Student Communication Needs

Introduction. The actuality of this research paper is determined by new approaches to the content and organization
of professional training for bachelor students in view of UNESCO requirements to sustainable development of
modern engineering education. The practical experience gained in the course of teaching in a technical university
revealed the fact that English medium instruction contributes to the development of both professional and
communicative competences of a global engineer. The current study aims to design a professionally-oriented
module-based English medium course targeted at the formation of English as a foreign language competence of
non-native bachelors and prove its efficiency in training practice.
Materials and methods. The methodological basis for this study was a competence-based and module-based
approaches to teaching academic subjects through English for Russian-speaking bachelor students majoring in
nuclear physics and technologies. There were 113 undergraduate students of the 3d and 4th years of study who
took part in the experimental study carried out on the basis of National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University
(Russian Federation).
Results. In the course of the research, a module-based English medium course (EMC) was developed and
introduced in a four-year bachelor training, which offered trainees deep and rich language practice on a variety
of topics referred to their vocational domain and regular assessment of the target competence development
throughout the implementation of the target training course.
The obtained results indicated that trainees’ target competence significantly enhanced, in particular, their
vocabulary and oral communicative skills. The most striking results were demonstrated by trainees whose levels of
the target competence increased significantly and reached advanced level (63.2%).
Conclusion. The EMC course designed in compliance with the main principals of competence-based and modulebased approaches had a positive effect on future engineers’ EFL communicative competence development, thus,
contributing a lot to their successful career progression as highly professional engineers on the global arena.

Introduction. The relevance of the study is due to the state of modern learning theory, which does not define the ways
of implementing individualization and metasubjectivity in educational activities. The purpose of the article is to reveal
the methodological foundations for building a modular learning technology with a double degree of differentiation
for the formation of universal learning activities as meta-subject results.
Methodology and methods. The methodological basis of the research is the ideas and principles of technological,
systemic, synergistic, individual, cognitive and metasubject approaches. They make it possible to justify and ensure
the individualization and achievement of meta-subject results of the educational activities of schoolchildren.
2075 students and 564 teachers of secondary schools, 401 university students of pedagogical areas of training,
103 teachers of higher education have participated in a longitudinal experimental study to confirm theoretical
conclusions since 1990.
Results. The main results of the study consist in revealing the essence of modular education with a double degree of
differentiation as a complex educational technology for individualizing the educational activities of schoolchildren and
forming meta-subject results in it. The structure of the training module of the new format is also presented.
The empirical facts and trends were recorded by the study, indicating a decrease in schoolchildren's anxiety in
learning by the factors "fear of a situation of testing knowledge" (‒ 55%), "fear of self-expression" (‒ 31%)"; staying
in a “normal” emotional state (81%) with an even, calm emotional background of the lesson (68%) and an increased
( joyful) state (23%), provided that the training session is organized in a technology mode; about the positive
dynamics of teachers' possession of methodological skills when mastering technology as a system (application
of methods of pedagogical research – 52%; the ability to independently develop an independent questionnaire, a
test, a measuring tool – 48%; the ability to generalize the results of experimental work – 30%). Also, more than 500
models of innovative lessons for achieving metasubject results, 134 modules taking into account the cognitive style,
and many level tasks have been developed.
Scientific novelty. The scientific novelty of the research is determined by the substantiation and development of a
didactic system that simultaneously determines the solution of two problems: the achievement of meta-subject results
by students in a comfortable individualized educational environment. The results of the research develop the didactic
theory of educational technologies, meta-objectivity and individualization.
Practical significance. The significance of the results lies in the development of a technology which is useful for
modernizing the learning process in the context of the development of individuality and the achievement of metasubject results in educational activities in general educational organizations, higher education, and further vocational
institutions.

