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Online Learning Platforms as New Schools: UONEDU Case Study

2019, WG4: Citizen Science & Social Innovations, 15-16 April, 2019 at Kaunas University of Technology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities. (Lithuania)

Abstract

Digital education is education supported by technology. In the literature, numerous definitions of terms can be found: web-assisted learning, distance learning, e-learning, online learning. These terms should be considered in the context of the paradigm of time in which authors worked, as well as level of developmental degrees, geographical areas. In the practice, news day all around the Globe, we have online learning platforms as a form of new schools. Each of these schools has its own rules of organization, frames, domains, and limitations. From the other side, we do not have universities that are preparing students for new ways of teaching. In presentation will be give the concept of new schools and UONEDU integrative model that is preparing educators for that concept. The presentation will give the brief review of the results of the UONEDU case study of the development of digital education in the environment with basic, limited or without any digital support, from an idea of the basic methodology. It will be identified the factors that influence of development and the main scales of sustainability of digital education in the practice. Kew words: online education, online learning platforms, new school, integrative model, UONEDU