<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article presents the results of a research on perception during the learning process of adults in a virtual environment. The aim of the research was to determine why the process of e-learning introduction in Slovenia has been slowed down. Perception and its effects upon learning are important on the conscious as well as on the unconscious level but they have not been given as much attention as in the classical learning environment. Disturbed perception which results from the lack of expertise in preparation of the e-environment is a serious obstacle for learning. The objective of the research was to find solutions for the actual teaching practice but at the same time the research emphasizes that conclusions cannot always be made on the basis of former facts about students. We have to bear in mind that the impact of technology changes the students as well. Lack of professional arguments and of good practice leads to pedagogical conservatism which can cause the school's progress, also in the area of adult education, to be directed in the opposite direction from the one required by business processes in the organizations in which the adult students come from or in which the students are employed after they finish their education.</p></abstract>

The article presents the results of a research on perception during the learning process of adults in a virtual environment. The aim of the research was to determine why the process of e-learning introduction in Slovenia has been slowed down. Perception and its effects upon learning are important on the conscious as well as on the unconscious level but they have not been given as much attention as in the classical learning environment. Disturbed perception which results from the lack of expertise in preparation of the e-environment is a serious obstacle for learning. The objective of the research was to find solutions for the actual teaching practice but at the same time the research emphasizes that conclusions cannot always be made on the basis of former facts about students. We have to bear in mind that the impact of technology changes the students as well. Lack of professional arguments and of good practice leads to pedagogical conservatism which can cause the school's progress, also in the area of adult education, to be directed in the opposite direction from the one required by business processes in the organizations in which the adult students come from or in which the students are employed after they finish their education.

The Importance of Perception and Consciousness for E-Learning

Glotta Nova d.o.o., Poljanska 95, 1000 Ljubljana

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The article presents the results of a research on perception during the learning process of adults in a virtual environment. The aim of the research was to...

The Importance of Perception and Consciousness for E-Learning

Publicado en línea: 19 feb 2010

Páginas: 21 - 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10051-010-0003-4

Palabras clave
e-learning, e-education, virtual learning environment, perception, adults, remembrance

This content is open access.

The Importance of Perception and Consciousness for E-Learning

Publicado en línea: 19 feb 2010

Páginas: 21 - 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10051-010-0003-4

Palabras clavee-learning, e-education, virtual learning environment, perception, adults, remembrance

This content is open access.

Palabras clave
e-learning, e-education, virtual learning environment, perception, adults, remembrance