RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF VISUALIZATION METHODS OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND EDUCATIONAL PLANS IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

В. О. Захаренко, О. С. Носиков

Abstract


The task of the research is to identify the most promising visualization methods that can help students and teachers to increase their understanding of the structure and content of educational programs, improve the planning of the educational process, as well as facilitate the adaptation of programs to the changing requirements of educational standards and the needs of the labor market. The purpose of the study is to analyze the existing methods of visualization of educational programs at the university to identify their effectiveness, areas of application and contribution to improving the quality of the educational process. The research method is an analysis with sequential identification of the most influential features of the studied methods on the final result of data presentation.

Data visualization is indispensable for research, analysis and presentation of data, thanks to benefits such as improved audience understanding, effective communication and facilitation of teamwork, identification of patterns and anomalies in the presented material, stronger decision support, accessibility and iterative analysis of the presented material Since the success of becoming a specialist in any field is related to the orientation of students in existing educational programs for different levels of training. In the course of the research, examples of the use of methods of visualization of educational programs in scientific research were analyzed. Since visualization methods can play a key role at all stages of the life cycle of an educational program, from design and development to its direct use, the researched visualization methods allow structuring educational programs, graphically displaying the development of an educational program over time, visually displaying how educational modules and courses are related with educational standards and goals, provide a variety of reports and analytics, identify gaps and identify areas for improvement, integrate external educational resources and materials, organize real-time collaboration, adapt the interface and data presentation to the specific needs of students, teachers and other stakeholders . The result of the research, based on the conducted analysis, are the proposed recommendations for the selection and integration of visualization methods into the educational programs of higher educational institutions.


Keywords


educational program, visualization, mapping, field of knowledge, competence, ontology, semantic model, graph, educational trajectory

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