Катерина Осадча

CURRICULUM VITAE

PhD, Associate professor, Katerina Osadcha

Member of the public organization “All-Ukrainian Association of e-learning”

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Summary of Qualifications

11 years of experience as a University Teacher of  Computer Science, 15 years of experience as a Distance Learning professional

Present and Prior working experience

Now – Associate professor of the Department of Computer Science and cybernetics, Melitopol State Pedagogical University named after B. Khmelnytskyi (Ukraine)

2008-2015 – Director of Distance Learning Center,

Melitopol State Pedagogical University named after B. Khmelnytskyi (Ukraine)

Education

2010 – Dissertation for a PhD degree “Professional competence of computer science teachers’ formation in the process of special disciplines’ study”

2008 – Master’s degree in Computer Science, Taurida V.I. Vernadskiy National University

2007 – Bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics, Melitopol State Pedagogical University

Professional qualifications

2016 – West Finland College (Certificate of English course, Certificate of  scientific internship to master the project approach in the educational process)

December 2014-October 2015 – Sofia Technical University, Engineering and Pedagogical Faculty (internship)

2012 – Faculty Development Workshop, Microsoft Faculty Fellow (Certificate of  Microsoft Technology Enriched Instruction)

2005 –  Distance Learning School, Academy of Distance Education, Scientific Research Institute of Ukrainian Studies (trening)

2002 – OpenOffice.Org (Certificate of appreciation, active participation)

Academic work

-   Teaching and delivering lectures at the Department of computer science and cybernetics: Information networks, Software Testing & Software QA, Web-programming, Operating systems and system programming, Basic scientific research, Modern operating systems, PC Software, Introduction of the programmer

-   Planning, preparing, and delivering lessons included in computer science courses

-   Assessing students strength and weakness and planning teaching instructions accordingly

-   Developing and delivering lecturer in easy to understand way

-   Researching and preparing teaching materials and demonstrating each logical steps in computer programming

-   Involved in the research and designing of new courses and materials.

Languages

Russian, Ukrainian (native speaker)

English (intermediate)

Polish (pre-intermediate)

Skills

Summary of Skills:

- Strong experience and potential in teaching information technology

- Impeccable analytical, organizational, and technical skills

- Demonstrated impressive verbal and written communication skills

- Outstanding abilities in teaching variety of computer science courses

- Remarkable abilities in working with Video Conferencing equipment

- Experience of development  educational courses, including distance learning courses

- Experience of research and participation in educational projects.

Technical Skills:

- Content management systems: Moodle,  edX, Joomla, DLE, Bitrix, Drupal, Wordpress, PhpNuke.

- Web development: HTML, CSS,

- Languages: Python and PHP

- Operating systems: Linux, UNIX, Windows NT/95/98/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10

-  Application software: Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, Adobe Photoshop, GIMP, CoreDwaw, After Effects, Windows Live Movie Maker, IDE, Unified Modeling Language tools, massagers, browsers, antivirus software and others

Publications

Osadcha K.P., Hromyshev A.V. (2016). Analysis of developing algorithms methods for solving mathematical problems by means of Python language. Information processing systems, (2), 114-117.

Osadcha K.P., Osadchy V.V. (2014) Information and communication technologies in the development process of future teachers’ visual thinking. Scientific Journal of Melitopol State Pedagogical University. Series: Pedagogy, (12) 128-133.

Osadcha K.P., Osadchy V.V.  (2014) Analysis of the problem of programmer professional training and its solutions. Educational Technology & Society, 17(3).

Osadcha K.P. (2008). European norms and standards of teachers competence in information and communication technologies. Access: http://www.nbuv.gov.ua/old_jrn/Soc_Gum/pptp/2009_1/articles/2009/09_01ppokpens.pdf.

Osadcha K.P. (2012) Modern foreign research of  distance learning technologies // Pedagogy and Psychology of Professional Education, (6) 229-234.

Patents

25.12.2012 – The computer system of students' knowledge rating assessment (Ukraine № 75943)

References

Available upon request