Teachers Learn about Distance Learning

On June, 17th the Academy held training courses for teaching staff of the Institute of Civil Service. During the courses specialists of the Centre for educational technologies described in detail some challenges of working in the environment of distance learning.

The training courses aimed at helping teachers embrace a new educational technology of teaching in-service students distantly, as in the coming 2010-2011 school year a new major “State Building” will be launched at the Academy.

The courses highlighted the following main topical issues of distance learning: requirements to study materials for display at the Academy’s e-learning system; technology of information layout in the system; basic tools of the e-learning system which can be used for conducting distant classes with in-service students; technology of creating and compiling tests.

Besides that, during case-studies teachers got to know how to implement in the process of distance education such ways of learning as practical tasks, team projects, tests, on-line discussions, message exchange via in-built e-mail, etc.

The training session rounded off with a discussion and opinion exchange on such issues as activity planning in education, choosing adequate ways for implementing e-techniques in distance learning.

The Centre for Educational Technologies provided methodological materials on creation of a study course for distance learning. The Institute of Civil Service was also presented with a CD with recorded video-lectures of prominent teachers from Belarus and the CIS countries on the issues of teaching technologies for organising e-learning.

In future it is planned to hold a range of field courses for teachers on elaboration of high-quality interactive e-manuals and case-studies on the experience of conducting distance study courses at different universities of the CIS countries.

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