Information System of Accounting for Methodical Work of the Department

Abstract

An Information system for the analyzing the methodical work of higher educational institution department has been developed. It is established that the methodical work of the department is of great importance in ensuring the quality of educational activities of higher educational institutions, which provides in particular the availability educational and methodological support of the educational process and information systems for effective management. Given the important role assigned to the formation and development of the system of methodical work in the educational institution, the modern requirements and conditions of reforming and diversifying the system of higher professional education has been analyzed. Based on the general review of the methodical work of higher educational institutions department, has been revealed that the development of an applied software product for accounting and analysis of the methodical work of both an individual teacher and the department as a whole is relevant. The developed information system of analysis of methodical work of department allows analyzing the methodical work of both individual teachers and the department in general, to asses the quality of educational activities, documentation, and also provides diagnostics and monitoring of methodical work of department for different periods of time, comparison of teachers’ activities and preparation of recommendations for subsequent periods of work. The proposed information system allows to effectively manage the methodical work and to provide recommendations for planning, implementing and controlling the effectiveness of the strategy for improving the educational process and its methodical support. In particular, it is envisaged that the program includes such activities as: accounting for the methodical developments available in the department methodical cabinet with their reference to the name of the discipline; names and codes of the specialty; course; teachers-authors; lectures; study groups; the number of students in the group and general in the stream; the number of copies of educational and methodical literature; time of publication; taking into account the existing methodical developments within the virtual learning environment with their binding to the above parameters, as well as the time of the last editing; the number of lectures and students registered for the educational complex, student activity; accounting for existing methodical developments within the section “Electronic Library” of the department’s website with a separate link to the number of copies by users. The developed information system is being tested at the Department of Applied Mathematics of Lviv Polytechnic National University.