bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
STUDENT PERCEPTION REGARDING THE DEPLOYMENT OF ONLINE COURSES IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
Authors: Stoica Ivona , Dobrescu Andra , Radu Anamariacatalina , Orzan Mihai
Published: February 2023

Technology has spectalary progressed over the last years and has brought various benefits to educational environment throughout the implementation of e -learning concept which was quickly adopted by many institutions of higher education. Learning using online environment has been considered a great challenge that brought on the one hand a number of benefits on the other hand a number of disadvantages. So it is that many teachers in various fields have tried to implement this concept and observe student reaction to this way of assimilating information.
This paper aims to determine student perception regarding deployment of online courses in higher education institutions. This takes into account a series of factors that have the ability to influence how students perceive this method of teaching and transmitting the information. The main factors taken into account in the analysis we conducted, are: the benefits that can be obtained by attending a course conducted in the online environment , disadvantages perceived in the online user experience and safety information using this communication channel. This paper is based on a quantitative research that was conducted among students to rich out to their perception about the deplyment of courses in the online environment. The quantitative study was conducted on a sample of 142 respondents . The research took place in december 2013, in Bucharest. Information was collected using a questionnaire consisting of 18 questions which was established based on the research objectives. The method used was the online survey method and the instrument was an online questionnaire designed on wesurvey platform. For testing the operational model of student perception regarding the deployment of online courses, data were processed using IBM SPSS Statistics 20
ENGAGING STUDENTS IN LEARNING EU TERMINOLOGY THROUGH TRANSLATION
Authors: Coanca Mariana
Published: February 2023

After reading the final report of The First European Survey on Language Competences (ESLC 2011: 83), I thought it was challenging for me to write this paper, focusing on how translation can improve my students' language learning, in order to become aware of the EU terminology. On the one hand, in the Romanian educational system, both teachers' and students' frequent use of the target language (English) during lessons has positive impacts, in the sense that the more students and teachers speak the target language during lessons, the higher the score on the language testing. On the other hand, translation of texts containg EU terminology brings up two questions herein - Why becoming aware of E.U terminology? How do my students perceive the relation between translation and language learning in order to become aware of the EU terminology? I answered these questions by conducting an analysis, based on a two-fold approach: selecting texts from the Guide to Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) and establishing a time frame for the students to translate the selected texts.
My selection of texts from the above mentioned guide is justified: the students are enrolled in the Computer Science Program and being language learners/users, their communicative language competence and awareness of EU terminology are to be activated in the performance of the various language activities, involving reception, production, interaction or mediation (in particular, translating from English into Romanian). Nowadays, mediation plays an important role in Europe, because it provides the normal linguistic functioning at EU level and, by adopting it, learners/students are able to mediate, through translating activities, between speakers of the two languages concerned, who cannot overcome the communication barrier. Moreover, I emphasized in the paper the following: becoming aware of the EU terminology, students not only become plurilingual, more interculturally aware, but they also enhance their linguistic and cultural competences.
To sum up, the analysis helped me draw a relevant conclusion: translations of texts containing EU terminology enrich the students'vocabulary, enhance their capacity for further language learning, as they already know and use terms from a specialised field (more precisely, they can cope with learning a language for specific purposes - ESP) and lead to greater openness to new cultural experiences (see also the study Translation and language learning: The role of translation in the teaching of languages in the European Union 1/2013: 27).
IMPORTANCE OF THE CONTINUOUS PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING OF UNIVERSITY TEACHING STAFF - THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL COMPETENCE IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
Authors: Duta Nicoleta
Published: February 2023

