Examining the Practices and Challenges of Distance Education of PhD Candidates in the Context of COVID-19
The distance education system is actively developing in the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The sharp transition of PhD candidates to distance education caused difficulties in organising the educational process. The aim of this study was to analyse the methods of distance education for postgrad...
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The distance education system is actively developing in the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The sharp transition of PhD candidates to distance education caused difficulties in organising the educational process. The aim of this study was to analyse the methods of distance education for postgraduate students in the context of a COVID-19 pandemic. A survey of graduate students was conducted through specially- designed and semi-standardised interviews of focus groups of producers and consumers of educational services. The study showed that the process of adaptation of postgraduate students majoring in Physical Culture and Sports and Biology was much more difficult than in the major Educational, Pedagogical Sciences and Philology. The reasons for the problems of distance education of PhD candidates included the complexity of creating educational and methodological materials for distance learning; lack of a centralised system of certification and accreditation of electronic courses; insufficient motivation of teachers; shortage of teachers who could competently develop distance learning courses in higher education. The study identified opportunities to implement promising areas of online learning in the system of training of academic and teaching staff: retraining of a large proportion of the teaching staff, implementation of a system approach to the development of the online environment of educational institutions, development of skills and abilities to use educational content. Prospects for further research include the study of problems of violation of academic integrity by postgraduate students in the course of distance learning.
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| spelling | doaj.art-6ba92b3eb73042a698d3acebb9c0c5452022-12-22T01:52:39ZengCommonwealth of LearningJournal of Learning for Development2311-15502022-03-0191Examining the Practices and Challenges of Distance Education of PhD Candidates in the Context of COVID-19Olha Fast0Olena Semenog1Myroslava Vovk2Nazar Buhaichuk3Galyna Golya4Department of Pedagogy and Phycology, Faculty of Primary Education and Physical Culture, The Municipal Higher Educational Institution “Lutsk Pedagogical College” of the Volyn Regional CouncilDepartment of Ukrainian Language and Literature, Faculty of Foreign and Slavic Philology, Sumy State Pedagogical University named after AS MakarenkoDepartment of Pedagogical Education Content and Technologies, Ivan Ziaziun Institute of Pedagogical and Adult Education NAES of Ukraine, KyivDepartment of Physical Culture and Sport, Faculty of Primary Education and Physical Culture, The Municipal Higher Educational Institution “Lutsk Pedagogical College” of the Volyn Regional CouncilAcademic Services Office, The Municipal Higher Educational Institution “Lutsk Pedagogical College” of the Volyn Regional Council The distance education system is actively developing in the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The sharp transition of PhD candidates to distance education caused difficulties in organising the educational process. The aim of this study was to analyse the methods of distance education for postgraduate students in the context of a COVID-19 pandemic. A survey of graduate students was conducted through specially- designed and semi-standardised interviews of focus groups of producers and consumers of educational services. The study showed that the process of adaptation of postgraduate students majoring in Physical Culture and Sports and Biology was much more difficult than in the major Educational, Pedagogical Sciences and Philology. The reasons for the problems of distance education of PhD candidates included the complexity of creating educational and methodological materials for distance learning; lack of a centralised system of certification and accreditation of electronic courses; insufficient motivation of teachers; shortage of teachers who could competently develop distance learning courses in higher education. The study identified opportunities to implement promising areas of online learning in the system of training of academic and teaching staff: retraining of a large proportion of the teaching staff, implementation of a system approach to the development of the online environment of educational institutions, development of skills and abilities to use educational content. Prospects for further research include the study of problems of violation of academic integrity by postgraduate students in the course of distance learning. https://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/581Training of PhD CandidatesDistance Education/LearningCOVID-19 PandemicOnline Learning TechnologiesHealth and Recreational Technologies |
| spellingShingle | Olha Fast Olena Semenog Myroslava Vovk Nazar Buhaichuk Galyna Golya Examining the Practices and Challenges of Distance Education of PhD Candidates in the Context of COVID-19 Journal of Learning for Development Training of PhD Candidates Distance Education/Learning COVID-19 Pandemic Online Learning Technologies Health and Recreational Technologies |
| title | Examining the Practices and Challenges of Distance Education of PhD Candidates in the Context of COVID-19 |
| title_full | Examining the Practices and Challenges of Distance Education of PhD Candidates in the Context of COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Examining the Practices and Challenges of Distance Education of PhD Candidates in the Context of COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Examining the Practices and Challenges of Distance Education of PhD Candidates in the Context of COVID-19 |
| title_short | Examining the Practices and Challenges of Distance Education of PhD Candidates in the Context of COVID-19 |
| title_sort | examining the practices and challenges of distance education of phd candidates in the context of covid 19 |
| topic | Training of PhD Candidates Distance Education/Learning COVID-19 Pandemic Online Learning Technologies Health and Recreational Technologies |
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