24 May 2016, 16:28
The Committee on Science and Education and the Committee for Informatization and Communications jointly with Association of Information Technology Enterprises of Ukraine carried out “round table” meeting entitled: "Educational Policy in the Conditions of Informational Society". The goal of this event was renovation of national educational policy by the way of implementation of innovative information & communication technologies (ICT) and establishment of key areas for improvement of regulatory support of this policy. Besides representatives of the mentioned committees and Association of Information Technology Enterprises of Ukraine, heads of International Research-Educational Centers, Institute of Higher Education of National Academy of Pedagogic Sciences of Ukraine, and National Technical University “KPI” were invited for participation.
The following issues were considered during the “round table”: electronic education (e-education) as a priority of information society development; the place of e-education in educational system; the role of e-education in education quality improvement; IT instruments for “conventional” education, remote education, and mass-involving online courses etc. Electronic educational resources; e-education standards and their implementation; increase of ICT-competence of teachers/lecturers; private- and state partnership in e-education development; evaluation of ICT implementation in education – key parameters; modernization of legislative grounds of educational policy in informational society conditions.
Subsequent to consideration of problematic issues, the event participants have approved the following decision:
1) Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has to:
During preparation for consideration and elaboration of draft educational laws, regulate educational relations regarding assurance of information rights, in particular, the right of access to electronic educational resources and the right of access to electronic communications, digital educational space for stimulation of the development of digital educational space, creation of open educational resources and databases, as well as internet resources on the activities of educational institutions, education management authorities, assuring decision-making transparency increase, as well as assurance of public control over the use of ICT in this development area;
initiate development and approval of the main grounds of national educational system development in informational society conditions;
2) Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has to:
For the purpose of transition to an innovative country development pathway, assure state educational policy transformation by the way of accelerating ICT implementation and development of national information resources in the area of education; in particular, introduce relevant changes into education development strategies, and assure development of relevant state target programs of ICT implementation in educational area;
to develop state target programs aimed at implementation of modern ICTs into educational process;
3) Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine has to:
Prepare the changes to National Education Development Strategy in Ukraine for the period till 2021, approved by the Order of the President of Ukraine dated June 25, 2013 No 344/2013, intended for assurance of execution of the tasks of Ukraine transition to an innovative development pathway by assurance of ICT implementation in education and science; development of educational and research electronic information resources based on the conducted analysis of educational institutions’ condition and needs, as well as relevant global development trends; develop the plan of measures for achievement of the said goals and parameters;
prepare suggestions on formation and implementation of national electronic education policy;
assure acceleration of creation of unified national educational space;
5) The Committee on Science and Education and the Committee for Informatization and Communications have to consider the possibility of conducting committee hearings on electronic education.