Researchers from the Education and Research Institute “Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogics Academy” of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University took part in the International Conference ICL2025 “Innovation through Co-Learning in Engineering Education” (Budapest, Hungary)

From October 1 to 3, researchers of the Educational and Research Institute “Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogical Academy” of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University took part in the 54th International Conference on Engineering Pedagogy “ICL—2025 Innovation via Collaborative Learning in Engineering Education,” held in Budapest, Hungary, at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME). The conference combined the 28th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning and the 54th IGIP International Conference on Engineering Pedagogy.

This year, the event was conducted in a hybrid format. The conference organizers included the International Society for Engineering Pedagogy (IGIP), the International Association of Online Engineering, and the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME).

At the conference, researchers from the Education and Research Institute “UIPA” of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University presented the Erasmus+ project Cread4Teach: MOOC-Based Micro-Credentials for Teachers’ Professional Development.

This year, 13 papers were presented at the conference, including five in-person presentations. In particular, Oleksandr Kupriianov presented “Accreditation of Micro-Credential Programs: Qualimetric Approaches to Quality Assessment,” Tetiana Bondarenko delivered a presentation “MOOC as an Innovative Approach to Educational Interaction in the Training of Future Specialists,” Maryna Vasylieva presented “Developing Social Responsibility of Vocational Education Teachers as a Global Competence,” Yuliia Fedorova shared research results on “Enhancing Emotional Intelligence for Generation Z Entrepreneurship: A Digital Perspective,” and Jürgen Köberlein-Kerler, together with Ukrainian researchers, presented “Different Levels of Access to Artificial Intelligence (AI): A Deep Dive into OpenAI and DeepSeek.”

Eight additional presentations were held online via Microsoft Teams, covering topics such as:

• Managing Educational and Cognitive Activities in Distance Learning
• Developing Fundraising Skills of Future Computer Engineering Educators
• Training Teachers for the Food Industry Based on the Principles of TRIZ Theory
• Developing Professionally Oriented Course Content in Electrical Engineering for Mechanical Engineering Students
• Abolition of the Russian Language in Eastern Ukraine: Psycholinguistic, Sociolinguistic, and Educational Perspectives
• Qualimetric Approaches to Assessing Education Quality Using Fractal-Cluster Analysis
• Digitalization of the Educational Environment as a Factor in Developing Communicative Competence of Engineering and Pedagogical Staff
• Using a Digital Twin to Create Adaptive Simulators in Nuclear Power Plant Operator Training

The paper by Hanna Hrynchenko and Andrii Matsko, “Qualimetric Approaches to Assessing the Quality of Education Using Fractal-Cluster Analysis,” was recognized as the best paper of the conference.

V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University was represented by Iryna Shteimiller, Head of the International Relations Office; Roman Nesterenko, Deputy Head of the International Relations Office; and Iryna Khotchenko, Associate Professor at the Department of Oriental Languages and Intercultural Communication.

The Education and Research Institute “Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogical Academy” of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University was represented by:
Oleksandr Kupriianov, Deputy Director for Research; Maryna Vasylieva, Deputy Director for Academic and Pedagogical Work; Olena Kovalenko, Professor at the Department of Pedagogy, Methodology, and Education Management; Tetiana Bondarenko, Professor at the Department of Information, Computer Technologies, and Mathematics; Mykola Lazarev, Professor at the Department of Pedagogy, Methodology, and Education Management; Natalia Korolova, Yuliia Bilotserkivska, Tetiana Kalinichenko, Natalia Ruban, Svitlana Lytvyn — Associate Professors at the Department of Pedagogy, Methodology, and Education Management; Halyna Sazhko, Associate Professor at the Department of Information, Computer Technologies, and Mathematics; Hanna Korniush and Olena Shaparenko, Associate Professors at the Department of Foreign Language Training, European Integration, and International Cooperation; Yuliia Fedorova, Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Management; Hanna Hrynchenko and Natalia Antonenko, Associate Professors at the Department of Automation, Metrology, and Energy-Efficient Technologies; Artem Cherniuk, Yuliia Oleinyk, Kostiantyn Brovko, Pavlo Vasiuchenko, Anatolii Tarasenko, and Hanna Mosiienko, Associate Professors at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Power Engineering; and PhD students Lina Fatieieva, Vitalii Lukashov, and Andrii Matsko.

The academy’s representatives also visited the BME InnoLab, where they explored research related to unmanned vehicles.

Professors Tetiana Bondarenko and Oleksandr Kupriianov from the Education and Research Institute “Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogical Academy” of Karazin University moderated the conference sessions “Digital Transition in Education” and “A New Generation of Engineering Students.”

The scientific works of UIPA researchers were presented in collaboration with colleagues from Comenius University (Bratislava, Slovakia); IBK Ingenieurbüro Köberlein GmbH & Co. KG (Würzburg, Germany); Ozyegin University (Istanbul, Turkey); Newcastle University Business School (UK); the National Defence University of Ukraine; V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University; Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics; Hryhorii Skovoroda University in Pereiaslav; V. O. Sukhomlynskyi State Scientific and Pedagogical Library of Ukraine (National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine); and the Center for Foreign Languages (Kharkiv, Ukraine).

The conference proceedings will be published as ICL2025 Proceedings in Springer’s series Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems. The books in this series are indexed in Scopus, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, and SCImago, and will be submitted for inclusion in Web of Science.

Congratulations to our researchers and best wishes for continued success!