bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
MOOC`S SYSTEM - A REAL CHALLENGE FOR ROMANIAN UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS
Authors: Ezechil Liliana , Petruta Coman
Published: February 2023

The launching of the MOOCs educational system has been prepared approximately since2008and, starting with 2011,it became a functional reality. Although quite controversial, this system creates a real competition with the classic education performed in the university campus, where the professor and the student are in a face to face relationship. Moreover, the MOOCs system proposes a radical alternative on teaching-learning, exceeding in terms of technologization the well-known version of the blended-learning education.
Methodology. The research purpose: to make a diagnosis of the perceptions of the Romanian university didactical staff and of students on the MOOCs system. In this respect, two questionnaires were prepared and applied.
a. PMOOC1 - applied on 140 members of the university didactical staff coming from 7 reference universities and distributed in 4 batches relevant for the university hierarchy;
b. PMOOC2 applied on 140 students (20 of each of the 7 universities).
The t test for independent samples had been used.
Results. The processing and interpretation of the collected data reveal significant differences between the perceptions of the young university didactical staff and those of the didactical staff who are older in the educational field. Also, significant differences between the perceptions of the university didactical staff and those of the students had been evidenced.
Discussions. The analysis of the perceptions belonging to the members of the groups included in the batch of respondents reveals that most of the professors do not know the MOOCs educational system and that a quite low number of students have limited information on this educational system.
Conclusions. The made study reveals significant aspects and attitudes of professors and students towards MOOCs, and its results may be used as a starting point for a national program to train the university didactical staff in the field of pedagogy specific to this educational alternative.
E-LEARNING IN ENGINEERING - IMPACT UPON THE STUDENT'S MENTALITY AND DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Vilceanu Clarabeatrice , Herban Sorin , Grecea Carmen
Published: February 2023

The purpose of this paper is to support and promote the techniques and technologies based on e-learning system. Current trends in the university network require implementation of the policy for restructuring the higher education system, by focusing on the student's educational activities. The new methods involve experimentation learning based on scenarios, alternative solutions and direct interaction between the student, the subject of learning and the learning environment.
In this context, when the institutional support is provided, improvement and diversification of educational offers for geodetic engineering and their correlation with the labour market are defined on two main directions. As regards the bachelor cycle, an online network was implemented for university collaboration to develop the capacity of providing superior competences in Geodesy, mainly for harmonization and standardization of a training program at multi-regional level. For the master cycle, emphasis is put on the use of the Virtual Campus of the Politehnica University Timisoara, system based on Moodle, an open-source platform which is an online educational environment of academic support for all faculties belonging to Politehnica University Timisoara.
In the present paper, the authors aim to put forward issues such as: where the academic system is heading to (Quo Vadis Academia?) at the beginning of the 3rd millennium in a Europe that is supposed to be Globally Competitive; what are the requirements of the higher education system and of research seen as key positions in the EU strategy; what does quality in higher education mean, as well as presenting their own experiences regarding the implementation of e-Learning technologies in geodetic engineering, its impact on the development and mentality of students and proposals for enhancing the system by offering Open Educational Resources.
EXPRESSIO: AUTOMATIC FEEDBACK FOR MOOC TEACHERS BASED ON AFFECTIVE COMPUTING
Authors: Dunaev Mihail , Milescu George , Rughinis Razvan , Posea Vlad
Published: February 2023

The increase in popularity of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) raises the issue of effective student feedback. Instructors can examine students' opinions and evaluations through multiple methods, such as eliciting them in feedback forms, or analyzing statistics that are automatically generated on the course platform about students' participation and achievements. While feedback forms can provide valuable information on students' learning experiences, including their interest and emotional reactions, they are vulnerable to low response rates and to various forms of recollection bias. For example, human memory privileges the final elements of an activity over its initial or middle periods (Kahneman 2010). Eliciting feedback on an entire activity also lacks the granularity required to determine what specific aspects were most and least interesting. While the analysis of automatically generated indicators compensates for the low response problem, it also fails to deliver finely-tuned information on student engagement with specific elements of the course.
In order to address this issue, we have developed Expressio, an automatic student feedback solution based on affective computing. We start from Ekman's emotion classification, distinguishing six basic emotions: happiness, sadness, surprise, fear, anger and disgust. We rely on several technologies and devices: Creative Senz3D Camera, Intel Perceptual Computing SDK, OpenCV, Windows API and Microsoft Visual Studio 2012. Expressio is a program that identifies user expressions as they occur during an online activity and displays them on the screen in a GUI. Our solution also affords training the program for a more accurate and personalized identification of emotions. Expressio can be integrated with a MOOC to allow the transmission of continuous feedback regarding student interest and emotional experiences during the course, based on automatic detection of facial emotional expressions.
FROM LOG-IN TO LOG-OUT: AN EDUCATIONAL AUDIT OF ONLINE COURSES IN TEACHER TRAINING
Authors: Iftimescu Simona
Published: February 2023

