E-LEARNING PLATFORM INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION IN ERA OF DISTANCE - NEW CHALLENGES FOR TEACHERS

Implementation of E-learning Platform for Distance Practical Education in Electrical Engineering

Virtual and distance laboratories extend the application area of the web. This leads to an openly integrated environment which facilitates the sharing educational material, and also hardware and software resources. This paper investigates distance learning with particular attention to experimental work. The PEMCWebLab provides the user with a practical experience in electrical engineering educa...

E-learning Competencies for Teachers in Secondary and Higher Education

Distance Education Platform for Effective Learning In Computer Networking Courses

Distance education is not just self-study. A learning community incorporating instructors, students and resources is necessary for the successful delivery of a course via distance education. In particular, for computer networking courses, we need to consider the availability of hands-on experience, interactive feedback and just-in-time information for mastering complex cognitive skills. We need...

New Media and Open and Distance Learning: New challenges for Education in a Knowledge Society

The “digital society” provides not only with new technology, but also with new concepts. Information plays a central role and becomes a valuable good, but knowledge cannot be reduced to information, and one aim for educators is to contribute in a “knowledge society”, not only an “information society”. A knowledge society is structured in networks, enriching the traditional hierarchies; a knowle...

Distance Education in the Digital Era and Connectivism Theory

Background: With the arrival of the industrial Century, the educational system changed and different forms of education, including distance Education were created. Firstly, distance education based on traditional learning theories, but because that these theories are not able to respond and solve the challenges facing the education system in the modern century connectivism theory was creat...