In Hungary, the need for creation of pertinent, quality content is becoming integral to further developing the industry more successfully. The question "Is there finally going to be breakthrough in eLearning?" was posed at Budapest’s Sixth eLearning Forum last June, and answered by over 300 Hungarian participants from business, industry, education, and science. Here are some excerpts from that forum: “Gábor Eszes, representative of the Ministry for Economy and Transport, said that the development is firmly related to the development of content. “The breakthrough will not come until the content plays a central role and the 'e' has become just a means for the purpose.” He added: “eLearning is not the target but an efficient weapon that will enable us to hit the target.” Péter Tóth from Neting GmbH said that one can expect the installation of Learning Management Systems by the end of this year, the development of content by the end of 2006, and the frontal breakthrough for eLearning in Hungary in 2007.”
(*Source: "eLearning at home – what’s stewing in our saucepans?" Budapest, June 2005, Margit M. Kanter, Checkpoint eLearning. Read entire article at: www.checkpoint-elearning.com/article/1540.html ) In higher education, the future for e-learning in Hungary is wide open. Here are some insights from Hungary’s College of Nyiregyháza’s faculty: “We have the largest IT centre in Hungary’s northeastern region, and recently student enrollment has increased from 3,000 to 15,000 students. In order to cope with this increase, we are developing our e-learning initiative rapidly in the hope that the demand on our physical resources will decrease while providing flexibility to both professors and students.”
Dr. Árpád Balogh, Rektor, Professor, DSc (England) “My thesis ‘Multimedia Possibilities in the Methodology of Teaching Physical Education’ compares traditional education and multimedia distance learning for basic gymnastics. It concludes that the test group using e-learning performed significantly better than the traditional learning group.”
Agnes Kokovay, Associate Professor “We developed an e-learning English course and found that the students prefer to be in the e-learning environment because of its flexibility compared to traditional teaching.”
Andrea J. Kakuk, Associate Professor
(For more information contact these professors through the college’s website: http://www.nyf.hu ) JED New Media is delighted to announce that in 2006 our Frolicking with Phonics™ series will have a Hungarian audio track to guide students wishing to improve their English. For more information, please contact Anthony Kez at Tony@mmct.net JED New Media örömmel értesíti Önöket, hogy 2006 januárjában útjára indítja új angol nyelvi sorozatát a "Játék a Fonetikával" kurzust. Az utasítások magyar nyelven is elkészültek, akit ez a verzió érdekel, információt a következõ címen szerezhet: Anthony Kez, Tony@mmct.net Related Link:
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