HIERARCHISATION OF THE TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR USING THE MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES AND WEB2.0 IN THE TEACHING ACTIVITY
HIERARCHISATION OF THE TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR USING THE MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES AND WEB2.0 IN THE TEACHING ACTIVITY

Summary/Abstract: Technology influences how people using the computer in their daily activity think and behave. Knowledge is more accessible than ever thanks to the internet. Its true potential however has only just started being noticed. WEB2.0, live web, hyperlink, 2.0 software, active web, writing and reading web. Internet has become a global, active, connected computer, allowing everyone not only to contribute, but also to change the nature of information. The strong impact caused by the avalanche of new technologies on the formal educational system required the latter’s adaptation to this context by renouncing the paradigm of “teacher-centred learning” and by “providing learning and training opportunities or educational programmes through electronic means” specific to the use of information technology in the classroom activity, long-known generically as computer assisted training (CAT). CAT turned into e-learning (m-learning), developed and now covers an ample set of applications and processes, as well as the web-based learning, virtual classes or online collaboration, content distribution, etc. Under the new conditions, the Teacher becomes a Mentor, the student’s partner in the latter’s learning activity. This work shows to which extent the teaching staff and the students, respectively, developed the 15 dimensions of the technical competence required for integrating the new web2.0 technologies in the professional and personal activity. The level analysis resulting from this research (sample: 350 higher- education teachers, 250 students and 60 employers) shows that every competence contributes differently to the elaboration/conclusion of a personal teaching style by using innovative working strategies. The models incorporating conceptual maps, the modern means of communication, viewing and relating via m-learning and the new web2.0 technologies increase the degree of new information sensitivity and reception, they increase the stimulation, imagination and enthusiasm indexes by changing the Teacher-Student relations, increase the involvement level in the student’s collective activities and they render the educational process effective.

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