As in the rest of the world, universities in Italy have expanded their communication channels by adding social platforms to their institutional web portals. Their first colonisation occurred about ten years ago when they entered Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram. Today Italian universities are increasingly 2.0. Researchers have already examined academia's use of social media and their innovation of online services and interaction with their 'users.' This article explores this diffusion of in Italian Universities with these objectives: what are the consequences on reputation and socialisation among teachers, students, and people outside the academies? And, also, what are the challenges in education?

The aim of the paper is to study the relationship between University on line communication mix and student perception of the quality of the service being offered. In particular, we analysed the extent to which on line communication tools and contents are important in determining the students‟ perception of the quality of this service, looking at the contents and information students would like to have on line and which tools are most used. It is also necessary to understand if there is a clear link between type of information to be transmitted and preferred tool. We expect to find that the on line communication mix has a direct and important impact on student perception of the quality of service the university offers, especially when contents and tools are managed carefully by institutions. The reason for this is that communication, in general, is important in determining customer perception of the quality of service and also because of the primary target Universities have, let‟s sa...

The article is devoted to the use of the integrative approach in teaching which is aimed at improving the quality of education. In the research the authors applied the descriptive method (collection, analysis, presentation of the results the authors obtained applying the integrative approach in foreign language teaching) and the method of theoretical analysis (the analysis of the internal structure of the concept of the integrative approach; the detailed analysis of the development and functioning of the integrative approach in foreign language teaching). Based on these methods, the researchers considered the application of the integrative approach in foreign language teaching in the modern educational environment. The authors considered the general concept of the integrative approach and analyzed the way it can be employed in teaching Russian as a foreign language. The analysis of integration which is considered as a series of sequential processes made it possible to identify and d...

The article is devoted to the use of the integrative approach in teaching which is aimed at improving the quality of education. In the research the authors applied the descriptive method (collection, analysis, presentation of the results the authors obtained applying the integrative approach in foreign language teaching) and the method of theoretical analysis (the analysis of the internal structure of the concept of the integrative approach; the detailed analysis of the development and functioning of the integrative approach in foreign language teaching). Based on these methods, the researchers considered the application of the integrative approach in foreign language teaching in the modern educational environment. The authors considered the general concept of the integrative approach and analyzed the way it can be employed in teaching Russian as a foreign language. The analysis of integration which is considered as a series of sequential processes made it possible to identify and d...

This paper reviews Social Networking Sites (SNS) that have become available via the Internet in the light of usability for teaching and learning. Membership rules relating to entries for some popular sites, such as "Facebook" and "MySpace" are reviewed. Characteristics of these sites are reviewed and then compared to evaluate the trust and privacy issues of shared information available to any given social group. Trust and privacy plays a critical role when SNS are used for the purpose of teaching and learning. Thus, the negative and positive aspects of SNS are reviewed in detail. This knowledge will form the basis to assist with regulating SNS for teaching and learning.

In the conditions of a substantial increase in the number of foreign students in the universities of the Russian Federation in recent years especially relevant research of studying ways to increase the effectiveness of the formation of the communicative competence of this contingent of students in the educational and scientific sphere of communication at the stage of pre-university training. Professionally oriented teaching in groups of the humanitarian profile has its own specific features, due to the conditions of study, in which students who have chosen humanitarian areas of a fairly wide range can study in one group.
The purpose of this paper is to describe the student body studying at the stage of pre-university training at Russian as a Foreign Language Center of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU HSIEP RFLC), to find out their educational route and degree of conformity of the scientific prose style course, which is prepared based on traditional approaches, to communicative needs relevant to future majors of the students, and to propose and to present an argument for a more effective technology of modular education.
As methods of scientific research, the work used the method of analysis of scientific sources devoted to the competence approach to teaching, professionally oriented teaching of Russian as a foreign language and modular technology. Also, the questionnaire method allowed us to obtain data as a result of a survey of 154 students of the pre-university training program of SPbPU HSIEP RFLC. On the basis of theoretical analysis, it has been established that, within the competence-based approach, professionally oriented training in groups of the humanitarian profile at the stage of pre-university training should take place taking into account the communication needs that are relevant for future specialties of students.
Empirical method of study allowed identifying a list of future majors of pre-graduate training program trainees, the top of which are the following: linguistics (46%), foreign area studies (24%), majors related to art and culture (8%), psychological and educational majors (8%), law (6%), advertising and public relations (5%). Also a low level of foreign students’ satisfaction (39%) with the content of scientific prose style course based on traditional technology of mass group learning, which preconditions the need to use an innovative modular technology in teaching and learning process.
The scientific novelty of the research lies in the description of the process of pre-university training of foreign students in humanitarian groups through the prism of the foundations of modular education. According to the authors, modular training will allow to quickly vary the content aspect of training, focusing on the communicative needs of a certain humanitarian direction.

