Importance, Popularity and Elements of Educational Platforms – A Study of the Opinions of Students from Poland, Ukraine and Kazakhstan
Importance, Popularity and Elements of Educational Platforms – A Study of the Opinions of Students from Poland, Ukraine and Kazakhstan

Summary/Abstract: This article presents a comparative international research study analyzing theopinions of students from Poland, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan regarding the importance,popularity, and elements of educational platforms in the field of computerscience. The study employed the Kruskal-Wallis test for statistical analysis. The researchquestions addressed are as follows: RQ1: Which educational platforms, ingeneral, and which specific platforms, are most popular among students from Poland,Ukraine and Kazakhstan and which specific platforms? RQ2: What topics aremost frequently searched for on educational platforms, and what motivates studentsplatforms? RQ3: How do students from Poland, Ukraine and Kazakhstan evaluatethe usefulness of different types of content posted on educational platforms, anddo they use various platforms to share their code? RQ4: How do students fromPoland, Ukraine and Kazakhstan evaluate the elements of courses on educationalplatforms that they consider most important or useful. RQ5: How do studentsfrom Poland, Ukraine and Kazakhstan evaluate the value of courses offered oneducational platforms? Five hypotheses are proposed: The country of origin doesnot affect the frequency of use of educational platforms. The country of origin affectsthe topics of courses that students are interested in on educational platforms.The country of origin does not affect the motivation to take courses on educationalplatforms. The country of origin does not affect the evaluation of elements ofthe courses on educational platforms that students find most important or useful.The country of origin affects the evaluation of value of courses provided on educationalplatforms. The most popular topics on these platforms are programming andcomputer networks, with students from Kazakhstan also displaying a keen interestin subjects related to artificial intelligence and computer graphics. Additionally,this study analyzes the conditions of learning and teaching in specialized modulesat each university, including teacher requirements, curricula, and the potential forpractical implementation of new knowledge by students. Furthermore, the studyexamines course elements that are most essential to students, such as video recordingsof lectures, tutorials/instructional videos, practical tasks, and solutions to tasks.The article concludes with a discussion and summary of the findings.

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