EQUALITY AND E-QUALITY IN EDUCATION – WORLDS APART OR CLICKS APART?
EQUALITY AND E-QUALITY IN EDUCATION – WORLDS APART OR CLICKS APART?

Summary/Abstract: The ever growing impact of information and communication technologies upon education, in general, and thinking patterns, in particular, plays an essential role in developing the pool of future intellectual capital. However, acquiring skills and knowledge under such circumstances poses specific difficulties both in terms of the learners’ access to IT equipment, and in terms of their ability to use it. Moreover, the age-based discrepancies – among other things – generate extra-challenges to this category of education beneficiaries. In the aftermath of this assumption, the hereby article examines the impact of e-learning upon the quality of the teaching activity, as well as upon the extent to which the educator can enhance the level of equal opportunities provided to the learners by applying modern teaching techniques and procedures. After analyzing the pros and cons of the aspects mentioned above, the article will attempt to conclude upon the compatibility or, on the contrary, the incompatibility between the two concepts contained in the title. Finally, the authors will advance solutions to meet the challenges of equal chances to education, while ensuring e-quality concerning the educational processes overall, at the same time.

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