The Perspective of E-education in Lifelong Learning of School Teachers

Abstract

The new information-communication technologies are nowadays ingrained in all domains of education system. The new technologies are not only influencing the intellectual activities of the university and other schools on primary and secondary educational level (learning, teaching and research), but are also changing how the educational organisation is organised, financed and governed. The basic purpose of this research is to assess the perspective of e-education implementation in the system of pedagogical training and expert advanced study courses as a form of life-long learning of school teachers. We have to admit that electronic media and internet became a significant tool used also for educational purposes, especially for delivery of study materials and communication between tutor and learner. The results of this research show that the most important advantage of e-learning as emphasised by survey participants is the flexibility of place and time of study. The research also indicates that the basic objective (computer equipment, internet access, frequency of internet usage) and subjective (purpose of internet usage, willingness for making use of e-learning) conditions for e-learning implementation in Slovenian schools are satisfied. To conclude, the teachers are mostly aware of the advantages of distance life-long learning and would like to participate in such modern modes of education. We have to notice that pure distance education is extreme that rarely exists, so what we have meant here is the effective combination of traditional (classroom-based) and distance based education.