A new media allows users to connect, collaborate, and create new content, services, communities, and channels of communication that help in delivering information and services. Social media allows community members to share their experiences with the like-minded people in many different ways. In online media, users' behaviour differs compared to traditional media because situation varies. Users in social media are segmented as fact collectors, information seekers, and love to watch and be creative. The present study aims to uncover social media platforms and providers used by undergraduate students. In addition, the study investigates the social media behaviour of Kaziranga university undergraduate students. To achieve the objectives of study, a framework of six distinct groups of social media based on their actions on different social media platforms (Li & Bernoff, 2008) was applied. Samples of 115 undergraduate students were considered by using a convenience sampling technique. Data was collected using structured questionnaire from the undergraduate students and analysed using statistical techniques. Research indicates that use of social networking sites is at top, with maximum users for Facebook. The study concludes that users mainly belong to the joiners group followed by the collectors and spectators groups.

Even if university web sites have become the fundamental crux in the relationship design between universities and their stakeholders, most students have started to use social network tools to acquire and share information and impressions about colleges. This exploratory study, after a literature review, analyses groups created within Facebook related to an Italian university, to understand the kind of information and contents shared and whether this new digital arena can impact on students' choices or on the perception of university experience. We will also examine the possibility that universities have to use Facebook to manage and improve the quality of relationships with their stakeholders, in particular with students.

The aim of the paper is to investigate the use of social media by Italian universities as communication and relational tools. An analysisof the 95 Italian higher education institutions highlightshow nearly halfof the universities (51.6%) have an official presence onat least one social media. In particular,privateinstitutions and small-medium size universities are those that are mostly embracing the relational potentialities of these participatory media. Finally, in order to evaluate the social media performances of theanalysedinstitutions, we introduce the “university social media performance index” (USMPI). Implications for public relation research and practices are discussed.

Even if university web sites have become the fundamental crux in the relationship design between universities and their stakeholders, most students have started to use social network tools to acquire and share information and impressions about colleges. This exploratory study, after a literature review, analyses groups created within Facebook related to an Italian university, to understand the kind of information and contents shared and whether this new digital arena can impact on students’ choices or on the perception of university experience. We will also examine the possibility that universities have to use Facebook to manage and improve the quality of relationships with their stakeholders, in particular with students.

The aim of the paper is to understand to what extent students desire direct interaction with their universities through social media. This main research question seems to be relevant
because it is one of the issues still open in the literature concerning the evolution of university communication and the use of new technologies. Universities have already understood the primary role new technologies can play in building new and effective communication strategies. Moreover students are defined multichannel teens who spend hours on Internet to
interact with their peers and to manage relations with the public. Social network sites represent a challenge for colleges which need to understand whether students desire a relationship with them using these tools or perceive it as a ‘marketing intrusion’.
Previous studies have not brought conclusive results on these issues. Thus we conducted a survey to understand what the students’ real perception of the direct presence of universities
on Facebook is, and also to identify the contents and information students wish to share with colleges and the tools they would prefer to use within these platforms. The survey was carried out at the Sapienza University of Rome and it was conducted ‘offline’ using questionnaires