@article {424, title = {THE CONTEMPORARY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE SERVICE OF THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION: THE CASE OF GREECE}, journal = {Problems of Education in the 21st Century }, volume = {23}, year = {2010}, month = {July/2010}, type = {Original article}, chapter = {60-86}, abstract = {The introduction of technology in general and especially information technology in education is a big change in the educational concepts which has taken place during the last two or three decades all over Europe. Besides, Europe through the process of continuous education improvement tries to maintain maybe the unique but also so much decisive comparative advantage that it possesses against all the other countries of our planet that is nothing else but the quality of its human potential. This article presents with brevity the important steps that the main European countries have made in the introduction of modern technologies of information technology in the primary and secondary education, as well as the process and the problems of their introduction in the Greek school. We believe that this experience will be very useful in a country like Lithuania that has already made very important steps in this sector simultaneously with its successfully continuing transition in the market economy system.}, keywords = {e-learning, information and communication technologies, primary and secondary education}, issn = {1822-7864}, url = {https://journals.indexcopernicus.com/search/article?articleId=2594594}, author = {Michalis Evripiotis and Vassilis Orfanos} } @article {473, title = {THE USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN THE BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS EDUCATION: THE CASE OF GREEK BANKS}, journal = {Problems of Education in the 21st Century}, volume = {26}, year = {2010}, month = {November/2010}, type = {Original article}, chapter = {103-123}, abstract = {The swift technological development compels an enterprise manager for additional education of employees. The survival of an organism depends on his ability to learn faster from his competitors. This is achieved with systematic and long-lasting effort. Each employee owes to enrich permanently his knowledge so that he is capable to face the new market requirements. A lot of projects are cancelled because the enterprise personnel cannot cope with their requirements. Changes essential for the reorganization of enterprise are suspended because her personnel cannot accept them. These problems are possible to be solved with the permanent training, briefing, education and training of employees. This responsibility of enterprises for the aid of employees with new knowledge and dexterities is recognized more and more, while the human capital constitutes nowadays the more important productive factor. However, while many times over we invest millions in installations, instruments, offices, material and software of computers, we neglect the investment in the persons, those that is to say that shape, develop and give added value in the material elements of production. Aim of this article is to present the policy of Greek banks in the business-to-business education giving accent in the way of resolution of problems that they face. Furthermore, the banking sector is the eminently branch that requires continuous education of personnel.}, keywords = {banking system, business-to-business education, professional training}, issn = {1822-7864}, url = {https://journals.indexcopernicus.com/search/article?articleId=2594309}, author = {Vassilis Orfanos and Michalis Evripiotis} }