Teacher's Gazette: SPbU online course designed by the team led by Tatyana Chernigovskaya won the first international Global MOOC and Online Education Alliance Awards
At the recent Board meeting of the Global MOOC and Online Education Alliance, it was officially announced that the online course ’Neurolinguistics’ from SPbU, designed under the guidance of Tatiana Chernigovskaya, emerged as the winner of the international competition GMA Awards.
The annual Board meeting of the members of the Global MOOC and Online Education Alliance took place in Milan from December 14-16, with a primary focus on integrating artificial intelligence in education.
In 2023, the Global MOOC Alliance introduced a new initiative, the GMA Awards project, aimed at identifying and recognising exceptional educational products contributing to the development of knowledge sharing and educational potential. This year’s competition theme was STEM, covering science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Twelve educational organizations from seven countries — China, Mongolia, Italy, Russia, Chile, Thailand, and New Zealand — participated in the competition.
The submitted courses spanned a broad spectrum of topics, including crystal chemistry, forensic medicine, neurobiology, machine learning, cloud technologies, frameworks for working with big data, smart home technologies, and aerospace technologies. Each organization’s applications were assessed by two experts — one from the university’s professional community (a faculty member or a representative of the administration) and the other from the student community.
Following a meticulous assessment process, the online course 'Neurolinguistics' from SPbU was declared the recipient of the first international GMA Awards.
Led by Tatiana Vladimirovna Chernigovskaya, Dr. Sci in Biology, Dr. Sci in Philology, an Academician of the Russian Academy of Education, the course was designed by an international team of academics. 'Neurolinguistics' provides students with an overview of contemporary neurolinguistics, combining methods and paradigms from linguistics and neuropsychology.
The course delves into the fundamental units and principles governing the organization of the nervous system in human speech-thought activity. Participants explore neurophysiological aspects of first and second-language acquisition and engage in discussions on clinical research related to speech, reading, and writing disorders, as well as speech disorders associated with mental illnesses. Furthermore, students gain insights into the history of neurolinguistics, contemporary neurolinguistic methods, and various research endeavours within the field.