Η e-επιμόρφωση εκπαιδευτικών απομακρυσμένων περιοχών: προσδοκίες, δυνατότητες, οφέλη

Περίληψη

Nowadays, the teachers’ training in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) considered important and, more, essential. The benefits of distance education receive, primarily, teachers in remote and inaccessible areas, who are unable to attend live training programs, either due to the limitation of space or time. This paper refers to Primary and Secondary teachers’ Training in remote areas of Greece, with the contribution of a distance education model, under the Project “Foreign and repatriated students' education”. The results of the quantitative research highlight the importance of education through electronic platform and referred to the fulfilment of a large part of the participants' expectations. Qualitative analyzes, of short answer questions, present the recommendations of teachers to improve the already existed online and distance learning models.