The paper aims at contributing to a better understanding of the field of professional training of teachers in higher education through an analysis of the said field as reflected in online courses and certifications. In order to do so, the paper aims at expanding the theoretical framework dedicated to quality assurance in education by adopting the concept of `educational audit` and by proposing specific procedures and instruments which guide the analysis. Moreover, the paper attempts at finding an answer to whether educational policies are translated into the online learning environment and to how, given the cross-border character of this field, online learning contributes to internationalizing education.

Educational systems function based on a set of rules, regulations and policies - some of which are obsolete and others which prove difficult to implement. Given the context, before attempting to issue specific `regulations` to the online learning environment and agreeing on a quality assurance instrument, an analysis must take into account the specificity of this field and offer an honest radiography of what could, perhaps, become an alternative transnational educational system.

Therefore, the first part of the paper is dedicated to setting the theoretical framework, comprising of three dimensions: the process of formulating educational policies and how this could be applied to online courses, a brief overview of literature in the field, as well as placing educational audit for the online learning environment (given the courses are recognized by accredited national or international bodies). The theoretical context is enriched by best-practices' examples or particularities of the aforementioned dimensions. In order to ensure the coherence of the analysis and the possibility to replicate the initiative, an auditing procedure is proposed, doubled by forecasts in the development of this field. Lastly, recommendations will follow the analysis, leaving an open-ended question: how does e-learning change the educational paradigm?
ANALYSIS AND LEVEL OF USE OF E-LEARNING IN POLAND.
Authors: Malenczyk Izabela
Published: February 2023

Title: Analysis and level of use of e-learning in Poland.
The article is the result of the authors' empirical research on the Assesment of use of LMS (Learning Management System) and LCMS (Learning Content Management System), supporting management in different types of organizations. The key aim of research was to establish the factual functioning state of e-learning in bussiness and academic environments. Presented in the article are the methodology and research results conducted in polish companies and higher education facilities in 2013-2014.
Research Methodology
A questionnaire was used during research containing 10 questions enabling gathering of numerical data. Also an anonymous informative questionnaire was conducted via internet. The research was directed towards workers of polish companies and higher level educational representatives, which had previously been engaged in e-learning using LMS and/or LCMS systems.
The factual state of e-learning level of functioning was researched in polish companies from October 2012 to April 2014. 300 organizations were surveyed yeilding a number of 232 answers.
The companies were clasified according to two sectors:
S1 - small and medium sized companies
S2 - education (including institutions linked with education and training)
The research was aimed at people, who had direct influence on e-learning in their companies, and were the decision makers in that field. The research emphasised two key groups of respondents:
o managers responsible for making decisions in inplementing e-learning; i.e. training managers, HR and knowledge management;
o specialists in the field of e-learning in a given school or higher level graduation school
DEVELOPMENT OF QUANTUM INTELLIGENCE IN E-LEARNING WITH APPLICATION IN NEGOTIATION
Authors: Nita Mircea aurel
Published: February 2023

Discipline sheets and curricula refers to competencies that are obtained from studying a discipline, but behind these there are different types of human intelligence that should be developed. The question should be why not to go to the root, so that in the discipline sheet and curricula, we should refer to intelligence that students and teachers need to develop during the education process and particularly in e-Learning. This paper presents the different theories of human intelligences and the new trend of the last type of intelligence called in Romania - Quantum intelligence and in USA - Spiritual Intelligence. The approach is that one of blended learning. Recently, in the United States we can find even ph d theses about this new type of intelligence. By developing Spiritual intelligence/ Quantum Intelligence for the graduates of higher education, it is provided a new quality of educational process and better adaptability for a graduate within the external environment, in particular, adaptability in the labor market, such as: the labor market in the EU, in the U.S.A or in Orient- Russia, China etc. For example, by developing spiritual intelligence of a negotiator, it can be designed new indicators which can improve the new quality assurance of the negotiation process, but in direct connection with the specificities of new quantum intelligence for a negotiator. The case study is specific to blended learning and presents redesigning by adaptation of a discipline, in this case, Negotiation, using Moodle, an online platform to highlight the role and importance of new spiritual intelligence in e-Learning.
ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE TECHNOLOGICALLY-ENHANCED SOFTWARE ON TEACHING GRID-CONNECTED RENEWABLE ENERGY PLANTS BEHAVIOR
Authors: Porumb Ioana
Published: February 2023

