Experience with Distance Learning of Informatics

Abstract

Information and communication technologies are developing very rapidly. Learning of informatics must respond to this rapid development. Also, training of ICT staff requires flexibility and acceptance of new facts. There is a need to educate and expand your knowledge and skills continually. The traditional system of full-time education is often only suitable for young students. Those who are already employed prefer distance learning to a combined form of education. This article illustrates twenty years of distance learning experience in Bachelor and Master of Science in Informatics. Assumptions confirm that distance learning is more demanding for students than full-time learning. Distance learning requires greater motivation of students and the ability to work with time self-study. The article shows the comparison of the results and the success rate of attendance and distance students and also describes the possibilities of improving the quality of distance learning. Long-term findings show that distant students have significantly lower scores in their first years of study than full-time bachelor’s students. In the following years, the differences diminish, and the student results are sometimes comparable.