Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.22210/strjez/50-2/4
Modern information and communication tools in distance learning
Tanja Đurić
; Osnovna škola Gračani, Zagreb
Abstract
The Croatian educational system has been at a digital crossroads for the last ten years. Projects like CARNET’s Škole 2.0. [Schools 2.0] and the Škola za život [School for life] educational reform were the forerunners of this crossroads. The most significant digital change was the rapid and mass introduction of distance or online learning that took place as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdown in the 2019/2020 school year. It required teachers to react quickly and use ICT in the learning process. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of contemporary information tools in distance learning and to investigate which tools were mostly used in primary schools in distance learning. Moreover, foreign language teachers’ attitudes in primary schools about the level of accomplished educational outcomes and language skills supported by ICT tools were studied, as well as the advantages and disadvantages teachers were faced with during distance learning. A survey containing 14 questions was used in the study, which included 58 respondents. A combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis was used in the presentation of the study’s results, which indicate significant success in distance learning and a great variety of ICT tools used for this purpose.
Keywords
ICT tools, foreign languages, primary school, distance learning
Hrčak ID:
270394
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Publication date:
16.12.2021.
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