The increased adoption of both the renewable energy sources and energy efficiency has pushed European Union into adopting the EU Directive 20-20-20, which constitutes a decisive action towards renewable energy and energy efficiency adoption within electric power systems. The area of interest for electrical engineering students is very broad, it covers a series of topics for the electric power systems, like calculation of losses, reliability, and power quality. The power generation of grid-connected photovoltaic plants wind farms is continuously increasing all over Europe, with capacities attaining values of hundreds of megawatts, thus making these plants a crucial part of the future electric energy system and Smart Grids. Advanced electrical devices can be used to increase transmission capacity, improving stability and dynamic behavior, and ensure a better quality of energy by controlling several parameters. Electrical engineers need to solve the issue of operating traditional electric power systems using the latest technological developments, thus leading to an inherent bottle neck if not using additional power systems analysis software. Current paper deals with the issue of enhancing electrical engineers analytical capabilities using friendly-interfaced software, with respect to traditional analytical methods.
In the first section, a general analysis was performed, aimed at identifying the current state-of-the art of analytical methods and software available for both scholars and professionals. An example was built, depicting a real electric distribution system, in order to create an array of possible issues and solutions which were analyzed both traditionally and with dedicated software, and of which differences were highlighted.
THE IMPLICATIONS OF CULTURE IN E-LEARNING
Authors: Capatina Gabriela
Published: February 2023

Considering that e-learning has experienced dramatic growth in education around the globe, it is no longer supplementary and it had become an integral part of education. E-learning exploits interactive technologies in order to improve the learning experience. The integration of technologies has created an explosion in e-learning use both locally and globally; nevertheless the e-learning is fundamentally about learning and not about technology. E-learning cannot replace teachers and lecturers, but alongside existing methods it can enhance the quality and reach of their teaching, having the power to transform the way we teach and learn. The continuous improvement of e-learning and highlighting globalization have stimulated increasingly more educational institutions to reach students worldwide.
This study explains how culture has been presented as an essential influence on peoples behaviours in various contexts, particularly in e-learning. Starting from these ideas and having in the foreground issues relating to different cultures, the strategic development of e-learning should be based on the learners needs coming from different parts of the world.
As a consequence of the increasing number of learners from different cultural backgrounds, this article analyzes the necessity in terms of understanding how culture affects e-learning.
The main purpose of this study was to investigate possible correlations between culture and e-learning, and shapes implications for design and future research in this area.
Also, it is attempted to highlight the pedagogical choices that are one of the most important concerns for research; these choices not only reflect various world views, but they can consist in values that are related to cultural influences.
THE STRUCTURE OF AN E-LEARNING SITE IN TERMS OF CAPITALIZATION OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF STUDENTS AND THE QUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL ACT
Authors: Mitu Cristinadana
Published: February 2023

As a powerful engine of the knowledge-based society, e-Learning system has the ability to transform education, generating major initiatives needed in identifying new skills and behaviors.
The release from the constraints of space and time and the ability to connect to Web resources made of the new online media ideal tools for distance learning.
The sites of e-Learning join together numerous services which offer a rich experience of solutions and technologies for an educational system. They should form an immersive environment in which users can adjust gradually feeling its familiarity. This new type of education enables the formation of communities of students and teachers from all over the world so that they can harness the potential of using information technologies. It is also a planned teaching-learning experience organized by an institution that provides teaching materials in the online mode, in a sequential and logical order to be assimilated by students in their own way and at the desired place.
The paper aims to present the structure of such a site, proposing a communication mechanism at the level of the site so that each student should be able to get a perspective on the information supplied in accordance with their own education, culture and areas of interest. An e-Learning site represents a meeting space of very broad categories of human types and provides support for holding an exclusive educational system via the Internet, with a structure and a very complex functionality. This should include public, generally accessible, informative sections, but also private sections for students and teachers.
The paper also aims at defining the concept of quality of the educational act in e-Learning systems aiming to surprise a diversified approach to students in order to establish a genuine communication, providing differentiated access to the most diverse groups of trainees. The knowledge of authentic mutual awareness and the existence of common concepts and concerns is absolutely necessary in order to establish this genuine communication.
An e-Learning site should be a necessary dosage of visual, content and accessibility providing a suitable communication environment of a very heterogeneous category of users.
DIGITAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES AND THE PERSPECTIVES OF VIRTUAL EDUCATION - OPINIONS OF STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA STUDIES, FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY, UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD
Authors: Pralica Dejan
Published: February 2023

