Abstract:

The work is focused on the use of educational portals in full-time and distance learning based on our experience.

Open education and its principles are applied not only at foreign but also at Czech and Slovak schools. This significantly shifts the teaching opportunities for students in regular and distance learning. Thanks to the availability of the Internet at all levels of schools, it is possible to use everything that is offered for education directly and quickly in class. The need of using online education portals increased especially during the COVID pandemic. The personal presence of pupils at the school was forbidden and schools were forced to switch to distance learning for a certain period of time. Online educational platforms provide learning materials via the Internet, making it easier for teachers, students and their parents. Most students have a mobile phone, tablet or computer with an internet connection. We do not need anything else for online study materials and we can get them from anywhere. There are a lot of educational platforms. There are various platforms for communication between teachers and students, which have become even more popular, especially in the last year, as full-time teaching has not been possible in many places. We use some platforms for teaching, practicing the curriculum, repeating the curriculum, assigning tasks, testing students and other activities. Pupils work individually but also in groups.

The movement of teaching to the online space is a great challenge for teachers, parents and students. Especially during the COVID pandemic, a great number of tips on useful tools and pedagogical procedures emerged, but many teachers find it difficult to find their way around. The article provides an overview of freely available resources that offer this information. Teachers who want to be inspired and take online teaching to the right end will get their money's worth. In this article, we focus on specific sets of interesting resources with educational content, a summary of pedagogical principles of online education and tips on platforms in which we can implement online teaching. Empirical research was carried out by survey methods (questionnaire, discussion, interview).

Keywords:

Education, teaching, learning, educational portals, information sources, open education.