Modernusis švietimas - mokslų sąveikos rezultatas

LTPastaruoju metu sparčiai plėtojasi ir populiarėja distancinės studijos. Tai neatskiriama bendros studijų sistemos dalis, todėl jų plėtrai įtaką turi edukologijos mokslo laimėjimai. “Humanisticos” skaitytojų pageidavimu supažindiname su distanciniu švietimu, pateikdami modernaus distancinio studijų apžvalgą. Kitaip negu tradicinėse studijose, distancinėse studijose dėstytojas dažnai yra toli nuo studento, jų bendravimas sunkesnis, studentas priverstas daugiau dirbti savarankiškai. Kadangi ryšys tarp dėstytojo ir studento būtinas, naudojamos įvairios komunikavimo priemonės. Studijų pobūdžiui didelę įtaką ima daryti techniškųjų mokslų - informatikos ir telekomunikacijų (informacinių technologijų) - laimėjimai, turintys savą specifiką. Todėl distancinėse studijose ne visos tradicinių studijų metodikos yra galimos. Kita vertus, informacinių technologijų naudojimas leidžia sukurti ir naujas studijų metodikas. Taigi kas tai yra distancinės studijos, kur jų vieta bendroje švietimo sistemoje ir kokia didėjančio populiarumo priežastis?.

ENIn recent years distance learning is enjoying an upsurge of popularity. Having gained a lot the educology attainments it has become an integral part of a general learning system. This review of distance learning is given at the request of “Humanistica” readers. Contrary to traditional learning here an instructor is far from a student and their personal contact is not easily available, a student ought to depend on oneself. Since an instructor - student contact is indispensable, various communication means to assistance. Distance learning is greatly influenced by technical sciences - informatics and telecommunication because of their specific nature. For this reason in distance learning not all traditional learning methods can be applied. On the other hand, application of information technologies allows the development of modem learning methods. Here the questions appear: what distance learning is, what place it occupies in the education system and what makes it so popular. Distance education does not confine to any education type or stage, people category or their life period, though all of them affect the learning means, its presentation and learning methods acquire certain specific features. Distance learning can comprise secondary and higher education, adult and non-formal public education as well as continuous learning. Therefore, distance learning is not a separate education sphere, it is a mode. Distance learning is a tool which can successfully be used for providing diverse including qualification degrees education.It seems it is easier to define the difference between conventional and distance learning philosophically. In a traditional learning process the learning plays the main role i.e. a student comes to a learning location, adapts oneself to lectures and classes, time, etc. In other words, figuratively, “a student comes to his learning”. The essence of distance learning is that it is arranged for convenience of a student i.e. figuratively, “learning comes to a student”. Information technologies make it possible to orientated distance learning to the following spheres: public education, using information carriers, radio, TV, education requesting the service of global computer nets, especially their web pages e.g. World Wide Web - WWW and also video conferences. Intellectual culture is being developed not only by the information itself but the method of presentation and aids used. In addition to traditional correspondence courses, on the basis of information technologies a new distance learning system is to be developed. In order to assist the students who do not have technical possibilities to learn at home a wide area network of distance learning is to be set up. Initially, the network should linked with that of universities and colleges. In future it should not be confined to academic cities only.