According to 2014 official records, 3.4 million people in Serbia use the Internet, which is about 500.000 people more than in 2013. All students (100%) use the Internet and computers, but only few institutions of higher education have distance learning programs. The information system of Serbia development strategy to 2020 and The education development strategy to 2020 generally support the use of new information and communications technologies in education and, in accordance with them, the project Digital media technologies and the social and educational changes, supported by the Serbian Ministry of Education, is realized. As a part of this project, a research has been done at the Department of Media Studies, Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad. All 15 teachers and 272 students (undergraduate and Master-level) at the Department were the subjects in this research.
The aim of this paper is to show if the teachers and students of journalism are interested in using new technologies in the educational process. The research showed that almost equal percentage of teachers (40%) and students (38%) "would like to" take part in virtual education, without being physically present in the classroom. While all teachers (100%) think that communication with students by e-mail is equal to face-to-face communication, 57% of all students said that they usually communicate with their teachers by e-mails. About 42% of all students do not use the services of "digital library" at the Faculty, although all technical conditions are fulfilled. The paper will also show the examples and the possibilities for virtual education, that is, the system of distance learning, for selected courses at undergraduate and Master-level studies of journalism and communicology.
DOMINANT VOCATIONAL PROFILE IDENTIFIED AMONG STUDENTS OF POLYTECHNICS UNIVERSITY, BUCHAREST
Authors: Andra Craciun , Craciun Barbara
Published: February 2023

The present paper proposes to offer a detailed presentation of the vocational profile identified among students of Polytechnics University of Bucharest, Romania. Having contact with the students of this University we have identified their need of getting to know themselves but also to identify those activities for which they might be most suitable for. We consider that it is vital within the contact with students to draw their vocational profiles as basis of a constructive collaboration and support needed for them to find potential activities that fit their interests and potential.
We consider that identifying the vocational profile of students we come in contact with as professors or trainers facilitates obtaining optimal results for both sides; therefore, students benefit from educational programs adapted to their needs and developmental potential (sighting personal aspects such as aptitudes, temperamental foundation to vocational aspects such as interests, hobbies, activities in which they seem to be naturally productive in) - a way in which they become more likely to obtain both personal satisfactions and easy to identify, consistent results in their activities. As for professors, having to know the vocational profile of students they collaborate with allows them to adapt faster in relationship with them and to potentiate their own personal traits according to their audience. We may assert that applying identifying such vocational profiles among students will gradually increase their satisfaction towards the educational environement along with the optimism and positive appraisal towards future professional outcome.
In this regard, we propose a cantitative instrument elaborated in order to support our objective and which we consider to be suitable and adaptable for other University domains.
ASPECTS OF THE LEARNING MOTIVATION IN THE STUDENT POPULATION
Authors: Balanescu Ramona cristina
Published: February 2023

The concept of motivation was granted and is still being granted particular attention, the researchers being intensely concerned with studying the reasons leading people and pushing them to act. Furthermore, the learning process is contemporarily suffering changes triggered by the individuals' characteristics, needs and interests.
The learning is a particularly complex and difficult process at any age, a process the authors of "Orizontul f?r? limite al ?nv???rii" ("The Limitless Horizon of Learning") state about that "nowadays, no one is learning, yet, at the level, with the intensity and at the speed necessary to deal the modern world complexity".
Thus, the concepts mentioned hereinabove acquire new connotations, the education theorists and practitioners being interested in identifying the factors stimulating the learning motivation at different age stages. The adult motivation and learning has certain features, but it might be difficult to generalise the features of adults as students because of the individual differences generated by age, mentality, education level, personality, economic situation, but also by other factors.
This paper attempts the identification of some aspects of the learning motivation in the student population, going beyond these differences.
A student's successes can be attributed to his high motivation, while a student avoiding the effort and acquiring in-depth knowledge can be considered as lacking motivation. The higher the students' motivation, the higher their involvement, which will not delay their activity results in appearing.
We consider one of the main aspects a successful teacher should reflect upon should be both knowing the student population he/she works with, and identifying and applying the effective manners of motivating students, supporting their learning activity. This study aims at finding the characteristics behind the learning motivation in some of the students in the "Politehnica" University in Bucharest, where we perform our activity, as a premise both for building a better relationship in the didactic process, and for their academic succes.
QR CODES IN EDUCATION - SUCCESS OR FAILURE?
Authors: Chicioreanu Teodora daniela
Published: February 2023

