ICHTML 2021 – A journal of the pandemic year

This is an introductory text to a collection of papers from the ICHTML 2021: Second International Conference on History, Theory and Methodology of Learning, which held in Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University, Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, on the May 12-14, 2021. It consists of short introduction, conference review and some observations about the event and its future. 1 ICHTML 2021: At a glance The International Conference on History, Theory and Methodology of Learning (ICHTML, https://ichtml.org) is a regular peer-reviewed international conference [1], which covers interdisciplinary research on education, learning and training, and applications of theories and philosophies used in the sciences of learning and adjacent sciences. The ICHTML occupies contributions in all aspects of epistemology, psychology of learning, learning theories, learning technologies and tools, paradigms and models and related fields of interest with a emphasis on human and machine learning. The main problematic field of the conference is the current and future issues of modern pedagogical science: psychological and pedagogical, philosophical, socio-cultural aspects of education, learning and training, modern theories, technologies and teaching aids, the emergence of which is determined by globalization, integration processes, social transformations, humanitarian and scientific and technological development. There is urgent general need for principled changes in postclassic education elicited by current theories, models, tools, services, networks and communications. This volume contains the papers presented at ICHTML 2021: Second International Conference on History, Theory and Methodology of Learning held on the May 12-14, 2021 in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. There were 61 submissions. Each submission was reviewed by at least 3, and on the average 3.2, program committee members. The committee decided to accept 38 papers. ICHTML 2021 papers are grouped into 3 tracks: Track 1: History of Learning and Education • Evolution of Education, Learning and Training (papers [2], [3], [4], [5]) • Personalia (paper [6]) ∗e-mail: vitana65@gmail.com ∗∗e-mail: semerikov@gmail.com ∗∗∗e-mail: shramko@rocketmail.com • World Trends in Learning, Training and Education Development (papers [7], [8]) Track 2: Learning Theories • Analytical Psychology and Learning (papers [9], [10]) • Assessment in Learning (paper [11]) • Development and Learning (papers [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19]) • Discourse and the Production of Knowledge (papers [13], [20], [21]) • Philosophy of Learning (papers [22], [23]) • Psychology of Learning (papers [9], [24], [25]) Track 3: Learning Methodology • Learning Technology (papers [3], [26], [27], [28], [29], [30], [31], [32], [22], [33], [34], [35], [36], [37]) • Sociology of Education (papers [38], [39]) 2 ICHTML 2021: Venue Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University (https://kdpu. edu.ua/en) is one of the leading institutions of higher education in the education system of Ukraine. The University has more then 90-year experience in training generations of specialists for the state and public needs (figure 1). Today the University is a center of education and science in Kryvyi Rih, as well as a center of culture because, in addition to Pedagogical specialties at all three educational levels, Kryvyi Rih State University trains specialists in tourism, ecology, it also prepares philologists, translators, historians and jurists, designers and choreographers for educational institutions of the city and region. Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University has a long history, ancient traditions and it cherishes them up to this day. It was founded in 1930 as an institute of vocational education, but over time the number of specialties, which


ICHTML 2021: At a glance
The International Conference on History, Theory and Methodology of Learning (ICHTML, https://ichtml.org) is a regular peer-reviewed international conference [1], which covers interdisciplinary research on education, learning and training, and applications of theories and philosophies used in the sciences of learning and adjacent sciences.
The ICHTML occupies contributions in all aspects of epistemology, psychology of learning, learning theories, learning technologies and tools, paradigms and models and related fields of interest with a emphasis on human and machine learning. The main problematic field of the conference is the current and future issues of modern pedagogical science: psychological and pedagogical, philosophical, socio-cultural aspects of education, learning and training, modern theories, technologies and teaching aids, the emergence of which is determined by globalization, integration processes, social transformations, humanitarian and scientific and technological development. There is urgent general need for principled changes in postclassic education elicited by current theories, models, tools, services, networks and communications.
This volume contains the papers presented at ICHTML 2021: Second International Conference on History, Theory and Methodology of Learning held on the May 12-14, 2021 in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine.
There were 61 submissions. Each submission was reviewed by at least 3, and on the average 3.2, program committee members. The committee decided to accept 38 papers.