Problem Statement: Education is perhaps one of the most important social activities in the life of human beings, for by this man has a number of personal attributes, academic and cultural setting it apart from other individuals.
Purpose of Study: The aim of this study is has shows the importance of continuous training university teaching staff as perceived by them, concerning the field by teaching skills (the development of digital competence in the information society), aimed in the implementation of a multiple choice question taken from the questionnaire administrated to teachers from various universities in Romania and Spain. Finally, we present reflections on the major transformations and challenges of the Knowledge Society, and the main implications of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on higher education, universities, and specifically on the development teaching professional at this level, both in its profile, functions and roles, as in their training and skills.
Research Methods: This article focus on the preliminary phase including a written administration of a questionnaire to a sample 485 teacher. Hypothesis: if shall draw up a support system, type modular with certain particularities, then there is a higher degree of probability that educational expertise gained to be gratear, more effective as compared to normal practice. The procedure for data collection has consisted in the application written questionnaire sent by post and email. For the analysis and interpretation of data, we used SPSS 17.0.
Findings: The results obtained by analyzing the responses of the subjects included in our sample have showed that both groups of teachers - from Romania an Spain - have the same opinions regarding the importance of the continuous pedagogical training. Our first observation concerns the very high proportion of subjects, from both countries, who have considered the continuous pedagogical training as being very important and necessary (almost 70 % of the Romanian teachers and 80% of the Spanish teachers).
Conclusions: It is necessary to stimulate individual and collective reflection process in solving problematic situations in teaching practice; to create and maintain an environment of collaboration and social interaction; to develop collaborative projects and to relate the training through action research strategies. Continuing training is both a challenge and a necessity for teachers, with a view to increase their professionalism, update and deepen their knowledge through the development of the profession.
LIFELONG LEARNING OF TEACHERS AND ICT IN THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
Authors: Fat Silvia
Published: February 2023

The article presents the key activities of a recent educational project (Lifelong learning of teachers of Romanian, English and French, in the knowledge society, POSDRU ID 87/1.3/S 62536), based on a teacher training program with ICT support. This project is implemented by Braila County School in partnership with the University of Bucharest, SIVECO Romania and TEHNE - The Center for Development and Innovation in Education, sustained in January 2011 - December 2013. Out of the 5000 teachers included in the target group were trained, using a form of applied curriculum, exchange experience and on-line collaboration. The aim of this paper is to describe an interesting link between the training curriculum and e-learning platform. We illustrate the results of the two training modules available on the project platform (Curriculum design and Differential education), both in interactive and text forms. The courses offered new curriculum design, implementation and assessment competences, adapting to pupils' features and current trends in (native and foreign) language teaching; new competences to develop learning experienced based on differentiated teaching, using interactive teaching-learning methods; develop capacities to interrelate within the professional community. We will present some evaluation results of the final report, including the impact of technology in teacher training. In this sense, the portal dedicated to teachers of Romanian, English, and French was appreciated as an efficient tool for professional communication. In synthesis, the project offered teachers new opportunities to develop a teaching career, through the certified training program and modern digital resources. In order to understand Mastery learning teaching models, this paper include a number of concrete examples of the lesson plans launched trough the national competitions, and presented during the two National Conferences.
IDENTIFICATION OF THE SPECIFIC OF LEARNING WITHIN A DOMAIN - AS A SOLUTION TO IMPROVE ACADEMIC TRAINING
Authors: Frasineanu Ecaterina sarah
Published: February 2023

Article includes both, summaries of our experiences in the learning guidance to students who prepare themselves to be teachers and survey results, of the stimulation of self-reflexive analysis of the students, we currently work with. In the academic training is important to be noticed, but, especially, to resolve the situation in which students find themselves sometimes, that not to meet the demands of learning, to feel overwhelmed, because what is required is new, too much too difficult. In this case, to identify the specific of the approach of the study field is a solution that includes the application of a methodology of intellectual work, self-management, meta-cognition, learning motivation, adapting the style to requirements.
From the perspective of a teacher who guides the students learning in psycho-pedagogical domain, we consider to be absolutely necessary building of the implementing and knowledge transfer capacities. Learning Pedagogy follows its specificity as a science focused on building diverse correlations between knowledge and skills made in psycho-pedagogy domain and the items of general or specialized culture.
From the perspective of students, it is interesting that they are proposing a productive approach, not one reproductive of the area and the fact that they understand the need to learn in a generative manner, with continued restructuring experience. In fact, in any new area it is useful to identify not only different contents, but rather, the goals and methodologies of that science. The psycho-pedagogical training of students learning goals correlate with professional achievement, and the elements needed to achieve competencies in this category involve perseverance in learning.
TRENDS IN DEVELOPING VISUAL EDUCATIONAL CONTENT IN MATHEMATHICS AND PHYSICS
Authors: Anghel Gheorghe , Anghel Iulia andreea
Published: February 2023