We are nowadays used to access tens of links to get the information or to ask for information. Most of the times, during a talk, we bring in the discussion webpage (link) where we can access a document, a tutorial, etc.
In college, we truly assault students numerous times with tens of online pages, information useful to them and which they should access. On a webpage, a link can be clicked to visit another website, to send a message, to view a picture or to download a movie. But, in the classroom, these links are very difficult to give to them since, most of the times, they are very long and complex strings of character combinations. In order to facilitate the access to information, to access an internet address more easily and not only, the QR code were created.
Thanks to the new technologies, anyone carrying a smartphone, iPod, or tablet device can scan the square barcode. The QR codes are more and more popular thanks to their capacity of fast reading and holding vast amounts of information.

Are the QR codes just as popular in training/education, as well? In the first part of the paper, we present the results of studies on the extent to which the UPB professors use these codes in their daily activities and in the didactic activity. The second part of the paper shows alternatives of integrating these codes in the didactic activity.

Keywords: quick response code - QR, education, mLearning, eLearning, Augmentated Reality - AR
ICT SUPPORT AND ICT USE IN ROMANIAN SECONDARY EDUCATION
Authors: Chisalita Oana , Cretu Carmen
Published: February 2023

The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT's) is a mandatory task for all teachers working in Romanian secondary education. Teachers have to use ICT during computer science classes, but also as an instrument to develop other subjects. However, despite the investments oriented towards increasing ICT access and ICT teachers training, the use of technology during the educational activities is not as high as expected. Therefore, analyses focusing on factors that influence the ICT use in education are required. This paper aims to identify the role played by the ICT support on the ICT use in secondary schools. The study involved 282 teachers from lower secondary (N=125) and upper secondary (N=157) schools. The analysis took into account the peers support, school's manager support, school's inspectorate support and ICT coordinator support. The results indicate that the main support structure that enhances the ICT use is the peer support. Romanian secondary teachers who work in schools where teachers use ICT, discuss about ICT and look for new ways of integrating technology during the activities are those who use more ICT's and report about the benefits. The ICT access is no longer a major issue for secondary school teachers but further studies must take a step further and analyze teachers' ICT beliefs, their ICT experiences and other factors which may impact on the ICT use. While discussing about the ICT coordinator' support, the results revealed higher levels of encouragement received from the Information and Communication Technology Coordinator.
DEVELOPMENT OF CROSS SKILLS HARNESSING EDUCATIONAL VALENCES OF INTERNET IN NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Authors: Crisan Alina , Enache Roxana
Published: February 2023

As follows from the analysis introducing Internet facilitates certain structural changes in schools and, used correctly and efficiently, it may lead to the achievement of fundamental educational purposes such as: development of basic skills, critical and creative thinking, the collaborative activities and teamwork skills, selection and use of appropriate strategies to solve problems, a positive attitude to school subjects and education, providing training for lifelong learning.
The issue of the use of new information technologies and the Internet in particular in education remains a matter of pedagogical research for the future in terms of the contribution it can bring to quality and efficiency of education, in terms of access and equity increased by rapid technological advances.

To train and develop the skills, abilities and cross-competencies the resources and educational potential of the Internet need to be harnessed within the national curriculum by formulating purposes and contents as well as by developing of examples of concrete teaching activities at the level of methodological suggestions and evaluation activity.
Achieving the unitary character of the educational process regarding the development of ICT skills would involve introducing a chapter that emphasizes skills training and practice to use new information technologies for each subject. As for Physics, where the new syllabi for 10th and 11th grade contains references and methodological suggestions pointing out that the experience gained in recent years indicates the possibility of more effective educational process by accelerating academic progress due to the use ICT, so in teaching various other subjects there is a greater understanding to the fact that ICT can contribute to improving access to education and increasing the attractiveness of education by completing and diversifying existing resources in any discipline within the seven curricular areas Romanian education is structured into. The methodological support offered by curricula in this area aims to achieve compatibility between key skills, contents and the use of ICT in teaching any discipline.
THE ROLE OF INTERNET IN EDUCATION - CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION
Authors: Crisan Alina , Enache Roxana
Published: February 2023

