The specialized training course “University of the Future: Secrets of Successful Management in Education” has concluded at Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University.
This course was designed to enhance qualifications and expand professional knowledge and skills necessary for effective management and ensuring high quality in educational activities. It included three training sessions conducted in an offline format.
The organizers were the Center for Innovative Educational Technologies “PNU-EcoSystem,” the Faculty of Pedagogy, and the Faculty of Management.
The first training session was conducted by Olena Huzar, head of the Center for Professional Development and Leadership “Teaching Excellence” at Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University. The speaker presented models of successful management in the field of business, the main principles of developing entrepreneurial competence in educational activities, and activated team interaction for generating ideas, creating, and presenting projects.
The topic of the second session was “Modern Trends and Challenges in Leadership and Team Building.” The speaker was Valentina Yakubiv, the first vice-rector of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University. She discussed the evolution of leadership styles, the impact of technology on communication and collaboration in teams, and the importance of emotional intelligence in modern leadership.
The topic of the third session was “Innovative Trends in Education: Virtual and Augmented Reality.” The speakers were Olena Budnyk, professor and director of the Center for Innovative Educational Technologies “PNU-EcoSystem,” and Mykhailo Kotyk, senior lecturer and specialist at the Center for Innovative Educational Technologies “PNU-EcoSystem.” They focused on using virtual and augmented reality to improve the learning process, highlighting their potential to create an interactive and immersive educational environment, and demonstrated this through VR glasses.