Pedagogical Conditions of the Educational Process during the

COVID-19 Pandemic in the Field of Fine Arts and Design

E. Vasilenko

, P. Vasilenko

and O. Goltseva

Moscow State Technical University named after K. G. Razumovsky (PKU), Department of Computing, Main University, Russia

Keywords: Distance Learning Technologies Educational Resources, Teaching, Efficiency, New Information, Design,

Digital Educational Resources.

Abstract:

The article analyzes the development of modern education, the digital transformation of education, existing

online platforms for the educational process, identifying the most acceptable for training in the field of fine

arts and design in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Distance education is one of the new methods of

work related to the teaching of design and fine arts. Any educational organization faces the question of how

to convey information to students in the most convenient way, taking into account the specifics of the

disciplines taught. It is necessary to take into account all the specific features of lectures and practical classes.

Such an important component in learning as communication is based on the choice of an online platform. The

tasks and requirements of the studied subject require a certain approach and the creation of the most acceptable

pedagogical conditions. It is necessary to take into account all the specific features of lectures and practical

classes for the most accessible and understandable presentation of the material and methods of monitoring the

implementation of practical tasks. As a result of the selection of means of communication in order to achieve

the most effective way of communicating information to the audience, several electronic platforms can be

identified that can provide the educational process with the means and conditions for mastering the material

in the relevant discipline. When selecting a resource, you should pay attention to the capabilities of this

platform, taking this into account when forming the course being taught. Digital transformation of the content

of educational training programs using ready-made conference solutions is not always the best option for

online learning, it is necessary to find ways to adopt the methodology of vocational training in connection

with the peculiarities of distance learning and real-time requirements.

1 INTRODUCTION

The educational process in the field of creative

specialties requires special attention and is based on

the experience that was gained earlier. Solving the

problem of the need to choose methods of continuous,

active education, integrating it into everyday life,

saturation with various creative technologies, points

to the advantages of working in a team and calls for a

constant rethinking of the past experience of both the

whole of humanity and a single artist-designer.

A methodology based on such requirements is

being formed and used in the modern world. All this

indicates changes in the teaching of design and fine

arts, the creation of certain pedagogical conditions

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that play an important role in the development of

vocational education in this area.

Digital education has entered our lives and

requires teachers to make certain changes in the field

of teaching methods. The problem of teaching during

the period of restrictions related to measures to

prevent the spread of infectious diseases, such as

coronavirus infection, has become most acute for

teachers of creative specialties. Distance education is

one of the new methods of work. Teachers who are

associated with the teaching of design and fine art

faced special difficulties. Digital transformation of

the content of educational material must meet

professional requirements.

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Pedagogical Conditions of the Educational Process during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Field of Fine Arts and Design.

DOI: 10.5220/0011111800003439

In Proceedings of the 2nd International Scientiﬁc and Practical Conference "COVID-19: Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals" (RTCOV 2021), pages 132-136

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The demand for online education is increasing all

over the world. During the COVID-19 pandemic, this

is the most effective and safe method of training. The

solution for creating communication between a

teacher and students is the use of various online

platforms. The educational organization faces the task

of how to convey information to students in the most

convenient way, this issue is most acute in teaching

creative specialties that are based on visual images

and practical classes (Smith, 1998), (Alekseeva,

Barsukova, Pallotta, Skovorodnikova, 2017).

A methodology based on such requirements is

being formed and used in the modern world. All this

speaks about changes in design education, about the

creation of certain pedagogical conditions that play an

important role in the development of fine art and

design around the world.

2 MATERIALS AND METHODS

The method of analyzing the application of existing

platforms in the educational sphere allows us to

highlight all the advantages and disadvantages, adapt

their use to achieve the most effective educational

process. Such an important component in learning as

communication is based on the choice of an online

platform, which depends on the tasks and

requirements of the subject being studied. It is

necessary to take into account all the specific features

of lectures and practical classes, the most accessible

and understandable presentation of the material and

the method of monitoring the implementation of

practical tasks.

3 RESULTS

As a result of the selection of means of

communication in order to achieve the most effective

way of communicating information to the audience,

several electronic platforms can be identified that can

provide the educational process with the means and

conditions for mastering the material in the relevant

discipline. When selecting a resource, you should pay

attention to the capabilities of this platform, taking

this into account when forming lectures and practical

classes, as well as a way to control the knowledge

gained by students.

Special requirements exist in the field of

professional teaching of fine arts and design, a clear

understanding of the target audience, the possibilities

of demonstrating the material, the convenience of

feedback (teacher - student), all technical

characteristics must correspond to the discipline

taught (Begidova, Vasilenko, 2016), (Daskova,

Polyakova, Vasilenko, Goltseva, Chevalier,

Vasilenko, 2020).

