INNOVATIVE LEARNING AND TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORTED BY WEB PLATFORMS AND APPLICATIONS
INNOVATIVE LEARNING AND TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORTED BY WEB PLATFORMS AND APPLICATIONS

Summary/Abstract: Current evolution of education is marked by rapid expansion of ICT supporting learning and teaching.This presents a particular challenge for teachers, especially older one. eLearning has grown exponentially in recent years. During the deluge of different types of eLearning platforms and applications, it is difficult for a teacher to decide which one is appropriate to use and recommend to their students. Moreover, as a basis, he/she must possess certain digital competencies, in order to be able to conduct research on their strengths and weaknesses. Therefore, national projects to promote the use of ICT by higher education teachers are very welcome. On the other hand, teachers must also follow the trends on the students’and employers’ sides when imparting knowledge. This requires from them also to constantly look for new web applications and platforms and its features, and besides to use new methods of knowledge transfer. We found out, that this presents a great burden for most of teachers, as this requires additional and ongoing engagement from them. Namely, they are becoming more aware of the need to compete with eLearning possibilities, otherwise their profession might lose sense. It became clear, that they have to change their mindset to consider their professionas the added value and upgrade of what students can gain through eLearning, while also strive to become enablers for such knowledge gains. Our main goal is to make this clear, by presenting students’ views on the impact and usability of applications and web platforms for eLearning.

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