Traditions and Perspectives for Development of Distance Education at the University of National and World Economy

Vesselka Pavlova
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Vesselka Pavlova: University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria

Economic Alternatives, 2011, issue 1, 3-9

Abstract: People associate education with prosperity. In a dynamic environment, they need such prosperity even more. In the quest for prosperity, some different forms of education appear intended for satisfaction of various educational needs. In any case, at the one end of the system there is always the consumer (student) and at the other the seller (higher education institution). What is important is who could stand in between, and how, in order to increase the efficiency of educational process. The new forms of education enter the market under the pressure of consumers. One of their main purposes is to restructure the space and time of education. Guided by these ideas the University of National and World Economy was the first state-run university to introduce the modern form of distance learning. This article emphasizes the advantages of blended learning as the point of balance between traditional education and e-learning.

Keywords: higher education; e-learning; blended learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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