Education innovations: new wartime experience of Ukrainian universities

Abstract

The study defines the significance of the development and support of educational innovation processes in Ukraine during the difficult period of Russian military aggression and determines the specifics of the introduction of pedagogical innovations in universities in wartime conditions. The classification of education innovations is highlighted, and several innovative approaches to the organization of distance/blended learning are presented. Using the results of the survey of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University (Ukraine) students as an example, their attitude to distance learning as a large-scale innovation is presented, and several opinions regarding the use of ebooks and electronic teaching aids are characterized. The management aspect of the organization of the university educational process is substantiated. The necessity of effective planning of an innovative strategy for the development of an educational institution is emphasized, the principal’s focus on qualitatively new changes, psychological and pedagogical staff interaction based on empathy and partnership, the formation of a common vision of the directions of professional progress of a modern university.