ICHTML 2021: Venue
Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University (https://kdpu. edu.ua/en) is one of the leading institutions of higher education in the education system of Ukraine. The University has more then 90-year experience in training generations of specialists for the state and public needs (figure 1).
Today the University is a center of education and science in Kryvyi Rih, as well as a center of culture because, in addition to Pedagogical specialties at all three educational levels, Kryvyi Rih State University trains specialists in tourism, ecology, it also prepares philologists, translators, historians and jurists, designers and choreographers for educational institutions of the city and region.
Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University has a long history, ancient traditions and it cherishes them up to this day. It was founded in 1930 as an institute of vocational education, but over time the number of specialties, which The university has 8 faculties: Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages, Geography, Tourism and History, Preschool and Technological Education, Physics and Mathematics, Science, Psychology and Pedagogy and the Faculty of Arts, which includes Music and Pedagogy, Art and Graphic departments. The university conducts research in four areas: Mathematical and Natural Sciences (Primarily Physics and Ecology), Social Sciences (Pedagogy, Sociology, Psychology), Humanities (Philology, Philosophy, History) and Biology. The educational process is provided by 29 doctors of sciences, professors, 219 candidates of sciences, associate professors.
The university has international contacts with more than 30 higher education institutions and research institutions in foreign countries. Researchers and applicants participate in international projects and European academic mobility programs.
Despite the pandemic and economic difficulties in the country, the university is dynamically developing and advancing in the domestic rankings among higher education institutions. Thus, Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University maintained and, according to some indicators, improved its position in 2020. KSPU is on 36th place out of 190 universities according to the rank of Scopus (for comparison: 2019 -91), in the TOP-200 on 75th (2019 -157), and in the consolidated ranking -101-105 (2019 -148-151), which we shared with other universities, from 24. In 2019 KSPU entered the top ten pedagogical universities of Ukraine, and in 2020 consolidated its position and now it takes the 8th position in the consolidated ranking.
In 2018 KSPU data were added to another rating, namely: U-Multirank 2018/19. In 2020 Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University improved its indicators and rose from 89th place to 71 out of 176 universities. Liudmyla Gryzun earned a M.A. in Applied Mathematics from the Kharkiv State University, USSR (1986); PhD and Second Doctoral Degree in Pedagogical science from G.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University (Ukraine). The sphere of her research is focused on the curriculum and educational content design in higher education, the process of curriculum disciplines structuring, based on scientific knowledge integration; AI application to pedagogical problems solution; IT tools for inquiry-based and holistic learning etc. She is an author of more than 120 scientific and methodical works including 1 monograph, 2 collective monographs, and 6 tutorials.  Yasemin Gülbahar has lectured on many topics such as programming languages, problem solving and algorithms, instructional technologies, instructional design, material design and development, distance learning, web design, measurement and evaluation, research methods, teaching methods, software development, technology integration and planning both in undergraduate and graduate level. She has also many national and international publications as books, book chapters, journal articles and proceeding papers.  Olga Moreno-Fernández, has a degree in Humanities and a Diploma in Primary Education. D. from the Universidad Pablo de Olavide with international mention and extraordinary prize for the work "Environmental education and education for citizenship from a planetary perspective. Study of experiences in Andalucía". She is currently Researcher in charge of the Research Group on Education: Health, Environment and Citizenship (HUM-1027) and editor-in-chief of the journal ESAMEC. Education Journal: Health, Environment and Citizenship. She has participated as a researcher in several research projects, both national and international, related to Citizenship Education. She has published in journals indexed in databases such as SJR or JCR, as well as in publishers indexed in SPI.

