Report on the Implementation of WP3 “Analyses and Evaluation of the ICT Level, E-learning and Intercultural Development in Every Participating Country” in the Framework of the IRNet Project



Abstract

This article, prepared by an international team of authors – researchers from different scientific areas, connected with ICT, e-learning, pedagogy, and other related disciplines – focuses on the objectives and some results of the IRNet international project. In particular, this article describes the research tools, methods
and some procedures of the WP3 “Analyses and Evaluation of the ICT Level, E-learning and Intercultural Development in Every Participating Country”: Objectives, Tasks, Deliverables, and implementation of research trips. Except that, the article presents more important events, such as (video)conferences, seminars,
workshops, an e-round table debate; among these events are ICTE2014, DLCC2014, “New Educational Strategies in Modern Information Space,” “Hightech information educational environment,” during which some more important results of the project research were presented. The list of publications includes
32 papers and a manuscript with WP3 results. Researchers from Poland, Russia, Ukraine, the Netherlands, Spain, Slovakia, Portugal, Czech Republic and Australia analysed the results of WP3 in the context of the next stages and Work packages of IRNet project – International Research Network.


Keywords

International Research Network IRNet; ICT; E-learning; Competencies

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Smyrnova-TrybulskaE., Ogrodzka-MazurE., Szafrańska-GajdzicaA., DolukE., NoskovaT., PavlovaT., YakovlevaO., MorzeN., KommersP., PintoP., DiazL., TosinaR., EstebanP., CapayM., DrilikM., MalachJ., IssaT., IssaT., & RomanyukhaM. (2015). Report on the Implementation of WP3 “Analyses and Evaluation of the ICT Level, E-learning and Intercultural Development in Every Participating Country” in the Framework of the IRNet Project. International Journal of Research in E-Learning, 1(2), 123-142. Retrieved from https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/IJREL/article/view/8461

Eugenia Smyrnova-Trybulska 
University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland  Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1227-014X
Ewa Ogrodzka-Mazur 
University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland  Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9990-6176
Anna Szafrańska-Gajdzica 
University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland  Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1504-5602
Ewelina Doluk 
University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland  Poland
Tatiana Noskova 
Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, St.Petersburg  Russian Federation
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2058-626X
Tatiana Pavlova 
Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, St.Petersburg  Poland
Olga Yakovleva 
Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, St.Petersburg  Russian Federation
Nataliia Morze 
Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University  Ukraine
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3477-9254
Piet Kommers 
University of Twente  Netherlands
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4738-3016
Paulo Pinto 
Lisbon Lusíada University, Portugal  Portugal
Laura Alonso Diaz 
University of Extremadura  Spain
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7880-4592
Rocio Yuste Tosina 
University of Extremadura  Spain
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9241-0079
Prudencia Gutiérrez Esteban 
University of Extremadura  Spain
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5328-5319
Martin Capay 
Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra  Slovakia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8352-0612
Martin Drilik 
Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra  Slovakia
Josef Malach 
the University of Ostrava  Czechia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3960-486X
Tomayess Issa 
Curtin University in Perth  Australia
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3460-4200
Theodora Issa 
Curtin University in Perth  Australia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6593-7289
Maryna Romanyukha 
Dniprodzerzhinsk State Technical University, Ukraine  Ukraine



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