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(Polish title: Dobrobyt spoleczno-ekonomiczny oraz gospodarka oparta na wiedzy w kontekscie historycznych podzialów na Polske A i Polske B). The evaluation of economic development of Poland and of the living conditions improvement refers to the stereotypical differentiation between more advanced western and central parts of Poland (called 'Poland A') and underdeveloped area of districts east of the...
E-learning is one of the trends that characterize modern learning and teaching. Although it is growing vigorously, there are still a number of barriers, both in the business world and education, to its implementation into practice. This paper presents the results of empirical study (follow-up studies of earlier years), whose aim was to identify the barriers that may hinder the implementation of distance...
Before applying a U.S.-based online training program to Canadian higher learning faculty, a review of the status of e-learning in Canada was conducted. The review finds Canada as among the world's most developed and industrialized countries. Yet, in a ranking by the International Telecommunication Union, Canada slipped downward causing concern, dispute, and mixed interpretation. Existing national...
The article provides author's conclusions on the impact of constructivism, which has been widely recognized as an approach to e-learning, on education. The author enumerates the benefits constructivism offers for education yet mostly underlines its negative implications. It is argued that the problem with constructivism is that it causes devaluation of the role of the teacher, and consequently, the...
The article focuses on the methods of project personnel recruitment as described by most popular methodologies such as PMI, ASAP and PRINCE2. The author analyzes the practical aspects of the abovementioned issue and draws conclusions based on current studies of project risks.
The purpose of this article is the presentation of the results of the research on training needs of the real estate market. The research was coordinated by company Dom Szkolen i Doradztwa from Cracow. The research is supposed to help this company to seek directions of the development of its activities. Therefore, a summary of the article is the number of strategic implications for the company offering...
An access to information is one of the preconditions for the functioning of a country of law and new democracy. The analysis described in the article focuses on the level of Bialystok's citizens interest in the contact with their representatives through the Internet. The topic brought by the author is new in case of Poland, since there is no reliable research on this issue neither concerning Bialystok...
The article presents the correlation between the effectiveness of the decision making process at a public university and the its adopted methods and conditions. A prerequisite for focusing on this topic are the changes implemented to Polish higher education system, particularly broadening universities' autonomy in the didactic by providing them with a freedom to create a major individually.
Enterprises willing to achieve a competitive advantage have to be socially responsible. Thus, Polish entrepreneurs face numerous challenges, which are going to be discussed by the article. Among most significant are: the understanding of the idea of social responsibility, the development of a positive attitude towards actions in that range, engaging in a dialogue with stakeholders, formulating the...
In this article the most important aspects of learning platform OLAT from the point of view of communication between teacher and students by means of podcasts during a course are discussed. They conclusions are based on author's personal experience with using the platform as well as on the information available on the Internet.
Implementation of e-learning at Wszechnica Polska - Higher School of the Universal Education Society in Warsaw The article describes the steps of development and the state of usage of e-learning platform in teaching the students of Wszechnica Polska - Higher School of the Universal Education Society in Warsaw. The platform was implemented for a test in 2007. Since 2009 it has been used in every area...
(Polish title: Forma i indywidualizacja przekazu jako istotny element skutecznosci e-learningu na przykladzie 'Multimedialnej Platformy Szkoleniowej Open Horizon'). In the article there have been discussed the most fundamental aspects connected with the form of created e-courses, which have the significant meaning in increasing effectiveness of e-learning. There have also been described some solutions...
Since the 2009/2010 school year the school implemented a new reform program, which provided changes associated with the expansion of entrepreneurship education. According to the new core curriculum, which will take effect in the first classes of secondary school in the school year 2012/2013, teaching entrepreneurship base will be carried out only in the primary, and there will also be introduced a...
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