Discussion

The issues for discussion:

•          What kind of digital technologies should be used for effective online group work?

•          What special skills are required for virtual team work on the side of supervisors and participants?

•          How to engage the participants in constructive, respectful and authentic project dialogues?

•          How to deepen multicultural cross-cultural dialogue?

Speakers:

Vera Vishnyakova

Academic supervisor

Head of the School of International Regional Studies, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Elmira Imamkulieva

Project supervisor

Coordinator of student project activities, Senior Lecturer at the School of International Regional Studies, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Tetsuya Toyoda

Project supervisor

Director of the Institute for Asian Studies and Regional Cooperation, Akita International University (Japan)During the discussion

The moderator of the discussion is Oksana Chernenko, Director for Educational Innovations

Abstract

Challenging pandemic time 2020 required new approaches to international educational programs and especially to virtual exchange projects. This was a valuable lesson for the future which we cannot overlook. During this seminar we will share experience how we managed to complete the International Collaborative Research Program 2020-2021 Northeast Asia since 2012 - Political and Economic Analysis”. This international student project was implemented in the 2020/2021 academic year enabling youth in Russia, HSE University and Japan, Akita International University to engage in meaningful intercultural experiences online, as part of their formal education (getting credits) and gave opportunities to students to get acquainted with an array of different cultural and community perspectives and alternative, multi-faceted approaches to learning and broaden horizons on online base.

Analysis of the emerging political and economic directions, assessment of the development potential of the space of stable multidisciplinary interaction in the Northeast Asia region were the central tasks of this project. Among the most difficult and important tasks for the supervisors of the projects was creating of the effective learning environment to support students and focus on all the advantages of online learning.

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Our speakers and the questions they will discuss:

Ekaterina Kolesnikova, Head of the School of Foreign Languages, Moscow

• International English exams: paper, computer and online versions;
• Internal English exam in tasks and figures;
• Methodology for developing an online foreign language exam;

Marina Sheveleva, Head of the Department of Foreign Languages, Perm

• Adaptation of the format and content of the internal exam;
• Organizational characteristics of the online exam;
• Expectations of teachers and students;

Konstantin Khomutsky, Associate Professor, School of Foreign Languages, Head of Department, Moscow

• Student and teacher are both in the same online boat;
• What are the particular issues for students and teachers before, during, and after the exam;
• Organizational opportunities for the online exam for the teacher.

Waiting for you at Zoom!

Speakers:

Elena Kobzar (Head of the Department of Graduate and Doctoral Studies)

Olga Savinskaya (Academic Director of the Graduate School of Sociological Sciences)

Julia Nesterova (Head of the Department of Coordination of Work of Dissertation Councils)

• will tell about the principles of choosing a particular online platform;
• discuss how the training went and what technological and organizational aspects needed to be taken into account;
• proctoring issues;
• the dynamics of the exam / oral interview itself (technical means, interaction techniques);
• appeal claims;
• disadvantages and advantages of the new format;
• planned and received results of the admission campaign;
• difficulties they encountered in the process and ways to overcome them.

Waiting for you at Zoom May 8, Friday, at 16.00

One of the most important components of distance learning is the ability to choose the right tools and effective strategies for assessment of students’ work. We have invited to our meeting the colleagues who are ready to share their successful experience in organizing of assessment processes.

Anna Antonova (Faculty of Social Sciences / Department of Psychology) will share different formats of group work assessment online. 

Andrei Dementyev (Director for Teaching Excellence) will talk about methods of assessment in synchronous mode using testing. He will also compare the possibilities of Webinar, Zoom and Socrative. 

Olesya Kondrakhina (ICEF) will give a presentation on mutual assessment and feedback on the example of the peergrade.io.

The moderator of the discussion is Oksana Chernenko (Director for Innovations in Education).

After the rapid transition of the educational process to a distance format, HSE teachers have already managed not only to master new online learning tools, but also to develop the most effective strategies for their use.

At our next meeting, Olga Maksimenkova (Faculty of Computer Science / International Laboratory of Intelligent Systems and Structural Analysis) will talk about her experience of using MS Teams before and after switching to online, as well as platform resources for organizing collaborative training, assessment and feedback from students;

Andrey Dementyev (Director for Teacher Development) will compare the capabilities of Zoom and Webinar, and share his experience in conducting productive online seminars;

Dmitry Mikhailovsky (Institute of Education / Department of Educational Programs) will talk about effective integrating an existing online course into the current educational process and advantages which can be derived from this.

The moderator of the discussion – Oksana Chernenko (Director for Educational Innovations).

We are waiting for you at Zoom!