Considering that the knowledge base in fine arts

and design of students should further contribute to the

acquisition of specialized skills that would

correspond to the direction of training, the

methodology that has already developed historically

in specialized educational institutions needs to adapt

the teaching of these disciplines in the format of

distance learning.

Modern reality dictates to constantly keep up with

the times, improve teaching methods in the field of

fine arts and design, taking into account real

opportunities - to conduct training sessions during the

COVID-19 pandemic.

4 DISCUSSIONS

The main methodological aspects in teaching fine arts

and design are formed on the following principles:

organization of the creative process; active learning

characteristic - continuous deepening, research,

generation of ideas; mutual integration of the creative

process in a person's life, for a deeper understanding

of processes and open creativity; constant work with

other people, leading both to the synthesis of ideas

and to healthy self-esteem - team; reasonable rivalry;

use of accumulated experience; learning in an open

system, the ability to listen, imitate, look with a new

look at the chaos of failed ideas; the use of

technologies and electronic programs to serve the

creative process and the development of mental and

physical skills; acceptance of the conditions and

requests of the system, society, the environment for

which design works; the development of not only

creative creative skills, but also the ability to destroy,

break, invert, as well as improvise

The possibility of creativity of the student is

assumed at three levels: the level of creating an

artistic design object, the level of creating tools and

ways to achieve results, the level of creating a

methodology that stands above the entire learning and

design process.

An important point in the learning process is how

the conference is held (accessibility and mobility of

the platform). In this case, each of the participants

will be able to use it for their own purposes. If the

conference is available to a limited number of people,

then therefore the information for general use will not

be available.

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An example of one of the most popular programs

is «Zoom». The advantage of this program is that it is

possible to create mass conferences with a large

number of participants (100 people). It is also

possible to broadcast videos from all over the screen,

adjust the background.

All participants of the meeting can work with the

screen, the screen is interactive. Special attention in

this program is paid to web security. It is possible to

remove participants from the chat, the ability to

manage the access rights of conference participants.

The program integrates with the calendar (Lopasova,

E. V. 2016).

The «Zoom» program has high Internet speed

requirements. There is a need to download the

application for good work. It is not possible to work

through the browser. To conduct online classes, you

should use the paid version of the program, since the

free version is limited in time (Vasilenko, E.,

Vasilenko, P., Saenko, N., Borisov, V., Borisova, S.,

Prodan, I. 2020).

Consider the platform «Webinar.ru». It allows all

participants of the conference to share the screen. The

ability to broadcast with a delay of one second gives

you time to orient yourself and react to an event on

the air. Working in this program is very comfortable,

easy and understandable. The high price is a

significant disadvantage for it, it differs significantly

from analogues in the market of educational

programs.

Broadcasts on the «V Kontakte» social network

and the «YouTube» platform were created to

communicate with subscribers - as entertainment

content. They are not very suitable for conducting

training sessions. The disadvantages of these

programs are that you need to download additional

software to broadcast the screen or perform some

interactive actions. These broadcasts do not have

privacy protection, anyone can become viewers of the

broadcasts and may be subjected to unauthorized

influence. Copyright in this content (broadcast) is not

protected.

«Microsoft Teams» is a program that has become

the most popular and in demand in the educational

environment. This program has its own positive

qualities - the program does not stand still, but is

constantly evolving. One of these advantages is that

within the framework of the «study room» there is an

opportunity to create «working rooms» for classes

with individual students (Lopasova E.V., 2015).

The program allows you to demonstrate the

screen, and when opening a presentation, all

conference participants can work in it, but when

working with PDF files, only the broadcast organizer

can have access to the work.

The program has an interactive whiteboard where

you can write with colored markers or enter text using

the keyboard. You can manage the access rights of

conference participants - mute the sound or

microphone, and, if necessary, remove them from the

conference (Papanek, V., 2004). The program has a

waiting room that allows you to filter out unwanted

participants (Vasilenko, E. V., Vasilenko, P. G.,

Fursov, A. I., 2019). The disadvantages of the

program include its unstable operation due to server

overload, and the fact that it is impossible to see other

conference participants when showing the screen

(Vasilenko, E.V., Vasilenko, P.G., Gordeeva T.A.,

Gerasimenko I.I., 2020).

There is no program purposefully made for

educational needs, and especially, highly specialized.

