Abstract:

Nowadays, digital transformation is a hot topic for discussion among business representatives and academicians. Digital transformation is changing the job market and requiring new skill sets. Digitalization of education caused an increased demand for experienced educators able to work in e-teaching environment. The aim of the given research was to evaluate e-teaching perceived by the academic staff of higher education institutions in Latvia. For this purpose, the authors conducted a survey and used their developed questionnaire, which consisted of three parts. The given paper reflects the results received from the analysis of the respondents’ answers to the questions from the first part of the research instrument related to the general statements about e-teaching benefits and prerequisites. 38 academic staff members representing the University of Economics and Culture participated in the survey. Data was processed in SPSS 24.0 environment with application of Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) analysis.