ICHTML 2021: Program committee
WWW His research interests include: computer science, information networks, ICT, programming, software development, information systems, data science. He has published a number of papers in international journals.
He is a member of editorial boards of "Ukrainian Journal of Educational Studies and Information Technology" Dr. Liubov Panchenko, Professor at the Department of Sociology, National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute", Kyiv, Ukraine Liubov Panchenko was awarded a Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences degree (Dr. phil.) from H. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine, in 1995, and a Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences degree (Dr. habil.) from the Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, in 2012. Since 1993, she has been working in the field of information and communication technology in education. Since 2016 she has been a Professor at the Department of Sociology, National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute". Her research interests include information and communication technology in education, university's educational environment, MOOCs, data analysis and multivariate methods in scientific research, digital storytelling, adult education. She has published a number of papers and text books ("Computer data analysis", "Data analysis practicum", "Mathematical and statistical methods of sociological information's analysis") and is an editorial board member of the Ukrainian journals "Information Technologies and Learning Tools" (associated editor), "e-Environment of Modern University", and "Humanization of the educational process".
WWW she has been working in the field of comparative education in the Institute of Pedagogy, Kyiv. Since 2017 she works at the National Aviation University, Kyiv, at the position of a Professor of Aviation English Department. Her research interests are related to improving the quality of bilingual and multilingual education, developing and preserving multilingualism in the context of the educational space of European countries and the US. She has been analyzing the opportunities and finding ways to apply positive experiences in these fields in Ukraine. The range of her scientific interests also includes features of mastering a foreign language at the university level (especially ESP), as well as peculiarities of forming students' autonomy and finding the ways to increase students' motivation for foreign languages learning. e-mail: pershoks@gmail.com  Yevhenii Shapovalov was born in 1992, received Ph.D. in 2020 from the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine in biotechnology. He worked in the field of digitalization of chemistry education in the National Center "Junior Academy of Science of Ukraine" from 2014 to 2020 and then start to work in the Ministry of Digital transformation. He has studied the anaerobic digestion of high nitrogen content in biotechnology and modern approaches in the digitalization of education, such as using AR, smart tools, and ontologies to structure education content. He is a board member of NGO "European Studies' Platform for Sustainable Development" and has experience in international educational projects (Eras-mus+). Leading expert in pedagogy of higher education in Ukraine. Chairperson of Specialized Academic Board on PhD dissertations in "Theory and Methodology of Professional Education". Author of more than 170 printed works, three monographs, two textbooks with a stamp of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, three study guides with a stamp of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, 12 educational and practical study guides, articles in leading Ukrainian and foreign journals. Author of "Pedagogy", "Professional-Pedagogic Communication" -the textbooks now fundamental in many leading institutions of higher education in Ukraine.

ICHTML 2021: Conclusion and outlook
The vision of the ICHTML 2021 is to create a leading interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators, to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of learning.
The conference is a successfully performing forum to transferring and discussing research result among the academics, students, teachers, government, private sector or industries. Participants and presenters from several countries such as Czechia, Finland, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine have attended the conference to share their significant contribution in research related to the History, Theory and Methodology of Learning.
We are thankful to all the authors who submitted papers and the delegates for their participation and their interest in ICHTML as a platform to share their ideas and innovation. Also, we are also thankful to all the program committee members for providing continuous guidance and efforts taken by peer reviewers contributed to improve the quality of papers provided constructive critical comments, improvements and corrections to the authors are gratefully appreciated for their contribution to the success of the conference. Moreover, we would like to thank the developers and other professional staff of Not So Easy Science Education platform (https://notso. easyscience.education), who made it possible for us to use the resources of this excellent and comprehensive conference management system, from the call of papers and inviting reviewers, to handling paper submissions, communicating with the authors etc.
We are looking forward to excellent presentations and fruitful discussions, which will broaden our professional horizons. We hope all participants enjoy this conference and meet again in more friendly, hilarious, and happiness of further ICHTML 2022.