DISTANCE LEARNING MANAGEMENT BASED ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DISTANCE LEARNING MANAGEMENT BASED ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Summary/Abstract: Distance learning reshaped itself in the recent years as a consequence of the general informatization of the modern society that affected all the domains of human life, from students studying alone using printed materials provided by teaching institutions to learning by playing educational games on the internet. Between these two extremes there are many approaches to distance learning, usually involving the use of technology (computers, mobile devices, wireless networks, internet and so on). Because the possibilities are numerous, managing the diversity of these approaches becomes a more and more difficult task to attain. Learning institutions, in order to keep pace with the student’s requirements have to find the distance learning approaches that best satisfy the needs of their students and are also effective to transmit knowledge and abilities. Distance learning management must address multiple related issues. Among these can be enumerated: management of the learning type used to transmit knowledge and abilities to students; management of the relation between teacher, as the source of information, and students as the beneficiaries of learning (relation in time and space, according to the type of separation between them); management of the barriers that must be overcame to ensure effective learning processes; management of the communication necessary to transmit knowledge to the students; management of the relationship with other learning institutions (collaboration, complementarities etc.). In all of the above mentioned issues Information and Communication Technology (IT&C) plays an important role, having an impact on the solutions that are ultimately adopted. The purpose of the paper is to study the influence of IT&C on the management of distance learning and also to explore future possibilities of development in this field of study, like the integration between learning platforms and socializing networks, management of copyright and privacy of information while increasing collaboration between institutions etc.

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