E-learning in the university environment [articol]

Abstract

The paper focuses on the issue of e-learning in the university environment. Developments in IT have led to the emergence of new ways of working and training for students. Thus, in recent years, in order to increase the recruitment of students, the academic environment has implemented in educational offers online teaching and learning methodologies, less expensive. Distance learning has gained a special rise in the university environment, through the prism of new technologies, being approached the notions of e-learning, virtual library or virtual university. In recent years, an educational boom has been launched through Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs), a concept that offers anyone the opportunity to study anywhere and anytime. MOOCs are essentially an online phenomenon, integrating the connectivity offered by social networking, with facilitating access to recognized experts in a field of study, as well as to collections of online resources with free access.