Riociguat treatment in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: Final safety data from the EXPERT registry

Objective: The soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator riociguat is approved for the treatment of adult patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and inoperable or persistent/recurrent chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) following Phase

Vector modeling for diagnostics of future mathematics teacher methodical training in higher school

The relevance of the present research is defined by the necessity of improvement of methodical training of mathematics teacher in a higher educational institution on the basis of multi-component diagnostics of competencies which represent the multidimensional result of education. Such diagnostics is preferable to be carried out by means of multidimensional vectors which allow not only assessing the educational process from different points of view but also predicting correction of its problematic zones. Purpose of the article is to develop vector method for diagnostics of future mathematics teachers' methodic competencies. The proposed method of vector modeling promotes qualitative and quantitative assessment of the results of methodical training of future mathematics teacher from the point of view of intensity (by means of absolute characteristics) and orientation (in relation to cognitive, activity or value-based components). The article determines such directions of the model of mathematics teacher methodical training as cognitive, social and humanitarian, operational-activity-related, research and methodical. Each of them corresponds to certain competence: information-methodological, social interaction, individual cognitive activity, self-organization and self-management and also system-activity-related. Criteria for assessment of competencies on the basis of performance of methodical oriented practice tasks and projects were developed. © 2018 by the authors

Determining Expert Opinions of the Faculty of Education on the Development of Distance Learning Course

© 2020. iJET. All Rights Reserved. A modern education system where students and faculty members are not obliged to come to the campus, where live, video, audio and interactive courses are taught in a fully virtual environment with face-to-face university education is called distance education. Based on the technological developments, the importance of distance education has also been revealed. The aim of this study is to determine the opinions of experts on the development of the ‘distance education’ course brought to the teacher training programmes. The participants of the study were selected from the purposeful sampling types with maximum diversity, criteria and easily accessible sampling methods. The data obtained as a result of interviews with experts from Northern Cyprus and Russian Universities were subjected to content analysis with a qualitative approach. In this study, which was designed as a case study, 20 academicians from 3 different departments working in the education faculty were included. In the study, a semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers was used as the data collection tool. Interviews were recorded with their consent. The data obtained as a result of interviews with experts were subjected to content analysis with a qualitative approach. As a result of the research, the experts reported teacher competencies, course application and system-oriented views for the development of the distance learning course

Online Formative Assessment in Higher Education: Bibliometric Analysis

Assessment is critical in postsecondary education, as it is at all levels. Assessments are classified into four types: diagnostic, summative, evaluative, and formative. Recent trends in assessment have migrated away from summative to formative evaluations. Formative evaluations help students develop expertise and concentrate their schedules, ease student anxiety, instill a feeling of ownership in students as they go, and confirm the module’s subject notion. Online formative assessment (OFA) emerged as a result of the convergence of formative and computer-assisted assessment research. Bibliometric analyses provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of a study topic across a particular time period. We used a PRISMA-compliant bibliometric method. The Scopus database was searched for BibTex-formatted publication data. In total, 898 studies were analyzed. According to the results, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education and Computers & Education are the most influential sources. RWTH Aachen University and Universitat Oberta De Catalunya are the most effective institutions. The red cluster includes terms associated with higher education and evaluation. The word “e-assessment, e-learning, assessment, moodle” appears in the green cluster. This group is quite influential yet has a low centrality. The highest percentage is 79.2 for “online assessment”. The subject is comprised of three components: “distance learning”, “accessibility”, and “assessment design”. The most important topics were “e-assessment”, “higher education”, and “online learning”. According to the country participation network, the USA and UK were the two main centers. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland