Communication in Education: ICT Tools Assessment

Abstract

The article describes some preliminary results of implementation of WorkPackage 4 (WP4) "Selection and testing new IT tools" in frame international research network IRNet and researchers from partner institution from Ukraine, Poland, other countries.This results concerns analyzing and study some category ICT-tools for Communication in education and their assessment.The first part of article includes the theoretical aspects of communication: activity profile, some pedagogical aspects of teaching -learning together.The methods of cooperative learning, some psychosocial characteristics of communication over the Internet, analysing of challenges of communication, barriers of effective communication, model, communication quality requirement, form of communication and other items.Second part of paper described the research conducted in the frame of Module 005 WP4 and includes: Communication tools typology according to education activities, Mixed features of Communication Tools, Efficiency trend for top rated Communication ICT tools.Model 1, Sample expert card, Sample tool expert rating, Final expert ranking of Communication tools (all package period which has been divided on several main stages 1-5).Final part of manuscript contains expert model assessment and conclusions as to the top ranking IT communicative tools of the social media category.The comprehensive profile of social media communication tools in education and research is derived.