Provocările pandemice: tehnologii informaționale și motivația pentru învățare

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic, which had an unprecedented impact on humanity and, in particular, on the entire education system around the world, provoked new reflections, positions, approaches, actions, etc. including in the Republic of Moldova. Educators being in self-isolation and in distance learning conditions are exposed to different psychoemotional states that affect not only their general condition, but also their learning success. The purpose of this article is to identify information and communication technologies (ICT) that can be used in the online teaching-learning-assessment process to develop and maintain learning motivation in young school children. Particular attention requires a qualitative approach to the online teaching process, the objectives being to involve, motivate and support not only student in the educational process during the pandemic, but also teachers. The article addresses the concept of learning motivation from the perspective of student focusing and the need to know and explore the world around, examines various possibilities of using information and communication technologies for literacy, communication, collaboration, educational content creation, problem solving, safety. Taking into account the challenges of the pandemic, the online teaching-learning-assessment process has become a real lifeline for the entire education system, and using of information and communication technology has become the main priority of the education system in Moldova, which ensures distance learning, maintains learning motivation, develops digital competences, forms personality.