"The student of the future will be an Explorer" says Marshall McLuhan. At its earliest age, school education should have as a primary goal the awareness of learning through research, through discovery and through interdisciplinary activities. The study area of Mathematics is developing towards all these modern purposes. Carl Friedrich Gauss known as the prince of Mathematics, defines the domain as the "Queen of the sciences". He is right. Certain scientific areas such as Theoretical Physics are, in reality, mathematical sciences with axioms that correspond to reality. Researcher in Theoretical Physics, J. M. Jordan, suggests that physical sciences should be considered public knowledge and that Mathematics should be a part of it. The latter shares many similarities with physical sciences from which we mention the usage of hypothesis' logical study. Apart from this, intuition and experiments also play important roles while formulating hypotheses in both mathematics and other sciences. Experimental Mathematics continues to gain an increasing importance among hard sciences due to computerising and simulation. This article aims to be the continuation of the article "Visual solutions for learning in the virtual environment" offering an understanding beyond the written world of mathematical formulas. It is a pleasurable experience of freely experimenting that makes students forget about the boring teaching methods. The article depicts an interactive experience in the virtual environment of educational software.
The use of modern technologies in school is part of the natural evolution of lifelong learning and suggests a natural solution to modern challenges in learning and students' needs. Their integration into the traditional process of teaching-learning-assessment is an opportunity to integrate technological innovations with the interaction and involvement offered by the traditional study methods.
It is not an easy process, but all the difficulties can be overcome. The teacher must feel free to critically respond, but at the same time, creative to new technologies. Under no circumstances, can he/she ignore this aspect if he/she wants to communicate with his/her students.
The real importance of teaching-learning-assessment that combines traditional pedagogical methods with of ICT, is related to potential. This type of learning is an opportunity to create experiences that can provide the proper type of teaching and learning in a specific time and place, for a specific student not only at school, but home as well. This kind of learning could become global, could transcend the formal boundaries of countries and could bring together groups of students from different cultures and meridians. In this context, the usage of the ICT use in school could become one of the major achievements of our century.
PROVIDING TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT FOR PROJECT-BASED LEARNING
Authors: Hartescu Ioana
Published: February 2023

This research investigates the ways in which an e-learning platform supported project-based learning in a master's course of instructional design. Project-based learning is a strategy that engages students in solving authentic problems by creating artefacts collaboratively. In the case reported, the students were engaged in a semester long project which involved working in teams of 3 to 6 persons to create short online courses for external organizations acting as clients. The process went from analysis and design, to development and final presentations to the "clients" to obtain feedback. The course included weekly face to face meetings, and an e-learning platform was also used to support the process. The main research question focuses on the way the technological tools were used in the particular context of the learning strategy used, what features supported best, and least, the problem-based learning strategy, and what types of adjustments or modifications should be made to improve the learning support the students are receiving. The data is derived from the students' comments expressed in interviews, focus groups and questionnaires, as well as the lecturer's own observation. The goal is to define methodological guidelines for the lecturer and functional requirements for the mix of tools, including the e-learning platform, which will contribute to the successful implementation of project-based learning in similar contexts. The results point towards the need to be flexible in the choice and usage of the tools and to avoid technologically overloading the students. More specific recommendations are also presented and discussed, as well as further avenues for research.
EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN TEACHING ECONOMICS
Authors: Lacatus Maria liana
Published: February 2023

Abstract: The paper presents new approaches in economics, especially from the perspective of using experimental methods in developing and teaching economics. The first part emphasizes requirements and challenges in teaching economics in order to underline the need of effective teaching methods nowadays when many students do not have clearly defined learning and professional options and, as consequences, are not properly motivated to study. The first part advocates in favor of methods that create motivation and interest for studying economics and try to demonstrate that such methods could be the methods used by economist to analyze and understand the economic reality itself adapted to classroom. The second part analyses the relationship between research and teaching in economics focused upon experimental economics and experimental methods applicable in classroom. The history of economic research retained in 1960's experiments designed initially to study the behavior of oligopoly and laws of demand and supply. Than through new experiments, economists tested the market equilibrium and the market price, the surplus of consumers and producers, the exchange and the income distribution on the market. The third part presents the market experiment, considered to be the most relevant example for experimental methods used in teaching economics. The most frequent experiment used in teaching economics is designed to demonstrate the equilibrium on a perfect (pure) competition market and, respectively, the market price as equilibrium price. In laboratory, perfect (pure) markets tend regularly to the equilibrium predicted by economic theory. This is why researchers consider market experiment as a 'natural instrument' in teaching economics recommended especially for its remarkable educational potential. The final part of the paper analyses costs and benefits of using market experiment in the classroom emphasizing that the most important benefit of experimental methods is the living maner is that students are learning and the efficieny of the learning process. Through an market experiment the study of economics can be an active experience in that students conducted by teachers participate in producing economic facts and descovering market mechanisms.
SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES FOR ONLINE TEACHING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: FINDINGS FROM A RESEARCH
Authors: Sangra Albert , Gonzalezsanmamed Mercedes , Guardia Lourdes
Published: February 2023

The current European Higher Education Area (EHEA) is fostering the development and implementation of a teaching and learning model in which teaching roles are being challenged and shifted.