To teach practical classes, it would be advisable to

use «Microsoft Teams» or «Zoom». These programs

give you the opportunity to work with interactive

content and allow you to receive feedback from

students. With their help, it is possible to demonstrate

presentations, documents, and even work with an

interactive whiteboard. At the same time, the

disadvantages of «Zoom» can be limited by the time

limit of the free version and not very high-quality

image, and in «Microsoft Teams» the issue of screen

broadcasting remains unresolved: there is no way to

see other broadcast participants, often the organizer /

teacher has to guess by voice who is currently

answering or asking questions (Moore, R., Lopes, J.,

1999). As for theoretical lectures, «YouTube» copes

well with this task. This video server has a

psychologically familiar interface, as well as a very

convenient moment with lectures: no one and nothing

will prevent the lecturer from conducting the lesson,

because there is no voice feedback in YouTube, you

can only send written messages. It is possible that the

ideal solution to the current situation would be the

creation of a special communication conference

program aimed at solving the methodological

problems of the educational environment in the field

of design and fine arts, in particular (Agafonova, N.A.

2018).

It should be understood that learning is moving

along a given trajectory, and a software manufacturer

in this area cannot fully provide the educational

process with a satisfying specialized product in a

short time, since it depends on many components of

this process. On the part of teaching staff who have

extensive experience in teaching professional

disciplines, it is necessary to change the

methodological approach based on the existing

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situation. The contribution of teachers to the

formation of adapted educational and methodological

recommendations will be able to provide high-quality

continuing education in professional activities in the

field of such creative specialties as fine arts and

design.

Creation of an educational and methodological

complex that could replace the existing one without

prejudice in obtaining professional competencies,

something durable, strengthening universal values,

Unique, innovative methodological developments

that will meet the time and create appropriate

pedagogical conditions.

Certain requests are being formed to the nature of

the learning process and the system itself, which

suggests that education should go to its goal with new

methods. First of all, they should be aimed at

continuous learning, integrated into human life and

intersecting with other spheres.

Focus on the process, not the result, with the

acceptance of the whole experience, without a critical

division into "good and bad". The ability to process

information both at the level of synthesis and at the

level of destruction. Creativity in contact with people,

the ability to use the past experience of both the whole

of humanity and your own. All these guidelines

determine the development of a new teaching

methodology aimed at changing the future culture of

the world with the help of design and fine art.

By teaching creative, creative design thinking and

innovation methodologies aimed at creating

specialists with high potential who, acting as agents

of change, deal with topical issues, it is possible to

form a personality that professionally will not only be

a performer, but also a creator - inventor.

This process leads to clear distinctions between

"doing the right thing" and "doing things right." We

focus on creative management competencies

combined with high-level strategic thinking and

material solutions.

A large number of tools are used aimed at

expanding creative and logical thinking, continuous

generation of ideas, integration into creativity and

design-designing methods and experience of other

spheres of life will make it possible to form

conditions for quality education.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Since distance learning has occupied its niche in the

educational process, and the use of ready-made

conference solutions is not always the best option for

creating the most convenient means of

communication between a teacher and students, it is

necessary to constantly improve teaching methods

that must meet the parameters of the selected

electronic platform.

Based on the conducted research, the following

conclusion can be drawn about the necessary

requirements that the world community imposes

during the COVID-19 pandemic to the modern

methodology of teaching fine arts and design. This is

an understanding of the new mission of design, the

direction of the entire ideological part of the

methodology and its constituent methods to serve it.

Digital transformation is an effective and flexible

adaptive application of the latest technologies for the

transition to a personalized and result-oriented

professional educational process (Sergeeva, M.G.,

Samokhin, I.S., Sunaeva, S.G., Gerasimenko, I.I.,

Goltseva, O.S., Gordeeva, T.A., Belyakova, T.E.,

2020.). The solution of certain tasks to achieve the

quality of education in the new era of digitalization

must be coordinated.

The use of digital educational and methodological

materials, implementation of digital programs, testing

and application of teaching materials using machine

learning technologies, artificial intelligence, and so

on. Popularization of online learning is a gradual

rejection of paper media.

Digital applications provide students with free

access to educational information, as well as the

flexibility of the entire course of study.

Development of a universal identification system,

creating models of an educational institution taking

into account all the necessary requirements to create

the most effective conditions for learning. To

understand where university education should move

in terms of technology, we need examples of how it

should work ideally: using new digital tools and

devices, improving the skills of teachers in the field

of digital technologies.

Thus, the methodology not only serves as an

example of a system that meets the needs of modern

education, it itself forms the requirements and

ideology of a new education designed to nurture

experienced, creative specialists whose minds are

turned to serving humanity and solving pressing

global problems.

Solving the problem of the need to choose

methods of continuous, active education, integrating

it into everyday life, saturation with various creative

technologies, points to the advantages of working in

a team and calls for a constant rethinking of the past

experience of both the whole of humanity and a single

artist-designer. A methodology based on such

requirements is being formed and used in the modern

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world. All this speaks about changes in design

education, about the creation of certain pedagogical

conditions that play an important role in the

development of fine art and design around the world.

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