Edita Butrimė

Edita Butrime graduated from Kaunas University of Technology with Master’s degree of Computer Sciences and Master’s degree of Education Technologies. She defended her Doctoral thesis in 2011 in the field of e-learning at the Department of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University. Edita Butrime works at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences as director of the Teachers’ Educational Competence Center. Her areas of scientific interests are e-learning as a sociocultural system, computer-supported collaborative learning, and creativity. She has 10 years of teaching experience in computer graphics at Vilnius Art Academy. She teaches undergraduates and also delivers (and organises) professional development courses for higher education teachers. She leads blended learning courses: Introduction to Studies, Introduction to Computer Science and Study Skills Training. She participates in a number of international activities and projects: 6th Framework, INCLUD-ED; “Strategies for Inclusion and Social Cohesion in Europe from Education,” No. FP6-028603-2; Socrates, E-learning, FeCONE, No. 2005-3872/001-001ELE-ELEB14, Socrates Minerva, AITMES; No. 225398-CP-1-2005-1-ES-MINERVA-M; and others). She is a member of National (Lithuanian) Association of Distance Education, IADIS (International Association for Development of the Information Society), and other associations.

Publications

Network-Based Continuous Education Opportunities: Case of X Medical University in Lithuania
Network-Based Continuous Education Opportunities: Case of X Medical University in Lithuania
Edita Butrimė, Vaiva Zuzevičiūtė. © 2016. 18 pages.
The purpose of this chapter is to analyze and present theoretical and empirical findings about the ways that teachers in Higher Education (HE) interpret the role of ICT for their...
Network-Based Continuous Education Opportunities: Case of X Medical University in Lithuania
Network-Based Continuous Education Opportunities: Case of X Medical University in Lithuania
Edita Butrimė, Vaiva Zuzevičiūtė. © 2016. 18 pages.
The purpose of this chapter is to analyze and present theoretical and empirical findings about the ways that teachers in Higher Education (HE) interpret the role of ICT for their...
E-Learning as a Socio-Cultural System: A Multidimensional Analysis
E-Learning as a Socio-Cultural System: A Multidimensional Analysis
Vaiva Zuzevičiūtė, Edita Butrimė, Daiva Vitkutė-Adžgauskienė, Vladislav Vladimirovich Fomin, Kathy Kikis-Papadakis. © 2014. 349 pages.
Information and communication technologies play a crucial role in a number of modern industries. Among these, education has perhaps seen the greatest increases in efficiency and...
Network-Based Continuous Education Opportunities: Case of X Medical University in Lithuania
Network-Based Continuous Education Opportunities: Case of X Medical University in Lithuania
Edita Butrimė, Vaiva Zuzevičiūtė. © 2014. 18 pages.
The purpose of this chapter is to analyze and present theoretical and empirical findings about the ways that teachers in Higher Education (HE) interpret the role of ICT for their...
E-learning as a Socio-cultural System
E-learning as a Socio-cultural System
Vaiva Zuzeviciute, Edita Butrime. © 2010. 17 pages.
The chapter analyses issues concerning the nature of virtual communities and learning in the following communities. Firstly, the discussion will focus on the question whether the...