Abstract
The present study proves the role of virtual e-learning facilities in the initial training of the teachers. The evolution of science and technique facilitated a rapid development of e-learning technologies, which have generally been generated for other fields of education (adult education, developing educational software for students, support and recovering technologies for children with disabilities) and less for the initial training of the teachers.
Even if e-learning facilities have been less used in the field of initial training of teachers, they can be successfully used in the shaping and development of the educational practical skills. These technologies do not replace the traditional "face to face" teaching, but they become additional to and they increase its efficiency.
The research carried out at the ascertaining level, detailed in the experimental part, emphasizes the importance of these technologies from a double perspective, namely: on the one hand the opinions of the trainers of the future trainers and on the other hand the assumptions of the students - future teachers. Students think that the value of e-learning facilities (maps, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, software, books, educational forums, chats, video conferences, tutorials, simulations, blogs, sites, etc.) increase the interest and attractiveness of the courses and practical lectures, decrease the teacher's effort in the process of teaching and the students' effort in the process of learning.
According to the things mentioned, we highlight new dimensions of an active and interactive teaching and learning, by virtual technology: the students learn to learn and learn to teach in the same time. |
Keywords
e-learning, on-line learning, virtual class, multimedia technologies/strategies, didactic skills |