Activating Devices and Their Use in e-Learning – Focussed on Handicapped Students☆

Abstract The article deals with the questions related to the activation of students using the electronic technologies for their studying emphasizing the handicapped students. It focuses on the problem of the transformation of the passive students into “the immediate participants in studying” in context of obstacles placed in front of those students which, due to their handicap, are limited in the process of studying. The article states e.g. that the activation plays an important role in the effectiveness of the studying and it is desirable to look at it bipolar. It means that the reflection has to be found during the instruction as well as during studying - on the side of a pupil as well as on the teacher's side. Thanks to inclusive trends that manifest themselves in education in Europe, it is possible to meet the handicapped students in common education more often and therefore it is desirable to pay attention to this issue.

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