About Studies of the Information Technologies in the Moodle Environment

Abstract

Advanced technologies are increasingly penetrating to traditional education and studies. One of the most popular forms of studies, which in Lithuania also gaining momentum, – is distance learning. Studying at a distance manner it is possible to obtain secondary and university education, to raise the substantive and professional qualification and lifelong educating and learning for adults. The development of distance learning stimulated perfection of the information and communication technologies, rapidly improving infrastructure and improving the skills of population of using the information and communication technologies. Nowadays, the colleges and graduate schools providing education by distance manner, i.e., is prepared the programs of studies or courses of single subjects, where the number of learners is increasing every year. In addition, the development of distance learning is influenced the migration of population, high employment in the work and the peoples desire to study, adjusting the studies and a direct work at the same time. This form of studies is particularly appropriate for peoples, who so early left unfinished studies and with has the special educational needs, who live away from the big cities or regional centers, with lower income or for older people. Studies by distance manner may be organized in different ways: only in distance manner, when interacting only on internet; mixed method of studies, when part of studies takes place on traditional way, but interacting and on internet; partially by distance manner, when one part of learners study by distance manner, and other – by traditional way in the auditorium