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Nauczyciel (a)medialny? Kompetencje medialne nauczycieli i ich wykorzystanie w nauczaniu zdalnym
(A)media Teacher? Teachers’ Media Skills in Distance Learning

Author(s): Marzena Janta
Subject(s): Education
Published by: Uniwersytet Ignatianum w Krakowie
Keywords: distant learning; e-learning; new technologies; digital media; pandemic; teachers’ media competences

Summary/Abstract: In today’s changing world and situations without precedent teachers need to face new challenges. One of them was necessity to start distance learning. A lot of teachers felt pressure and were afraid of using new technologies in education but the only one solution was to adapt to demands of a digital world and students—digital natives.Effective distance learning with methods which are attractive for stu-dents means necessity of constant improving teachers’ skills and qual-ifications to cope with dynamic reality. In spring 2020 COVID-19 pandemic imposed changes in all areas of human activities, in education as well. Despite problems with the lack of normal classes, teachers managed to overcome a lot of obstacles. This extraordinary situation showed a lot of difficulties with using dig-ital media among many teachers but we can be sure that, no matter what way the educational process will be organized in future, skills related with using new technologies in teaching are now one of the basic demands for teachers. In spite of many negative consequences of e-learning in new conditions, lots of teachers confronted their fear of using new media and for sure will make use of them in their future work.

  • Issue Year: 23/2020
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 87-108
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish
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