Studijų kokybės užtikrinimas pasitelkiant studentų nuomonę apie e. mokymo patirtį
LTStudijų kokybės užtikrinimas ir nuolatinis studijų kokybės tobulinimas yra vienas iš svarbiausių kiekvienos aukštosios mokyklos uždavinių. Kauno kolegija kryptingai į studijų procesą diegia e. studijas: tobulinamas e. studijų reglamentavimas, tobulinama naudojama techninė ir programinė įranga, rūpinamasi dėstytojų kompetencijomis e. studijų srityje. Studijų kokybės užtikrinimu ir nuolatiniu jos tobulinimu kasdieniniame savo darbe užsiima dėstytojas. Nuo dėstytojo turimų kompetencijų, jo inovatyvumo priklauso mokymo stilius, metodai ir bendradarbiavimas su studentais siekiant mokymosi tikslų. Šiame straipsnyje yra apžvelgiamos institucinės prielaidos, dėstytojo pastangos ir kompetencijos tobulinti mokymo/si procesą pasitelkiant inovacijas. Taip pat pateikiami studentų anketinės apklausos rezultatai, gauti po bandomojo farmakognozijos e. dalyko teikimo.
ENAssurance and continuous improvement of the quality of studies are among the most important tasks for every higher educational institution. Kaunas University of Applied Sciences is actively implementing e-studies into the studying process: this includes the improvement of the regulation of e-studies, the development of equipment and software used in e-studies, and the improvement of teachers‟ competence in this field. It is the teacher who is involved in the assurance and continuous improvement of the quality of studies in his or her daily professional activity. Teachers‟ competences and innovation determine both the style and methods of teaching and cooperation with students for achieving the aims of learning. By the decree of the Director of Kaunas University of Applied Sciences, “The Program for the Development of E-teaching in Kaunas University of Applied Sciences for 2009-2013” was approved in 2009. The aim of this Program is to integrate e-teaching into the current system of studies at Kaunas University of Applied Sciences, transforming this system into a flexible, open, more student-oriented, and universally accessible component of the life-long learning system, and to fully employ the possibilities of the e-learning technologies. Quality management of e-teaching, involving a systematic survey of students‟ opinions about the quality of e-teaching at Kaunas University of Applied Sciences, and presentation of the reports to the academic community are among the main objectives of the Program that are related to the development of e-teaching. This article reveals the aim and the objectives of this Program. The article presents a survey of institutional preconditions and teachers‟ efforts and competences for the improvement of the teaching/learning process with the help of innovations.In addition to that, the article also presents the results of the students‟ questionnaire survey, obtained after the pilot presentation of the e-course “Pharmacognosy”. In the fall semester of the 2011-2012 academic year, the already approved e-course “Pharmacognosy” was offered to the students. 25 third-year students of Pharmacy Technology were registered for the course. The teaching was based on the mixed course presentation model, i.e. the teaching process involved lectures, laboratory classes, and learning the e-subject in the virtual Moodle environment. The survey of the students‟ evaluation of the pilot e-subject “Pharmacognosy” showed that students found such learning technique acceptable. This was not the students‟ first contact with the virtual Moodle environment. Novelty provided many possibilities in the learning process, including a convenient use of various learning material (e-compendia, slides, and video), suitable time, a convenient place, and acceptable control of the results of studies.
