On 25-28 March 2025, the Seventh International Scientific and Practical WEB-Forum "The Development of the Unified Open Information Space in Lifelong Education” was held online at the Education and Research Institute "Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogical Academy” of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University.
The co-organisers of the scientific and practical WEB-forum were:
Sukhomlynskyi State Scientific and Educational Library of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine); Department of Science and Education of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration (Kharkiv, Ukraine); National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine); Association of Vocational and Life-Long Education Development (Kharkiv, Ukraine); SSI “Institute of Education Content Modernization” (Kyiv); Ivan Ziaziun Institute of Pedagogical Education and Adult Education of the NAPS of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine); The Institute of Vocational Education of NAPS of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine); Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Faculty of History, Department of Modern History of Ukraine (Kyiv); Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies (Dnipro); Educational and Methodological Center for Vocational and Technical Education in Donetsk region (Kramatorsk, Ukraine); Private institution "Centre for Vocational Education and Training” (Kryvyi Rih); Scientific and Methodological Centre for Vocational Education in Kharkiv region (Kharkiv, Ukraine); Ukrainian national section of International Society for Engineering Pedagogy – IGIP (Kharkiv, Ukraine); "School of Adaptive Management of Social and Pedagogical Systems” NGO (Kharkiv, Ukraine); Erasmus+ project “MOOC-based microcredentials for teacher professional development (CRED4TEACH)”, Erasmus+ project «Developing entrepreneurship, creativity and intercultural competencies to ensure high-quality teaching in Ukraine (UATalentUP)», Проєкт Erasmus+ «Implementation of the European Approach of Compliance Management in Higher Education in Ukraine (EUComplianceM4UA)». All co-organisers confirmed their consent in a letter and sent it a month before the forum.
This year's foreign partners of the forum were: Portalegre Polytechnic University (Portalegre, Portugal); Pomeranian University in Słupsk (Słupsk, Poland), Istanbul University (Istanbul, Turkey); Tallinn University of Technology (Tallinn, Estonia); Trakia University (Stara Zagora, Bulgaria); Özyeğin University (Istanbul, Turkey); Aurel Vlaicu University in Arad (Arad, Romania).
The Director of the Education and Research Institute "Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogical Academy” of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Denys KOVALENKO, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, delivered a welcoming speech on behalf of the Institute. Valentyna RADKEVYCH, Director of the Institute, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, represented the Institute of Vocational Education of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine). Ihor Hrynyk, Vice-Rector for Scientific and Pedagogical Work, International Relations and Information Activities, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, delivered a welcoming speech on behalf of Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University (Drohobych, Ukraine). Yuliia Davydova, Deputy Director for Educational and Methodological Work, spoke on behalf of the Scientific and Methodological Centre for Vocational Education in Kharkiv Region.
The key speakers of the event were: Jürgen KOEBERLEIN-KERLER, Professor, PhD in Pedagogy, CEO of IBK Ingenieurbuero Koeberlein GmbH & Co. KG, Würzburg, Germany; Zlatina KAZLACHEVA, Professor of Fashion Design and Modelling, Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria; Volodymyr STRELTSOV, Doctor of Science in Public Administration, Professor, Deputy Director of the Institute of Management, Pomeranian University of Słupsk, Słupsk, Poland; Luis Miguel CARDOSO, PhD, Professor, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre and Centre for Comparative Studies, University of Lisbon, Portalegre, Portugal; Cengiz Hakan Aydin, Professor, PhD, Director of the Office for the Improvement of Learning and Teaching, Özyeğin University, Istanbul, Turkey; Andrii LOMAKIN, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Practical Psychology, Education and Research Institute "Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogical Academy”, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University; Oleksandr KUPRIIANOV, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director, Education and Research Institute "Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogical Academy”, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University; Maryna Vasylieva, Professor, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Deputy Director of the Education and Research Institute "Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogical Academy” of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University; Nataliia HOIVANOVYCH, Candidate iof Biological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Biology and Chemistry, Methodologist of the Department of International Relations, Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University; Ali ARNAOUT, Professor of International Management, Wismar University of Applied Sciences, Wismar, Germany; Tiia RÜÜTMANN, Professor, President of IGIP, Estonian Centre for Engineering Pedagogy, Professor, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia.
The speakers presented the projects that the Education and Research Institute "Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogical Academy” of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University is working on together with partners from Germany, Turkey and Ukraine.
This year the Forum was held in the following scientific areas:
Adult Education in the Context of Dynamic Development of the Information Society;
Psychological Principles of Developing a Unified Open Information Space in Lifelong Education;
Digital Technologies and Artificial Intelligence in Modern Education;
Transdisciplinary Paradigm of Digital Transformation of Education and Pedagogy: Information and Analytical Support;
Engineering and Pedagogical Education;
University Education: Current Trends.
During the Web-forum, 30 reports were presented online and about 100 reports were presented offline. The forum participants had an invaluable opportunity to get acquainted with interesting developments in the field of information space of education by domestic and foreign scientists, to exchange experience and enrich themselves with new information and scientific ideas. Particular attention was paid to the topical issue of the application of artificial intelligence technologies in education and science, as well as the peculiarities of safe use of platforms and techniques.
The Forum ended with the summing up of results and announcement of decisions on the prospects and tasks of joint activities of all educational and scientific institutions of the organisers and co-organisers of Ukraine and foreign countries. The Forum also identified recommendations, suggestions and advice on technological, information and communication, content and methodological, social and communication, organisational and international aspects of organising and conducting Web forums.
Materials of the Seventh International Scientific and Practical WEB-Forum
We are sincerely grateful to all the participants of the event for providing informative reports, interesting ideas and the opportunity to learn from the experience of foreign and domestic scientists and practitioners.
We wish further success to the participants of the Seventh International Scientific and Practical WEB-Forum and active cooperation.
