ABSTRACT. In different countries and economics, we can observe the difference in learning students’ achievements depending on their digital competencies. There are some international studies, such as PISA (Program International Student Assessment) and ICILS (International Computer and Information Literacy Study), which allow to evaluate some associative relationship and to make a conclusion about using digital technologies in the learning environment. In 2018 Ukraine participated in PISA for the first time in the Paper-Based Assessment (PBA) format and didn’t participate in ICILS. Now we don't have any national or international studies, which will be able to answer a question about readiness Ukrainian students to Computer-Based Assessment (CBA), only we have some results from PISA 2018. This research presents analyze the PISA 2018 Database and some other re-sults of studies. We studied how digital technologies influence on the student's achievement of main literacy domains. So, in other words, we wanted to evaluate how the digital environment impacts students' readiness for effective implementa-tion in a changing digital world. The results, which were gotten on Ukraine and other countries are useful for the formation of key politics for Ukraine concerning the development of digital competencies of Ukrainian students.

ABSTRACT. The educational approach, drawing on a plural coexistence of diverse learning theories such as connectivism, experiential learning, project-based learning and, most of all, on TEDD educational model in the virtual art-class have been presented in this article. The development of the learning process of professional training of future musicians of is guided through the creation of a multimedia and interactive path with instructions, references, activities and tasks both on computers connected to the Internet and on a variety of digital devices, such as mobile phones, tablet and laptop. In the first stage of study learners are gradually introduced into the digital didactics world, as they are required to deal with a set of digital tools and products. Additionally, they have to create some specific didactic products leading up to the second stage, where they will create their digital didactics project in a Mistakes Laboratory. The advantage of the proposed approach is that, what at the beginning of each session the digital expert uploads and shares chunks of the DDIT content on the didactic platform. Then, learners autonomously explore the content, select and experience the activities they prefer. From time to time the digital activity is interrupted and students have share their ideas and discuss their doubts. Each session ends with the introduction of a short new chunk of blended and flipped learning path to be explored as homework on the platform. It will partially reveal the content of the following meeting. In this way the teachers are inductively engaged as much in the flipped lesson instructional strategy as in real samples of digital artistic didactics.

ABSTRACT. In the paper, we discuss a way to improve the teaching quality with the resource-based approach. The solution includes a model of teaching quality, a method of student-centered teaching, and means for analyzing and managing the unobservable quality characteristics. We propose to consider the education process as a system with negative feedback, where the deviation of the values of the educational process characteristics from the normal ones diagnoses the type of problem that violates the normal state of the educational process. The formalization of the unobservable quality characteristics of the educational process is carried out. The means for measuring the values of these characteristics on different scales are considered, and examples of their use are given. As well, we provide a formalized description of the teaching process and a set of questions for student evaluation of teaching. An algorithm for the creation of a questionnaire, which covers the characteristics of various components of the teaching process, has been developed. Finally, we describe the task of informational diagnostic for student evaluation results and the catalog of teaching tactics as the means for systematically forming quality improvement activities.

ABSTRACT. The article considers the issues of improving the training of future interpreters in the aspect of the formation of the corresponding simultaneous translation competencies taking into account the possibilities of using modern tools. A comparative analysis of traditional and modern simultaneous translation technologies has been carried out. It focuses on the advantages of Remote Simultaneous Interpreting (RSI) and Computer-assisted interpreting (AIS) tools for simultaneous interpretation, and the feasibility of studying them is substantiated. The factors limiting their application are considered, and the elements of educational technologies aimed at their elimination are proposed. A scheme for the practical training of interpreters in the conditions of a simultaneous translation laboratory is developed, in which the conditions for simultaneous translation are modeled within the framework of various formats of interpersonal foreign language communication. The motivation of students to study modern simultaneous translation tools was diagnosed. Changes to the content of professionally oriented disciplines of the curriculum for the training of interpreters are proposed, in the aspect of introducing the theoretical and practical component of mastering modern simultaneous translation tools.