Beyond the fact competence-based design for programs is the core issue concerning this new scenario, it is also true that the use of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) could be considered as a driver for this change, and a helpful ally for teachers to better develop their role in this context. Online or blended programs are the most significant way in which most of the universities are facing this situation, even if their aims are two fold: to increase the number of students and to adapt themselves to the new methodological approaches in an easiest way.

To handle online teaching, no matter if the delivery is going to be blended or fully online, teachers should have a number of specific competences as the current research literature states. These specific competences should be achieved through training and experience, so different programs have been put into practice to increase the capacity of teachers to become good online teachers too.

Online education has been growing in Spain in the last decade as some studies have concluded. However the perception teachers are not being taught to face properly this important shift is around. Given this, a group of Spanish researchers from different universities considered the need of identifying which is the support for and the provision of online teaching professional development in Spain, and a research project was carried out. The project was partially funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education.

A qualitative approach was the basis of the research design. Data from the whole set of Spanish universities (77) was collected through two main instruments: a) A full analysis of the existing information shown in each university website; and b) An in-depth interview with the university responsible for teacher's professional development units. Later on, analysis of data was carried out by the group of researchers who led the project.

The main findings of the research show which the current situation is regarding the provision and support for online teaching professional development, as well as for the use of ICT in their regular classrooms: main characteristics of the training provision and future needs for online teaching professional development. The study also points out on some limitations and perspectives. In addition, the research has also identified some recommendations and future issues that should be taken into consideration.
STRATEGIES OF VIRTUAL SPATIAL NAVIGATION
Authors: Pereira da silva Armando
Published: February 2023

The present investigation it is focused in the area of the multimedia communication and virtual spatial and orientation navigation, with implications in the differential psychology that, for the studied multimedia situation we have used, allowed to prove the existence of two groups of users with differentiated behaviours of exploration and distinct strategies of virtual spatial navigation and orientation. The investigation work allowed to characterize a user's model that, through the introduction of a "navigation intelligent help", allowed to adjust ergonomically the multimedia product to the totality of the users. We verify that the age (or school level) of the subjects seems to be strongly related with the strategy of the used navigation, and there are implicating with the orientation which subjects they do from his position in the virtual space, which seems to increase progressively with the subject's age, the consideration of his orientation in the distance inside the virtual space. The fact that the strategy, progressively decreasing from 10 to 17 years is the mostly used by adults (with ages equal or above to 18 years), opens, in our opinion, new perspectives in the power of the psychology of the development, so it seems more connected with the strategies of problem solving rather than capacities or cognitive competences. The strategy in which the subject is obliged to consider his orientation on the route inside the virtual space, implicates a cognitive supplementary effort based on the memory, which suggests interpretations based on the importance of the memory on the resolution of problems at different ages
IMPORTANCE OF USING GRAPHICAL AND STATISTICAL COMPUTING PROGRAMS IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
Authors: Trifan Daniela , Bularda Marcel
Published: February 2023

Determinations and analysis are needed in agricultural research to verify soil quality, irrigation water quality, yield quantity and quality also. All these data resulted of these measurements can not practicality, if not achieved statistical calculation. In the past, statistical calculation was done with pencil on paper, requiring more time for processing. With the advent of computers and software, this has become much easier time processing statistics becoming increasingly shorter, which greatly increased the efficiency of obtaining results and conclusions in agricultural research.
This paper presents examples of statistical calculation like analysis of variance with ANOVA and correlation of experimental data from agricultural production using MS Excel, and creating of maps for physical and chemical indicators of soil or groundwater, using MATLAB.
To calculate the variance analysis and correlation are presented the steps to follow in their performance. The paper contain explains in three case studies: first - the analysis of variance in production of wheat in a farm experience with several varieties; the second study - the correlation between productivity elements and sowing density for winter wheat; and the third study - about carrying out maps for physicochemical indices of soil and groundwater from a farm in Big Island of Braila.
For a quick understanding of the calculation were carried print screens of each step, with explanations and the modality of creating graphics and how to interpret the final significances. Also, in creating maps is explained everything, step by step, including how to make legends and how can interpret the results. These examples of statistical calculation can be useful to researchers, engineers and students of agricultural sciences.
IMPROVING THE QUALITY FOR THE E-COUNSELLING SERVICES FOR STUDENTS- A BENCHMARKING EXERCISE
Authors: Dumitru Georgiana , Adascalitei Adrian
Published: February 2023