Correlating the observations and the results of all activities during our research , we find that the Internet represents a challenge socially and it use in education involves an art to transform the power of these resources in the power of learning, a power to develop educational scenarios that optimally integrate Internet into traditional education. Educational potential of the Internet cannot be exploited without effort. There emerges, as a prime necessity, the need to address research in this area - the ways in which Internet can be used to effectively improve education - both enthusiastically and critically.
As shown in the analysis of curriculum documents and of conducted lessons, educational potential of the Internet is not only related to the transfer of information and communication but can be extended to form a diverse set of skills and develop attitudes, behaviors and values.

Efficiency of new information technologies in education
One challenge which educational players must consider is the way in which new information and communication technologies and the Internet in particular are integrated and involved in education. Promoting the use of technology in education requires a holistic approach and concurrent strategies.
A challenge to the use of Internet in education both for policy makers and educational actors is the cost issue. We should not expect that the introduction of information and communications technology, particularly the Internet in education to lead to a decrease in costs. Given the tension between large investments in implementing new technologies and the fact that education is facing some financial problems, comprehensive studies regarding the cost effectiveness should be part of the future research agenda in the field of education.
INTERACTIVE LEARNING METHODS USING A SIMULATED ENTERPRISE
Authors: Pavaloiu Ionel bujorel , Vasilateanu Andrei , Dascalu Maria iuliana , Dragoi George , Carutasu George
Published: February 2023

The CONPROF project developed by the automation engineering company IPA SA, the University Politehnica of Bucharest and the Romanian-American University contributes to the sustainable development of the cooperation between higher education institutions and businesses by facilitating the training of students in higher education and the transition from being a student to being employed. It ensures in this way the increased employability of the graduates through counseling, vocational guidance, practical training and integrating three main components: curriculum, the student's initial skills and labor market needs.
A central activity in the instruction is the complementarity of the practical training stage performed in the summer holyday after the third year of study by developing and implementing interactive learning methods using a simulated enterprise.
The roles open in the application are: Admin, Professor and Student. In the simulated enterprise workflow, the activities start with the Admin creating the accounts for Professors and Students. The Student creates an enterprise and the Professor that is associated to the Student validates it. The Professor uploads the templates for the documents of the company and the Student completes them and uploads the files on the platform. The Professor grades the result.
By connecting the simulated company to the simulated enterprise network ROCT (Romanian Coordination of Training Firms), the students come into direct contact with the functioning of public institutions relevant for companies. The role is to interconnect businesses simulated in a national network, giving at the same time services similar to those performed by state institutions such as the Trade Registry, Financial Administration, banks etc...
REMOTE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM USING VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY
Authors: Nagy Robertbela , Pasc margit Ildiko , Popentiuvladicescu Florin , Tarca Raducatalin , Vesselenyi Tiberiu
Published: February 2023

In this paper a development of a distance learning system using virtual reality and augmented techniques will be presented, having two research directions: use of augmented reality applications in the development of e-labs for students, master students and researchers, and learning systems and simulation of robotic systems respectively, based on movements in a virtual reality environment. Development of the e-lab application involves the realization of calibration of the sensors and the existence of a communication system that uses the Internet. The robot system controlled remotely via the Internet is a 5-axis Mitsubishi RV-M1 Movemaster and it's task is to manipulate various objects placed on a checkered table. The scene is viewed by a CCD camera and the images are transmitted over the Internet to the computer of the human operator. The computer determines the position and orientation of each object and then the human operator places the order of handling to the robot - order which is transmitted via the Internet.

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THE ABILITY TO FOCUS ATTENTION - PREDICTOR FOR THE DECISION TIME IN SPORT
Authors: Paunescu Mihaela , Grigore Vasilica , Predoiu Radu
Published: February 2023

