responds to the situation at the front and implements measures to continue educational activities in these conditions, relying on digital services. To minimize the impact of war threats and ensure the continuity of digital services, the university administration guarantees protection against power outages of all elements of the digital infrastructure, providing backup Internet communication channels and creating a distributed information base. National University “Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic” continues to further expand its information services library, improving the quality of the educational process in war conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2c3eab1cf4484cb8bf5de9036a742e492023-04-10T08:27:38ZengLLC "CPC "Business Perspectives"Problems and Perspectives in Management1727-70511810-54672023-04-01212808610.21511/ppm.21(2-si).2023.1017981Universities in times of war: Challenges and solutions for ensuring the educational processViktor Greshta0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4589-6811Serhii Shylo1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4094-6269Vladyslav Korolkov2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3593-8512Ruslan Kulykovskyi3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8781-2113Oleksandr Kapliienko4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2080-7875Ph.D., Professor, Rector, National University “Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic”Doctoral Student, Senior Lecturer, Head of the Educational Department, National University “Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic”Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dean of the Economics and Management Faculty, National University “Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic”Ph.D., Associate Professor, Vice-Rector for Scientific-Pedagogical Work and Issues of Prospects for the Development of the University, National University “Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic”Doctoral Student, Senior Lecturer, Deputy Head of the Educational Department, National University “Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic”Educational activities of higher education institutions located in the war zone are undergoing significant changes, particularly in Ukraine. This study aims to generalize the experience of the National University “Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic,” Ukraine, in ensuring the continuity of the digital services of the educational process and generate recommendations for countering threats arising under the influence of active hostilities.49% of students are residents of Zaporizhzhia, and 40% live in the occupied territories. Most students were forced to move to safer locations or even abroad. Still, some of them remained in the occupation (due to the strict regime by the occupiers, they could not move to the territory controlled by Ukraine). About 5% of students temporarily or entirely stopped their studies. The city of Zaporizhzhia is under constant fire from the occupying forces, so academic staff is dynamically relocating to safer regions. The university constantly responds to the situation at the front and implements measures to continue educational activities in these conditions, relying on digital services. To minimize the impact of war threats and ensure the continuity of digital services, the university administration guarantees protection against power outages of all elements of the digital infrastructure, providing backup Internet communication channels and creating a distributed information base. National University “Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic” continues to further expand its information services library, improving the quality of the educational process in war conditions.https://www.businessperspectives.org/images/pdf/applications/publishing/templates/article/assets/17981/PPM_2023_02(si)_Greshta.pdfdigital infrastructuredigital serviceseducation processUkrainewar |
| spellingShingle | Viktor Greshta Serhii Shylo Vladyslav Korolkov Ruslan Kulykovskyi Oleksandr Kapliienko Universities in times of war: Challenges and solutions for ensuring the educational process Problems and Perspectives in Management digital infrastructure digital services education process Ukraine war |
| title | Universities in times of war: Challenges and solutions for ensuring the educational process |
| title_full | Universities in times of war: Challenges and solutions for ensuring the educational process |
| title_fullStr | Universities in times of war: Challenges and solutions for ensuring the educational process |
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| title_short | Universities in times of war: Challenges and solutions for ensuring the educational process |
| title_sort | universities in times of war challenges and solutions for ensuring the educational process |
| topic | digital infrastructure digital services education process Ukraine war |
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