Title: Modern education quality requirements and information technologies in academic teachers' activities

Authors: Tatiana Noskova; Tatiana Pavlova; Olga Yakovleva; Eugenia Smyrnova-Trybulska; Nataliia Morze

Addresses: Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Nab. R. Moiki, 48, Saint-Petersburg, Russia ' Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Nab. R. Moiki, 48, Saint-Petersburg, Russia ' Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Nab. R. Moiki, 48, Saint-Petersburg, Russia ' University of Silesia, Bankowa 12, 40–007 Katowice, Poland; The Faculty of Ethnology and Sciences of Education in Cieszyn, Bielska 62, 43-400 Cieszyn, Poland ' Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, 18\2 Vorovskogo Str, Kyiv, Ukraine

Abstract: This article analyses and compares the approaches and procedures of education quality evaluation at the universities participating in the IRNet project. Based on data obtained from a teachers' survey at three universities of Poland, Russia, and Ukraine, it is possible to formulate a set of internal and external factors, which influence the process of implementation of ICT and e-learning in educational activities. The aim of this article is to elaborate recommendations for the development of an educational institution policy in the field of e-learning and educational interactions management in the digital environment of a modern university.

Keywords: lifelong learning; e-learning; education quality; information environment; educational activities; information technology; electronic learning; online learning; higher education; universities.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCEELL.2016.080968

International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning, 2016 Vol.26 No.4, pp.434 - 459

Received: 29 Oct 2015
Accepted: 27 May 2016

Published online: 13 Dec 2016 *

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