Attention implies the existence of a certain degree of focalization on a region which becomes central in relation to the rest of the ensemble, which comes to occupy a marginal position. Attention is the psychical phenomenon (mental function) which designates the selective orientation of the activity and the focalization of the mental energy on an object, in order to know it better and to act more efficiently. This study was carried out on a number of 50 female participants: 35 practitioners of tennis and 15 practitioners of aerobic gymnastics. We assessed attention concentration through the computerized test TAC and the simple and discrimination reaction time through the TR and TRD Tests, of the battery of tests PSISELTEVA. The TAC test consists in giving a pre-established answer for each signal-stimulus identified among insignificant stimuli. The TR test suposes promptitude of reactions, the diagnostic scope being the measurement of the simple reaction time. In the case of TRD test, the appearance of the red square represents the signal-stimulus - the participant's task is to issue a motor response by pushing a lever as fast as he can. By subtracting the corresponding reaction time pairs one can measure the decision time. Using the simple linear regression, we highlighted that the results for the attention concentration under fast speed conditions can be used as predictors for the decision time. The development of the ability to focus attention under fast speed conditions influences female athletes capacity to discriminate visual signs (female practicing tennis and aerobic gymnastics register a better time in order to identify the correct stimuli)
THE IMPORTANCE OF SPSS SOFTWARE IN PERFORMANCE PREDICTABILITY FOR THROWING EVENTS
Authors: Anton Margareta , Ivan Corina
Published: February 2023

Sports in general are conditioned by effort management during training. High performance athletics even more so. Certain means and trials that closely simulate event conditions are employed. This helps conserve the athelete's energy and speeds up healing implicitly.
By using a data management program (SPSS - Statistical Package for the Social Sciences), we will be able to outline tendencies, generate charts and tabulated reports in order to achieve a better prediction for performace during events, based on relevant trials.
The subjects of our research were 25 athletic throwers (javelin, shot put, discus), that were part of the group representing Romania.
Events held about 3 weeks prior to any major competition were taken into account, and by using advanced analysis means, the SPSS application managed to calculate the correlation parameter between results achieved then and during the closest competition, while underlining the predictive value of such data.
After data processing, statistical but not causal dependencies were found between certain trials and the throwing distance achieved during the closest competition, thus arguing the fact that some tests are simply not significant for the predictive pattern.
In certain situations, the utility of the various preparation trials with regards to the athletic event is not more significant than correctly ascertaining the athelete's training level, state of being (fatigue or preparation), predicting the rate of progress for effort capacity, limiting in order to prevent injury as well as preparation to achieve a sportive form.
In conclusion, the SPSS application, while underlining the usefulness of trials for a predictive pattern, may be considered a valid instrument for measuring future performance, only when the other factors are not detrimental to it.
IMPLEMENTATION OF E-LEARNING IN THE SPECIFIC DIDACTICS ON BALANCE BEAM IN WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
Authors: Potop Vladimir , Grigore Vasilica , Gavojdea Anamaria
Published: February 2023

The purpose of this paper is to implement e-Learning in the specific didactics on balance beam in women's artistic gymnastics. This scientific approach has led to a pedagogical experiment conducted with a group of 14 gymnasts aged from 12 to 15, members of the junior team of Romania, located in the Olympic Training Center in Izvorani. The study was carried out from June 2012 to October 2014. The following methods have been used during this research: method of bibliographic study; method of pedagogical observation; method of pedagogical experiment; method of tests; method of experts; video computerized method of biomechanical analysis and statistical-mathematical method. To assess the training level, 3 tests have been used: for the sensorimotor coordination - test no. 1, standstill landing; "Briuk" test for balance maintaining; test no. 3 for static-kinematic stability; 7 trials of physical training (for assessing the strength of arms, abdomen, back, lower limbs and the sense of balance) and 2 trials for the basic training on beam. This research used the method of video biomechanical analysis by means of a specialized program named Physics ToolKit, monitoring the key components of sports technique of the acrobatic elements on beam. The didactical structure of the learning program has been developed taking into account gymnasts' physical and technical training level, the difficulty of the exercises necessary for training; the interdependence and adequacy of the main and concrete goals, the tasks of learning; specific didactical principles , methods, means, elements of regulation, control and correction process, the results of learning by using the biological reverse afferentation (visual-motor, verbal-motor, visual-verbal, vestibular-motor). The implementation of e-learning in the specific didactics on beam made by means of the macro-methods elements for gymnastics exercises learning based on the stages of motor skills development contributed to learning, improving and correcting the key elements of sports technique and to achieving better performances in competitions.
WEB APPLICATION FOR LEARNING, ELABORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DANCE SPORT FIGURES
Authors: Mihaiu Costinel , Gulap Monica
Published: February 2023

