"Interactive education using new networks technology"
Interaction represents a multiple approaches and platforms in the course of communication between users of information and communication system. This phenomenon is more related to repeat in time communication, full commitment of the participants, and continuous dialogue with the aim of generating ideas in a scientific, educational or research area.
According to the EU's Lisbon Strategy, education and training are the main factors for the receipt and transmission of knowledge and are an essential element of any innovation. Human resources are the most important capital in the strategy stresses that investment in this field will determine the further development and productivity in the EU. People must constantly update their knowledge, competence and qualifications. In March 2001 in Stockholm, the European Council adopted the 3 major strategic objectives for training and education and 13 specific tasks. Latter in 2002 was approved work programme for implementing these objectives. Focus on integrated policy for education and training and information to citizens through communication programs, active involvement of universities in the initiative "Europe of Knowledge". One of the objectives of the strategy is transforming the educational system and training in medium or long-term process. Creating a society based on knowledge and knowledge-oriented economy.
The new work programme called "Education & Training 2010". One of the tasks is - to create by 2005 d new systems for evaluating the quality of secondary education, more dynamic university programs, mobile teachers, and education has close connection with culture, science, values and the business sector of the EU. Build a communication platform is a special "role of universities in building a" Europe of Knowledge ". These ideas and orientations in an unequivocal way correspondence with current practices in interactive training and in particular in the training of students in the prevention of risks and threats inherent in 21 century.
Interaction, by definition, involves the immediate active contact between students and their teachers, joint efforts in building a database related to the program and studied courses.
Theoretical framework for e-Learning
To meet the huge interest in e-learning education American / North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL) creates a special electronic base, which covers the literature associated with this type of training.
NCREL examine the effectiveness of different media and technology strategies and come to conclusions, what constitutes a procedural knowledge in this field. It provides analysis for the development of e-education in the past five years. NCREL E-Learning Knowledge Base is made up of based on two types of dynamic structures, marked d-structures / what is learned, and f-structures / dimensions of on-line environment, limitations and results of the training. F-structures can be compared with popular practice in the "black box" phenomenon that is only conditional associated with mental processes can not be checked or monitored at the time. The concept of "f-structures found by the researchers
Kemmis, Atkin, and Wright 2 (/ 1977 /, which offer a dynamic, useful scheme for understanding the processes of human knowledge. With columns identify those external factors that affect the computer-based learning. The authors cited above, developed a model for using the f-structures in the educational process consisting of 4 classes: F-themed structures; F-pedagogical structures; Operating / System / f-structures; F-public structures. Then these classes are modified in such a way as the basis for e-learning to acquire real dimensions. The main elements of the new system are:
. Introduction and the introduction of e-learning;
. Basic and standard content;
. Teaching and learning;
. Guidance technology systems;
. Cultural and organizational context;
Based on NCREL E-Learning basis is an online review of all literature / found using search engines on the web, contains more than 350 active URL's, linked directly to full-text versions of the material.
Components of training: technological resources; reliable telecommunications infrastructure and network; technical support; technological facilities for access to content; opportunities for virtual learning; administrative processes and operations. Important steps to building a system in e-Learning: analysis of the situation and knowledge needs; design of effective and relevant educational environment; production of all materials related to education; evaluation of the results and achievements; determining the frequency of updating the material. Interactive training must meet certain conditions: easy recognition, understanding of the nature / allows selection of training; solving problems / simulation and modeling; construction of cognitive base / makes it possible to develop projects, research, and creative activity. The system, it is necessary to provide feedback, testing of students, diagnostic process which have been involved in training. The information provided in the course of training to be balanced, easily access .Electronic training is based on certain shared by all the principles and oriented towards dialogue with the participants in the educational process.
We’ll stop at several popular approaches in practice to carry out similar type of training:
Interactive web-pages;
Discussions on-line
Written projects in group discussions and in
Chat rooms, boards and forums
Use of appropriate technology base and software, known to students in order to fully perceive the material and communicate with each other;
Forming groups to define complex risk issues and networking;
Forms of training:
small groups, provided e-mail among their members; feedback through the website of the programme, created a database and e-journals needed for training;
exams in the form of interactive tests to be decided in real time and instant assessment of students;
organizing short interactive sessions with the presence of a teacher;
creating a comfortable environment for interactive training;
publication of part of the main items on the page or security of electronic media;
interactive relationship between students can be maintained and webcams.
Interactive communication means generating meaning through the exchange ideas using a series of modern means of transmission of data and implementing a combination of electronic processes.
Interactive communication ensures active participation of students and those students who usually do not express openly their ideas. A similar type of communication destroys monopoly on content, controlled by traditional media.
When choosing a form of interactive training is necessary:
to take into account the characteristics, conditions and the label of conduct typical set up for interactive media;
to make a selection processes, appropriate for the purposes of training;
to seek active contacts and interaction with virtual communities, with close to our interests.
During the interactive interaction in the course of training to use the following techniques:
Ø orientation to a wide range of tools for creating content / text, voice, video, images, photos, so as to strengthen the influence of media on the environment;
Ø timing of the models to be comfortable, accessible, close to the students;
Ø to hearing each other, seeking understanding, promoting the process of generating ideas and full sharing of information on risk problem.
Interactive training can be based on the synchronized and a-synchronized communication, and includes electronic correspondence; list of electronic addresses, group interaction in virtual places of knowledge, using a chat rooms; interactive video conferences; audio communication; interaction through simulation and modeling processes. You'll note that the technology itself does not alter the fundamental principles for high quality training. The educational process depends on other fundamental factors such as pre-training of students and their teachers, social environment, attitudes towards the process of training, introduced universal and humane principles in the educational process. It can be argued that interactive communication and in particular interactive training added new dimensions to educational methods. Encouraging communication, using expressive digital images; important acquire the design of relevant, adequate context of on-line environment for adoption of knowledge on prevention of risks.
In the case of New Bulgarian University, in the training of students at risk, crisis, problem management risk communications can be used several interactive networks.
Networks for interactive learning at our University:
VEDA system for e-learning;
System moodle.nbu.bg;
Center for Distance Learning-ISDO system;
Local networks in the hall for training, work group;
Official site is the University's and established links to individual educational resources;
Web site of the library to search for information on global electronic resources such as virtual libraries, dictionaries, encyclopedias;
Special e-resources for teaching, including testing, database, guidelines for analysis of situations as well as academici.net; pbworks.com;slideshare.net;
Specialized in international forums-accessible public networks/CW forums and blogs;