ABSTRACT. The article looks into the issue of developing the course syllabus for mastering Operations Research. This study focuses on the issues of implementing cloud computing while solving optimization problems. The research analyzed practical experience of using mathematical modeling in planning technological, biological and vital processes. This analysis confirmed the relevance of using cloud environment CoCalc while teaching students how to solve Operations Research issues. The paper describes characteristics research of online-courses on Operations Research with the help of the Inductive Content Analysis Method. The study presents the development of the course syllabus for students who study the course Operations Research, or those who want to study Operations Research methods independently. The article shows the analysis of the survey results that allowed studying students and teachers’ opinions on improving the course using the computer mathematics systems. This paper also discusses the course annotation and aim, requirements to course users, learning organization of course modules directed at acquiring certain competencies. There was ground to conclude about the importance and relevance of developing an online course “Operations Research Oriented to Cloud Compu-ting in the system CoCalc” on the platform “Higher School Mathematics Teachers”.

ABSTRACT. STEM is a priority area of education in Ukraine. One of the innovative approaches in STEM education is the integration of academic disciplines through project-based learning using robotics. Therefore, the urgent problem is the development of training courses on educational robotics for teachers of natural sciences. The article presents the model of teaching the Education Robotics course for teachers of natural sciences, which includes the goal, objectives, principles, content, forms, methods, teaching aids. The educational robotics course is designed to introduce future teachers to the principles of creating robotic systems, programming systems, and learn how to create robotic devices based on educational designers, as well as control programs. The course has a modular structure, designed for 150 hours and provides for the study of robotics based on Lego EV3, MBot, Arduino designers and demonstrates scientific and technical solutions to global problems, such as environmental ecology, help with the elements, conservation of flora and fauna, creating favorable conditions for humanity in extraterrestrial conditions, eco-energy and etc. The article contains the rationale for the choice of programming platforms, the methodological basis for the selection of projects for conducting in the lessons at school in accordance with the curriculum. Particular attention is paid to the features of using the project methodology and the formation of soft skills. The importance of introducing the Education Robotics course in the professional training of teachers of natural sciences is due to the support of society for innovation in educational activities and is associated with the level of scientific and technological achievements.

ABSTRACT. The paper reveals multidimensional nature of enterprises business culture. The results of investigation show that business culture (BC) is a complex phenomenon, which is characterized by many aspects (dimensions). As now there are no uniform objective ways of business culture evaluation, the authors have proposed a unique business culture quantitative assessment method for enterprises. This method based on clusters of indicators that grouped according to the business culture components (professional, intellectual, informational, social, legal, technical and technological, communicative). Indicators calculating procedure of every cluster is based on the application of binary logic. Obtained values of indicators are used in special calculation formulas proposed by authors. Questionnaire for calculating procedure business culture indicators was made. Options for interpreting the results of indicators calculation according to formulas are presented. An analysis of the business culture of the group of enterprises, based on the proposed quantitative method, was carried out.

ABSTRACT. The article is devoted to the use of mixed reality facilities in the training of future sea transport professionals. It says that one of the means of improving training technologies in maritime education is the use of simulators. The work lists the definitions of “mixed reality” term, which most of the scientists define as the merging of real and virtual worlds to produce new environments and visualizations. The article also describes the use of virtual-real training vessel in Kherson State Maritime Academy, which includes 19 laboratories, 16 simulators and 21 classrooms. The list of the main laboratories and their functions is given. The advantages of virtual-real training vessel built by means of mixed reality are described. The part of simulator exercise list is given. The article describes the results of experimental study of future navigators’ professional navigational competence development with mixed reality simulation technologies. The authors made the conclusion that the use of mixed reality facilities allows to optimize the process of professional training and contributes to the effective formation of professional navigation competence of maritime specialists.

