Tübingen Center for Digital Education

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sergii Galetskyi

I'm a Ukrainian scholar whose work centers on modern pedagogical innovations, digital education, and international collaboration in higher education. With more than fifteen years of experience across European and North American universities, my academic career combines teaching, curriculum development, and research at the intersection of educational technology, intercultural communication, and innovative instructional design.

My current research project explores how online education can enhance the accessibility, inclusiveness, and resilience of higher education systems. Focusing on comparative studies between Germany and Ukraine, I investigate how students’ digital competencies, socio-demographic factors, and engagement levels influence learning outcomes and how universities can adapt teaching strategies to better support diverse learners. My work contributes to building a strong evidence base for the effective integration of digital tools and teaching practices into university curricula, ensuring that innovation in education is both equitable and sustainable.

The project also aims to transfer research findings into practice by developing policy recommendations for educational authorities, creating methodological guidelines for instructors, and proposing models of cooperation between universities across Europe and Ukraine. In this way, I bridge theory and real-world application, supporting the development of more flexible and future-oriented learning environments.

Holding a PhD in Pedagogy and dual Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in both Philology and Law, I approache education through a multidisciplinary lens that connects linguistic, cultural, and technological perspectives. My teaching philosophy emphasizes active learning, learner autonomy, and the meaningful use of ICT to enhance student engagement and accessibility. Beyond academia, I have been actively involved in international youth exchange and intercultural initiatives, including leadership roles in the Canada World Youth exchange program. Through my academic and professional work, I contribute to the advancement of digital and inclusive education, aligning with the broader goals of fostering evidence-based, innovative, and globally connected approaches to teaching and learning in higher education.

Selected publications

ICT and Communicative Competence Formation

Galetskyi, S., & Galetska, T. (2024). Model of Formation of Communicative Competence of Young Teachers of Foreign Languages by Means of ICT as an Integral Main Part of Distance Learning. Youth Voice Journal, 14(3), 61–71. Great Britain. [Scopus]

Galetskyi, S., Turzhanska, O., Biloshytska, T., Topishko, N., & Galetska, T. (2023). Computer-oriented technologies in teaching mathematics as a means of self-regulation of young people's mathematical knowledge. Youth Voice Journal, I, 90–102. Great Britain. [Scopus]

Galetskyi, S., Turzhanska, O., & Topishko, N. (2022). Model of the decision support system for career guidance of young people based on the apparatus of fuzzy logic. Youth Voice Journal, III, 54–71. Great Britain. [Scopus]

Galetskyi, S., Turzhanska, O., & Galetska, T. (2021). Information and communication technologies as a means of forming the communicative competence of young teachers of foreign languages at the university. Youth Voice Journal, 43–60. Great Britain. [Scopus]

Distance and Online Learning Research

Galetskyi, S. (2024). Ensuring inclusiveness and accessibility of distance learning in universities. Annali d’Italia, 56, 78–84. Italy.

Galetskyi, S. (2024). The use of innovative technologies in teaching English: online resources, programs and mobile applications. Znanstvena misel, 86, 29–34. Slovenia.

Galetskyi, S. (2024). The social and demographic characteristics of higher education students in Ukraine in 2019–2023. Znanstvena misel, 96, 57–66. Slovenia.

Galetskyi, S. (2021). E-learning as a leading component of information and communication technologies in the educational process. Scientific Notes of Centralukrainian Volodymyr Vynnychenko State Pedagogical University, Series: Pedagogical Sciences, 194, 84–88. Ukraine.

Pedagogical Research and Theoretical Foundations

Biloshitska, T., Lytnova, T., & Galetskyi, S. (2024). Stages of preparing future teachers for pedagogical counseling. Current Issues in Modern Science (Series: Pedagogy), 5(23), 781–791.

Galetska, T. I., Topishko, N. P., & Galetskyi, S. (2022). Gravity model of international trade: origins and modern approaches. Scientific Notes of the National University “Ostroh Academy”, Series “Economics”, 27(55), 96–103.

Galetskyi, S. (2020). The structure of communicative competence of future foreign language teachers.Scientific Notes of Sumy State Pedagogical University, 5–6(99–100), 24–37.

Galetskyi, S. (2020). Features of the system approach to the problem of formation of communicative competence of future teachers of foreign languages by means of information and communication technologies.Scientific Notes of Berdyansk State Pedagogical University, 3, 241–249.

Galetskyi, S. (2019). Criteria, indicators and levels of development of communicative competence of future teachers of foreign languages by means of information and communication technologies. Scientific Notes of Sumy State Pedagogical University, 9, 24–37.

Galetskyi, S., & Zhukovsky, V. (2018). Features of modern distance learning: potential and new possibilities of use. Collection of Scientific Works of Ivan Franko Drogobych State Pedagogical University, Series “Pedagogics”, 6(38), 154–165.

Conference participation

Sergii Galetskyi has actively participated in over 30 international scientific and practical conferences held in different countries all around the globe.

Based on his conference presentations, he has published more than 25 papers in conference proceedings, primarily focused on ICT and distance learning innovations, communicative competence development,inclusive e-learning, etc.