Introduction : e-learning in Poland and in Belgium

Nowadays, e-learning has become the basic form of education at all teaching
levels. This has been a pandemic necessity, but a question arises whether
the trend towards the development of online teaching methods will be constant,
or whether this process will be continued only by innovators, whereas teachers
will be relieved to return to classical education in the post-pandemic period. The
project “E-learning and ICT in Education in Poland and Belgium. A Comparative
Study” (Poland-Wallonia bilateral exchange program) was implemented under
a grant of the Polish National Agency of Academic Exchange (NAWA). During
the project implementation, researchers carried out numerous interviews and
questionnaire surveys, and participated in a seminar and a conference devoted to the development and the future of distance learning and innovations in
teaching at all education levels. The research results are presented e.g. in this
publication and will be regularly published in scientific journals after finalization
of the project. The first part of the e-book deals with the problems of e-learning
implementation in Poland, the second – in Belgium. The issues connected with e-learning development in both countries are outlined, evolving interest of scientists in online education is discussed, and practical implications of distance learning are presented.