ABSTRACT. The advantages of digital visualization to form mathematical competence of students are exploded in the article. Using a test experiment the problematic field of using the digital visualization tools in process of teaching higher mathematics was identified. Possibilities of involvement of digital visualization tools for conduct mathematical experiment using dynamic geometry environments (DGEs) Geo-Gebra and advanced graphing calculator Desmos in the study of the fields of “Projective geometry and methods of image”, “Mathematics analysis”, “Analytical geometry”.

ABSTRACT. The development of information technology cause the emergence of different classes of software such as virtual environment for various experiments. Among such a software, there are virtual physics laboratories that are means for educational, scien-tific and professional activities of physicists, physics teachers, computer science teachers and IT specialists. Numerous pedagogical findings confirm both positive dynamics and negative impact of such software on educational achievements. Given the ambiguity of the conclusions, we have formulated the problem: is it advisable to use virtual physics laboratories instead of relevant physics devices in the study of physics disciplines. The search for an answer to this question caused the organization and carrying out the pedagogical experiment, the results of which are presented in the article. Students of specialties “014 Secondary education (Physics)”, “014 Secondary education (Computer Science)”, “122 Computer science” were participants in the experiment. The purpose of the experiment was to study the dynamics of education-al achievements of students whose training used virtual physics laboratories. Non-parametric sign test and Student’s test of comparison average values were used as methods of statistical analysis. Because of the experiment, the positive dynamics for all specialties were confirmed, but the largest dynamics were for the specialty 122 “Computer science”, and the smallest ones were for the specialty 014 “Secondary education (Physics)”. The best dynamics of results of IT students' achievements gives grounds to recommend to include more courses related to the study of information technologies in professional teachers’ training, because we consider this to be the cause of these results.

ABSTRACT. The inevitable increase in the diversity of information flows, their processing and visualization methods exacerbates interdisciplinary problems. They lead to cognitive bias, which limits the potential of IT and intelligent learning systems. Therefore, the aim of the work is to expand interdisciplinary relations through the use of complementary space-time signatures and patterns of functioning of self-organizing objects. The object of research is the learning environment, the functioning of which is determined by the interdisciplinary ergonomic laws of mutual adaptation and transformation. They are a generalization of the extreme principles of physics, as well as the principles of cybernetics, synergetics, computer science, etc. The cognitive visualization of the space-time structure of fractal signals of various nature in the form of signatures and patterns is carried out. The basis of visualization – interdisciplinary – approach, methods, concepts and criteria. This allows us to identify hidden patterns of functioning of self-organized dynamic systems. The use of signatures and patterns of fractal signals of self-organized objects will contribute to the development of critical thinking and intuition in learning.

ABSTRACT. For a long time, many people have been having difficulties with effective learning and deep understanding of various sciences, especially such fundamental ones as physics. This is a big problem as it directly affects the ability of humanity to progress, make serious life decisions, improve livelihood, etc. This issue was regarded multiple times throughout the history of humankind, but it all was of little productivity. The reason is that education is a neurobiological process and should be treated respectively. Any investigations that were not using and mentioning neuroscience could not provide precise problem description and solution. The purpose of this article is to suggest a neuroscientifically explained way to make studying and understanding of different matters easier for learners of any age by combining multiple spheres of experience (disciplines) and propose an ICT application – modeling of physical processes – based on the example of physics education. The method, overall, helps the brain improve memory, structurization and merging processes; collect more basic ideas, methods, approaches, real and abstract experience. All of these are the core of creativity, flexibility, inventiveness, problem-solving and deep comprehension, not only in physics, but also in many other fields of human life. Modeling of physical processes might greatly increase the effectiveness of the method and facilitate the learning process.

ABSTRACT. The article is devoted to the problem of development information systems design skills considering issues for visually impaired people inclusion. It is established that the known training tools for information systems design are based on the principle of visualization. This makes it impossible to study the design of information systems for visually impaired people and requires the search for new means of education for the design of information systems. The informational system for developing information systems design skills for visually impaired people has been developed.