(1056) ICT TEACHERS’ AND DISTANT ICT STUDENTS’ APPROACH TOWARDS WORK AND COMMUNICATION IN VLE

摘要

The recent technological developments have created a qualitatively new virtual communication medium in the hope that it will be effectively used in distance learning/teaching. In this article, we describe the reflections of teachers and students, communicating in a virtual learning environment (VLE) in a distance learning course. Representatives - professional ICT teachers and 4th year students participated in this research. The aim of this research: compare the theoretical expectations related to VLE, the ICT teachers’ and students’ experience in building practical skills via work in a VLE. Related objectives: to reveal the expectations related to the employment of the VLE based on the analysis of the scientific literature; to discuss the peculiarities of the ICT studies; to summarise the experiences of the teachers‘ and students’ work in VLE on the basis of qualitative study. The methodology applied for this research includes the following methods: scientific literature analysis, interview, descriptive content analysis of the responses to the open-ended questions.