HyFlex- Rethinking Courses in On-line Teaching

ABSTRACT

Language acquisition and instruction is well thought out to be a knotty cognitive activity. In order to simplify or make the process easier, software developers have created tools in this regard. In the actual pandemic context when social distancing is a must, classes can no longer unfold the way they used to, so the shift from traditional teaching to digital education had to be embraced by all parties, in order to stay healthy. Teachers need to reinvent themselves and their methodology in order to respond to the digital natives needs, needs that have been postponed for years now, and rethink the content of their courses. Today, ICT- Information and Communication Technology tools are increasingly present in classes worldwide, and the symbiosis between computer technology and education can no longer be denied or overlooked. ICT is gaining advantage over the educational area especially in foreign language teaching and learning, as it implies the bringing of technology of video and audio embedded in class presentations, with pronounced outcome on the quality and content of teaching-learning cognitive process. More precisely, ICT can improve education and learning through its energizing, synergistic, and attractive content and also supply real possibilities for personalized educational activity. The main beneficiary of the web 2.0 based learning is the educational activity that is witnessing a complete makeover which has, beyond question, affected the way teachers organize and deliver content, the teaching and learning process themselves, and eventually research. ICTs have the ability to intensify, improve, and increase skills, to incite and engage students, to help them associate school education to activity practices, opening the path to economic practicality and applicability for future workers. In a quickly dynamical world, fundamental instruction is indispensable for student be able to approach and utilise information, through ICT tools.