The e-Learning – Between the Path to Modernity and Emergency Stairs

Abstract

In recent decades, our existence has been marked by amazing developments in science, especially in areas such as economy, technology, information and more. People all over the world are experiencing changes on an accelerated time, entailing radical changes. Thus, inevitably, daily activities must be brought into line with time requirements. Education is also an area that should be adjusted in order to deal with rapid modernization of the society in which we live. Over time, it was found that the delivery mode and the content of traditional education, too is no longer suitable to meet current requirements. Thus, education providers (staff or institutions) had to switch to new more efficient ways of teaching the courses. In the society we are living, a society of information and knowledge, the courses have become today increasingly digital. The present crisis that accompanies the COVID-19 pandemic has severely influenced our personal and professional experiences. Educational institutions and their actors have felt the impact of this crisis, through significant disorders at all levels of operation. For university education, the transfer from courses and seminars in the virtual environment proved to be more than a temporary challenge, it deeply affected the efficiency of activities, but this reality did not act as factor which weaken the motivation to preserve the quality of the educational act. Its demanding and unpredictable nature has been and continues to be a good opportunity to test and validate our resilient skills in conjunction with our ability to successfully adapt to new contexts. On the other hand, it is a test through which we can verify the usefulness of teaching experience and expertise.

In recent decades, our existence has been marked by amazing developments in science, especially in areas such as economy, technology, information and more. People all over the world are experiencing changes on an accelerated time, entailing radical changes. Thus, inevitably, daily activities must be brought into line with time requirements. Education is also an area that should be adjusted in order to deal with rapid modernization of the society in which we live. Over time, it was found that the delivery mode and the content of traditional education, too is no longer suitable to meet current requirements. Thus, education providers (staff or institutions) had to switch to new more efficient ways of teaching the courses. In the society we are living, a society of information and knowledge, the courses have become today increasingly digital. The present crisis that accompanies the COVID-19 pandemic has severely influenced our personal and professional experiences. Educational institutions and their actors have felt the impact of this crisis, through significant disorders at all levels of operation. For university education, the transfer from courses and seminars in the virtual environment proved to be more than a temporary challenge, it deeply affected the efficiency of activities, but this reality did not act as factor which weaken the motivation to preserve the quality of the educational act. Its demanding and unpredictable nature has been and continues to be a good opportunity to test and validate our resilient skills in conjunction with our ability to successfully adapt to new contexts. On the other hand, it is a test through which we can verify the usefulness of teaching experience and expertise.