RETHINKING EUCATION - DDLUB'S INITIATIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
RETHINKING EUCATION - DDLUB'S INITIATIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Summary/Abstract: The authors of this article have major contributions to the establishment and development of DDLUB which is the acronym for Distance Learning Department, founded in 1999 through the University of Bucharest Senate's Decision. During the last 18 years, DDLUB has focused on DL (Distance Learning) study programs according to Romania legislation. DL in RO is equivalent with blended learning concept known all over the world. This article is aiming to present DDLUB's initiatives and achievements, reported early in 2017. Chapter 1 will present the socio-economic context. There are remarkable events that have been taken into consideration by DDLUB team. The main conclusion of these events can be summarized as follows: we are living, teaching/learning and working within the Information Society. Teaching and learning according to the 21st Century requirements (including digital technologies) are our main responsibilities! Chapter 2 is dedicated to the educational context. There are worldwide trends focusing on "rethinking education". The authors took into consideration the recent evolutions within the domain of online education: Coursera, edX, Khan Academy, LinkedIn Learning, MIT Open Courseware, and CISCO Networking Academy. Meanwhile, we notice that a significant number of voices underline specific weaknesses of the RO system of education (e.g. “Court of Auditors Report 2016”, “Study-42% of Romanian is functionally illiterate").The following two chapters will present: achievements related to DL study programs provided by DDLUB for the target group of teachers (in-service and pre-service), in Chapter 3; initiatives and achievements related to the use of digital technologies in education, in Chapter 4 5 are dedicated to DDLUB 2017(+) vision on education.

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