Improving the quality for the e-counselling services for students- a benchmarking exercise

Georgiana DUMITRU
University of Pite?ti
geo_dumitru81@yahoo.co.uk

Adrian AD?SC?LI?EI
Technical University "Gh. Asachi" Iasi, Romania
adrian.adascalitei@yahoo.com

The philosophy of benchmarking makes reference to the learning process within an organization that studies the practices and methods used by the successful organizations that reach performance. Benchmarking represents an instrument for the total management of quality and a continuous process of monitoring good practices within a similar organization that is successful. Concerning the level of involvement in the benchmarking process, the one-to-one approach as well as the collaborative one is considered valuable for the systematic collecting and comparison of data and in the following steps of the process. The organizational homogeneity and cooperation are necessary conditions for a collaborative benchmarking exercise.

The present paper presents the analytical conceptual frame of a study for the benchmarking for the improvement of the electronic counselling service for students in Pitesti. The benchmarking exercises use the EFQM model in three steps: adoption, adaptation and improvement. Findings and conclusions were formulated following a focus group in which 4 experts in counselling provided to students and 4 e-learning experts. They analysed the advantages and limits of using electronic counselling services for students form 4 major Romanian University centres: Bucharest, Iasi, Cluj and Timisoara. Benchmarking was used as a method to collect and report essential operational data in a way that allows relevant comparisons among the performances of some distance counselling services offered to students in Romania, with the aim to identify good practices, advantages and limitations, as well as to improve the counselling activity for students in Pitesti. The present paper creates the premises for the initiation of a future project to start a psycho-pedagogical e-counselling network in order to connect the participant University centres to the present study and at which others can become part of.
DEVELOPING AND MANAGING SUCCESSFUL LANGUAGE PROJECTS
Authors: Colibaba Anca cristina , Colibaba Stefan , Ionel Andreea corina , Colibaba Cintia
Published: February 2023

Nellip (Network of European Language Labelled Initiatives, funded by the European Commission in the framework of the Lifelong Learning Programme - Key Activity 2 Languages) is the largest repository of case studies about exemplary projects awarded with the distinction European Language Label for quality and innovative language teaching in Europe. This EU diachronic collection of case studies is organised in order to support a collective European reflection on transferable lessons about the following key elements: socio-educational needs in connection to language learning, quality of language education, innovation as a tool to support the first two elements.
The main objectives envisaged are: to promote the networking and creation of synergies among language learning initiatives having received the European Language Label with the aim to enhance their impact, transferability potential and sustainability; to promote the adoption of a joint methodology that will allow the effective planning and implementation of high quality language learning initiatives according to the quality criteria used for the assessment of initiatives that apply to be awarded the European Language Label; and to promote the information about the European Language Label initiative among language learning providers (Universities, schools, adult education institutions, vocational education and training providers).
Within this article we will reflect on and share experience about what constitutes a successful, high quality language project, learning about the European Language Label scheme and about the application process and the criteria used to select projects for an award. Revealing the results of the international workshops organized in order to test and exploit project results.
READING COURSE FOR ELEARNING
Authors: Balagiu Alina , Patesan Marioara , Zechia Dana
Published: February 2023

Reading is one of the important skills in learning English, that can be easily studied by the student at home, in a relaxed and friendly environment. The paper shows the way we understand to develop a reading activity with pre-reading and post-reading exercises for at least a one hundred minute class, intended for intermediate or upper-intermediate university students. The main topic the activities are based on is 'Pollution'. The course was developed in order to follow some objectives:
1.Understand the main points and details of a reading text.
2.Recognize irony, cultural references and idiomatic expressions in a reading text.
3.Detect logical relationships in the readings and create mind mapping using the several sites as sources of information.
4.Evaluate a site according to several criteria.
The exercises range from definitions to vocabulary development, from skimming to scanning in order to cover a multitude of teaching/learning methods.
To use the internet for educational purposes the students have to know some things about the types of sites they visit in order to take information for their compositions, essays or projects. They have to select the sources that are reliable from a multitude of web sites, and sometimes this is a very difficult task. There is one exercise designed to help students to chose the best site for the subject they want to deal with. It should be considered as a guide for using the internet information for their work.
Other listening, writing and speaking activities could be developed from the reading part.
ADVANTAGES OF USING AN E-LANGUAGE PLATFORM FOR THE STUDY OF LEGAL ENGLISH
Authors: Caraiman Carmendaniela
Published: February 2023

