Use of network technologies in the professional activities of adult education teachers in Ukraine

Leila  Sultanova; María R.  Belando-Montoro

doi:10.46661/ijeri.6380

Authors

Leila Sultanova Ivan Ziaziun Institute of Pedagogical Education and Adult Education of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3324-6926
María R. Belando-Montoro Universidad Complutenses https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5730-7896

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46661/ijeri.6380

Keywords:

Network technologies, Teachers, network technologies, teachers, adult education, Ukraine

Abstract

The use of network technologies is fundamental to all professional activities in the field of education in the society of the 21st century. The field of adult education has also been influenced by this trend and network technologies have been acknowledged as basic tools for the improvement of learning opportunities and for the development of the teaching-learning activities themselves. Hence, this paper aims to know about the use of network technologies in professional activities of teachers in the field of adult education in four Ukrainian pedagogical institutions. For this purpose, a questionnaire was passed on about the use of network technologies in the professional activities of teachers in these institutions. Among the main results, it is worth noting that the use of network technologies is relevant in the professional activity of teachers regardless of their age, as well as the widespread use of the computer and the Windows operating system for professional activity. Among the Microsoft applications, Word stands out, used by the entire sample, followed by Power Point and Excel, both of which received more than two thirds of the responses. Google Drive stands out for cloud storage, Viber and Facebook Messenger predominate in messaging services and gmail.com and ukr.net are mostly used for email services, the latter being a specific Ukrainian email service. In conclusion, it is suggested that teachers be trained in a wider range of network technologies to improve their professional activity.

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