By creating this application we intended to realize:
a. a unitary database for the dance practitioners and for the specialists in the dance sport domain;
b. a platform easy to use by those mentioned above, to access the figures of dance sport;
c. a way to allow all the dancers and specialists, equally, to bring their contribution to the development of the dance;
d. a unitary and coherent evaluating database of the dancers by the judges.
So, we have estimated that this application will have a beneficial effect of training the dancers, helping them to learn the figures and the necessary technique to realize them.
We have also started from the premise that it will be a tool for the dance instructors, trainers and choreographers, to whom will facilitate the selection of the dance figures and the construction of the choreography.
It will create a common language and a unique evaluating system of the dancers, by the judges, during the competitions.
It will allow to all the people involved in dance, to bring their contribution to its development and evolution.
The application was intended to be a tool for those who want to learn, to participate in the exams and training programs, organized by RDSF and by the Ministry of Education and Sports. The users aim to be instructors, trainers or judges.
The application was created as a single page application. It was written using HTML 5 and JavaScript programming language with mvc technology (model-view-controller) and it uses a MySQL database.
It was posted on a public server, the access being made by using a password. Each of the RDSF boards and colleges ordered a group of specialists which had access to this password, through which they accessed the information from the application. Therefore, they had the opportunity to access the information, modifying the parameters of the dance figures, according to their personal experience and imagination. In this manner, there have resulted changes of the parameters of the figures, making them more dynamic and look more expressive and interesting.
ICT FOR SPORT PROFESSIONALS. FROM UNIVERSITY CURRICULA TO SPORT TRAINING AND BACK
Authors: Vilcu Dana mihaela , Sabau Elena , Niculescu Georgeta
Published: February 2023

ICT (information and communications technology) is part of nowadays professional sport training. And this happens to an open range: from educational software for sport to e-games used in kinesitherapy, from mobile devices and specific mobile applications for sport training to simulators, and passing through e-learning. As a direct consequence, the university program studies in physical education, sport training and kinesitherapy have to teach the future sport professionals more or less elementary notions in ICT. In order to distinguish what is important in sport from technology information, one has to consider several questions: what a sport student is supposed to know about information technology, which kind of ICT are used in sport, what are the trends both in ICT and in sport training. In this paper we are interested to identify good practice for conceiving and upgrading ICT curricula for sport professionals. To answer the above questions, we investigate different directions. We survey the ICT related courses at important universities and physical education faculties from all over the world: at which level of study are they tough, what is their content, what software and devices are involved. We are also concerned about the trends in both computer science and sport training, and here the keywords are mobility and precision. Nowadays research in sport cannot be figured out without the benefit of computers. On one hand in doctoral studies, on the other hand for training national or Olympic teams, sport professionals collaborate with computer scientist, electronic engineers, and other type of scientists. To identify the place of ICT in their work, we browsed the main journals and conferences publishing their results. We can conclude that ICT is part of the famous university curricula for sport professionals, the content depends on the level of study and, at least at post-graduate level, the courses are adapted to the particular sport specialization. Another conclusion points out the necessary collaboration between sport and computer science professionals, in order to continuously adapt the curricula and the research to both sport performance and new technologies.
FLIPPED CLASSES OR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF STUDENTS' ADDICTION TO STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY
Authors: Colibaba Anca cristina , Gheorghiu Irina , Colibaba Stefan , Arhip Odette , Dinu Claudia elena , Ursa Ovidiu
Published: February 2023

The article is a study based on MyStory, a project funded by the European Commission (under KA3 ICT) for the years 2011-2013, which was developed within an international partnership including institutions from Finland, Ireland, Lithuania, Romania, Slovenia and the United Kingdom. The project created a collection of oral history items, life stories narrated by senior citizens and gathered by young people. The project made good use of the educational value of these testimonials which recreated the recent history of Europe from different angles and transferred their lessons to the young generation. Oral history as an authentic combination of history, culture and language stimulates discussion and encourages reflection. It is a powerful learning tool. When oral history is supported by ICT, it undoubtedly becomes one of the best ingredients to increase students' motivation to learn foreign languages. The method, called 'flipped learning', highly encourages a student-centred learning environment, where the student is actively engaged and empowered to take the lead in the learning process. The flipped classroom asks teachers to give up their leading role in teaching in order to encourage students' contributions. It also asks students to change from passive to committed participants and assume the responsibility for their learning. The paper focuses on the method which involves use videos as the main channel of content delivery and which was applied with students at the School of Medicine, Iasi. We analyse the activities carried out during the flipped classes as well as the benefits highlighted by teachers and students (increased student-teacher interaction, increased student responsibility for their learning, increased student motivation and participation in class).