Under the influence of a globalized labour market and subsequent to Romania's accession to the EU, the number of jobs available abroad for Romanian law graduates is increasing (including as lawyer linguists in EU institutions). Thus, academics who deliver practical English courses attempt to offer students the possibility to acquire the right language skills for using English in different legal contexts (as public notaries, litigators, in-house counsels, etc.). However, providing the right and efficient methods of teaching legal English cannot be conceived outside the advantages posed by e-learning nowadays.
The present paper approaches a student-oriented manner of teaching legal English through on-line resources with applicability for full time and distance learning students. The e-learning methodology that my paper suggests is student-oriented. Thus, assigned tests are adapted to the students' levels of knowledge (subsequent to a thorough examination, students are organized into work groups and are assigned tasks according to their level of competence) and to their future needs. The assigned tasks rely on on-line resources (students have access to an electronic platform through a personal account). The on-line platform with resources is structured per areas of law (constitutional / administrative / criminal / human rights / international / EU / commercial law, etc.), as well as per types of sources and target texts (legal glossaries, codes and laws organized as parallel texts, templates for contracts, wills, powers of attorney, writs of summons, rulings, etc.). The on-line platform is meant to ensure: flexibility (tasks are assigned depending on the students' level of knowledge); speed (the on-line resources, especially parallel corpora, facilitate fast identification of the unknown words/phrases in both English and Romanian); collaborative attitudes (groups work as teams) and, finally, fluidity of information and progress monitoring (tasks are assigned and monitored on-line and follow an ever increasing level of difficulty).
The legal English course thus organized is a useful tool for students in law, who can simulate potential professional contexts in which they might use legal English after graduation.
RESULTS FROM INTEGRATING THE "LOGOPEDIX" SOFTWARE PROGRAM IN THE SPEECH-LANGUAGE THERAPY
Authors: Popovici Doru vlad , Ardeleanu Dorina
Published: February 2023

The high incidence of speech-language disorders among children with intellectual disability prompted us to seek new ways to improve the language and speech therapy, turning to the best account the latest available digital resources, by developing an original intervention program.

The aim of this action research study was to assess the positive impact of the "Logopedix" software application towards meeting the speech-language therapy objectives and towards improving certain aspects of psychomotricity.
The 40 participating elementary school children with intellectual disability, aged between 7 and 10, randomly selected from a Bucharest school for children with special needs, were divided into 2 groups with a homogenous distribution based on an initial evaluation.

Throughout the 2012-2013 schoolyear, we subjected the two groups to a complex speech-language intervention program. We used the technology-enhanced approach for the experimental group (employing the "Logopedix" software program), and the clasical approach for the control group.
We verified three research questions (research assumptions/hypotheses). The first one refers to the asumption that integrating the "Logopedix" software program within the speech-language therapy yields significantly better results than the "classical" speech-language therapy. The second one concerns the improvement of certain aspects of the fine motor skills (manual dexterity). The third one refers to the spatial awareness (telling left and right).
The results of the final evaluation partially confirmed (partially ascertained) the first research question/hypotesis and fully confirmed (fully ascertained) the second and third ones. Therefore, we consider the "Logopedix" software program as a valuable assistive speech-language therapy instrument for the elementary school children with intellectual disability, within its defined limitations.
Doru-Vlad Popovici, ph.D, is a university professor at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, where he functions as Director (Chair), Department of Special Education, and as Director, Psychopedagogy of the inclusive school Master Programme

Dorina Ardeleanu is a special education teacher (speech-language therapist) at the School Nr. 5 for Children with Special Needs, Bucharest. With a bachelor's degree in Psychology from the LB University of Sibiu-Hermannstadt and a master's degree in Speech-Language Therapy from the University of Bucharest
ICT BASED LANGUAGE LEARNING THROUGH EUROPEAN PROJECTS
Authors: Sargeant Helen , Molinari Angela , Carminke Alison
Published: February 2023

The University of Wolverhampton is involved in a number of European projects which focus on ICT for Language Learning and these will be referenced in the paper.

