EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF THE BLENDED LEARNING METHOD IN THE ROMANIAN PRE-UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF THE BLENDED LEARNING METHOD IN THE ROMANIAN PRE-UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

Summary/Abstract: Blended Learning Concept designates a form of mixed education, that combines traditional teaching methods with tools of communication technology. In the pre-university educational system in Romania the traditional process of teaching and learning is more often used; thus, the student is studying in a certain classroom in an educational unit, being supervised by a teacher. The fast pace of e-learning development determines the emergence and use in the Romanian educational space of a new context for learning, the Blended Learning method, a new learning space, student centred. The group of Web 2.0 technologies (blog, wiki page, podcast, RSS feeds) have changed the way interpersonal communication takes place, this new perspective being associated with a rich repertoire of services and applications, creating a new context for viewing, accessing and producing information. Blended learning method thus becomes a viable alternative to traditional education methods. The main change registered in accessing the method of mixed learning is the reconfiguration of the role of the teacher and student - teacher relationship; it is recommended to adopt certain roles of the users, both in terms of their pedagogical function as well as accessing/configuring online rights. Therefore, the new environment, which is constantly evolving, its development plans will be analysed. The research employed a mixed method of analysis, triangulating the data from 10 interviews realised with teachers from urban school community. Whenever data is available, the paper uses a comparative perspective with other EU countries particularly regarding the BL methodology in educational process.

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