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КОМУНИКАЦИЯ И КАРАНТИНА
COMMUNICATION AND QUARANTINE

PEDAGOGICAL CHALLENGES CONNECTED WITH DISTANCE LEARNING IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT WHEN USING AUDIO/ VIDEO COMMUNICATION MEANS

Author(s): Hristo Karagiozov
Subject(s): Philosophy, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Social Philosophy
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: e-learning; video conferencing; virtual environment; multimedia technologies

Summary/Abstract: In the conditions of social isolation the presence of digital connectivity is the factor that provides both the scientific and the educational process in its part of communication between the participants in it. Audio/Video conferencing services are especially important for the exchange of knowledge in real time, for the need to continue the process of communication in a virtual learning environment. Along with this, there are certain important problems in the organization and conducting of this process. Part of them are psychological and social in nature, and others are related to the technological support of this communication. All this leads to reduced efficiency in the acquisition of knowledge in this method of working. This paper tries to distinguish the current factors and to show the psychological and semantic difficulties we face when we carry out a communication process in a virtual environment.