These include a KA2 project, ISPY, which developed an online learning platform for general and vocational language skills; a Transfer of Innovation project, Going Places with Languages in Europe, which developed an interactive DVD game to learn vocational business based language for employability and a current KA2 project, Languages in the Media, which focuses on the development of media based online resources for language learning by migrant groups.

These projects have involved Europe wide consortiums including partners from the UK, Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain and The Netherlands.

Each project has involved a research and contextualization phase which has included a focus on ICT and language learning in the relevant partner countries and piloting and testing of the ICT based resources.

The paper and presentation will present the key findings from the research and contextualization; drawing on findings from the UK and partner countries and examining commonalities and differences.

It will also present relevant findings from the piloting and testing of the resources which has been undertaken by teachers, learners, language professionals and other stakeholders. Piloting and testing aimed to gain feedback from end users, and other stakeholders, in relation to elements such as content, ease of use, functionality, effect on attainment and enjoyment levels, potential for use, design, storyline and technical issues.

Potential new ICT based learning projects will also be presented and discussed.
FEATURES OF THE LEARNING PROCESS IN SPORTS CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT USE THE BLENDED LEARNING SYSTEM
Authors: Stanescu Monica , Musat Nely , Stoicescu Marius
Published: February 2023

In Romania, the training of sports professionals using the advantages of e-learning is just beginning, despite its many benefits. The most consistent attempts in this direction were made by AFAN, in the project "E-learning for social partners" (2010 - 2013). This project, financed by the ESF through SOP HRD, developed and tested a blended-learning training system for several occupations in sports (sports adviser, manager of sports companies, organizer of sporting events, sports steward, referee) or in sport-related fields (diet and nutrition, sports journalism or personal branding). This paper aims to highlight some features of the learning process, as they were experienced by the target group while using the new training system. To achieve this goal, we analyzed the attitudes of 242 students in relation to the learning tasks of the courses, in conjunction with the results of the respective program evaluations, and their profiles. The attitude of the participants was reflected in the following variables: frequency and regularity of accessing the platform and the type of actions performed, number of hours spent on the platform, participation in specific courses, the most used types of interactive exercises. In addition, we assessed the impact of technology use on the students, as the e-learning platform recorded events resulting from improper use of the work interfaces. The final evaluation of the students was made by each specialist, course lecturer. Data were obtained from reports generated by the Moodle platform developed within this project. The conclusions of the paper are methodological landmarks; they may underlie the design of blended-learning programs aimed at the training for occupations in sports
ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICIENCY OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED IN FOOTBALL, ON THE LEVEL OF 1ST LEAGUE, IN ROMANIA
Authors: Cojocaru Viorel , Cojocaru Viorel , Panait Ciprian
Published: February 2023

The football game has become a real social phenomenon and an industry, at the same time.
Turning this game in what it has become today has been possible based on using, in trainings and games, the latest information provided by the new systems of analysis and statistics, which allowed the deep knowledge of the components of the performance pattern.
Out of the multitude of information acquired following the statistic analysis of the I League official games, we may assert that a quite advanced level of knowledge has been reached, allowing an objective and efficient orientation of the training process, so that the victories obtained in the official games should be a consequence of the trainings correctly designed and adapted according to the features of their own players, but also of the opponents.
PANINI DIGITALSOCCER PROJECT submits to our attention a series of information and basic indexes referring to the global evolution of the teams, as well as an individualized analysis of the players and of the technical-tactical behavior. All this information is graphically structured and graded per time units (halves). Thus, this system provides general notions and groups the information according to the moments of the game (attack-defense), as follows:
- General notions: game volume, ball circulation, game quality, positioning in the field;
- Defensive stage: attitude, take back the ball, defense of their own goalpost;
- Offensive stage: beginning of the action, play depth, game on sideways, etc;
InStat Football, a new system of analysis and statistics used in the last years by the coaches and analysts of I League, proposes us a complex approach of the gathered information, as follows:
- General information, presented "in the mirror", concerning the overall evolution of the teams: actions, duels, passages, possession, attacks; this information is structured per time but, most importantly, per field areas;
- Information on the evolution of each player, individually analyzed, but by comparison to the opponent player, who played on the same position;
Both systems of analysis provide sufficient and objective information, but we propose to determine the system that structures data in such manner so that they should not be mere statistic information, but also to determine the coach/analysis to reach fast and clear conclusions concerning the team's training in order to win the future match.
COREL VIDEO STUDIO PRO PROGRAM, A MODERN TOOL IN THE TACTICAL ANALYSIS IN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL
Authors: Panait Ciprian
Published: February 2023

