The educational challenges of digital technologies [articol]

Abstract

The paper focuses on the educational challenges of digital technologies. The emergence of easier-to-use and more accessible mobile devices and services, along with the desire to adapt education to the generation of digital children, with completely new expectations regarding the education process, has led to a significant change in the way that the act of learning is understood and practiced at school. In the field of education, as in others, the reflection on the development of modern means of communication would only gain from the teachings of the theory of cultural industries, but also of the sociology of technical innovation or the history of communication’ means. Major changes are predicted to take place, some actually happen and are part of everyday life. New concepts became common words in the nowadays vocabulary: blended learning, e-learning, distance education, online education. In conclusion, the transformation of the educational process and the evolution towards the digital school involve ensuring access to administrative solutions for management and teachers, transparency for parents and digital study tools for students and teaching staff, in an environment that allows collaboration and effective communication between all parties involved.