Knowing the opponent has become in today's football a condition as important as the training of one's own team, in order to obtain results.
Until not so long ago, the team's evolution in the official games was analyzed by common video means (video-player VHS, cd-player), and supposed a viewing, within the group, of the game played in the previous stage.
The analysis is performed with great difficulty, due to the technical solutions provided by the existing devices. Technically, during this viewing, the entire game was reviewed, with very many interruptions, caused by the need to identify on the image all the aspects considered important in the evolution of the team and of the players, individually, each on their positions. Thus, the "STOP-REPLAY-PLAY, ONCE AGAIN!" moments repeated with very high frequency, leading to the following consequences:
- Minimum efficiency, caused by the impossibility to efficiently extract the information and images occurring in the decisive moment in the development of the game, with direct consequences on the final outcome;
- Large time budget allocated to the analysis: the analysis of the entire game required approximately two hours;
- The impossibility to keep the players' attention and focus for such a long period of time;
Technically in this working manner we cannot speak of a professional analysis of the game and of the players, but rather of a viewing during which the players and the coaches "comment" on what they see in the images.
The need to rapidly and efficiently identify the tactical actions that have been determining during the game is satisfied by the Corel Video Studio Pro program, which gives us the possibility of a decisive technological leap in performing a professional tactic analysis.
Through our research we propose to establish the positive influences of using this analysis program, influences which have direct implications in determining the final outcome of the official game.
INCREASING THE DEFENSIVE EFFICIENCY IN VOLLEYBALL USING THE STATISTICAL PROGRAM "CLICK & SCOUT"
Authors: Szabo Dan alexandru , Magdas Laurentiu
Published: February 2023

The high performance sport has experienced a boom in recent decades, the results being made possible by appealing and applying new advanced investigation techniques in various aspects of the concerned field. Modern sport training process is today the support of modern sustainable technologies, especially new Statistical Information Technologies (SIT) - hardware and software. However, it can be asserted, that in our country the SIT practical use is relatively sporadic with low incidence for various and objective reasons, but also subjective on the first side, generated by financial reasons and/or the absence of specialized personnel. On the other hand, the lack of benefits and possibilities of their use or very few providers where they can be purchased. The assessment needs, in accordance with the objectives to be met, often leads to subjective appreciations from the coaches. Unexpected victory or a surprising defeat is likely to be subjectively interpreted by the coaches, due to emotional states, induced by the conduct of the competition. Thus, certain hasty conclusions could generate premature confusions. The coaches should explore further techniques and traditional means of evaluation, which have proven effective and which have been continuously refined over time, but must also improve the promotion of new and modern computer assisted information technologies (IT). With the statistical software Click & Scout, you simply need to touch the court on the tablet pc screen to scout the serve, to receive, to attack and block from the first point of the game, to the last point of the match.
AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH OF E-LEARNING STRATEGY FOR TEACHING CAD
Authors: Avadanei Manuela , Mihai Aura , Sarghie Bogdan
Published: February 2023

Time and money are the main tasks for a successful business. It is important to find adequate solution to change company strategies according to the new challenges imposed by the competition or consumer needs, with efficiency, minimum cost, but in a short time. Adapting process to a new vision must be made by "running", combining old with new, traditional methods with modern one's, in a well-structured and organized manufacturing medium, considering the variety of technology, equipment and labor force. In nowadays, IT applications and software are used in every stage of manufacturing process, always up- grading or changing and from this reason from time to time, the company must organize training stages for personal employees. Peer learning is a reciprocal learning activity, a two way in which ideas, knowledge and experience are shared from a person to another (Boud, 1988). This new strategy does not substitute the role of a teacher in educational process, but is a new variant in this IT environment, when the time is not a "friend". This e-learning strategy is suitable to apply either in academic field (for different level of education, bachelor, master or doctoral studies) or in companies. In this paper we present how is possible to apply this modern strategy in teaching CAD for clothing and footwear design, using a suitable learning style for engineering field (instructional method), by virtual demonstration focused to explain and clarify design stages (from sketch to final product), in an progressive way, according to the needs of the learners or level.