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A FULL SPECTRUM LIFELONG E-LEARNING PROJECT FOR THE ARMY
Authors: Spinello Enrico , Torbidone Gianluca , Marchisio Marina , Rabellino Sergio
Published: February 2023

Nowadays a large organisation requires a solid and efficient system for managing the learning process of internal organisation in a lifelong learning perspective. The Italian Army decided to boost the lifelong learning concept for military personnel in a modern and digital way by using the e-learning environment. This decision was based on the long experience of the Education and Training Command and School of Applied Military Studies (COMFOR-SA) Virtual Learning Centre (VLC) and its cooperation with the University of Turin in the field of e-learning. This cooperation allows to adopt innovative teaching and learning methods and enhance the internationalization program of the Bachelor and Master Degree in Strategic Sciences attended by Officers and civilian students. In order to reach the entire potential target audience, composed of all categories, such as Officers, NCOs and Volunteers and to maximise the use of e-learning for different didactic purposes a full spectrum lifelong e-learning project was developed. Initially the focus was based on the development of a special Hub composed of the Portal for Self-Paced Courses in combination with the Portal of Knowledge and the Support Portal. Then the User's E-portfolio and the Language Portal were added. The Hub expanded its area of competence and additional portals were created. All e-learning resources and activities were properly reorganised and structured in a full spectrum new concept for a more effective e-learning experience for all military education and training purposes. The aim of this paper is to present and discuss the structure of the project in terms of contents, design and solutions adopted.
A SURVEY ON HISTORY, PRESENT AND PERSPECTIVES OF DOCUMENT IMAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEMS
Authors: Stanica Iulia  cristina , Boiangiu Costin anton , Vlasceanu Giorgiana violeta , Prodan Marcel , Avatavului Cristian , Deaconescu Razvan adrian , Taut Codrin
Published: February 2023

We live in the century of technology, where the enormous evolution of data and science has recently favored a strong interest in processing, transmitting, and storing information. If, in the past, only a human mind could extract meaningful information from image data, after decades of dedicated research, scientists have managed to build complex systems that can identify different areas, tables, and texts from scanned documents, all the obtained information being easily accessed and passed by one to another. Books, newspapers, maps, letters, drawings - all types of documents can be scanned and processed in order to become available in a digital format. In the digital world, the storage space is very small compared to physical documents, so these applications will replace millions of old paper volumes with a single memory disk and will be accessible at the same time for anyone using just Internet access and without having a risk of deterioration. Other problems, such as ecological issues, accessibility and flexibility constraints can be solved by the use of document image analysis systems. This article presents the methods and techniques used to process on-paper documents and convert them to electronic ones, starting from pixel level and getting to the level of the entire document. The main purpose of Document Image Analysis Systems is to recognize texts and graphical interpretations from images, extract, format and present their contained information accordingly to the people's needs. We will also try to provide solid ground for practitioners that implement systems from this category to enhance the unsupervised processing features in order to make physical documents easily available to the masses.
NTC (NIKOLA TESLA CENTER) CAMP AND INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES – KIDS EVALUATION OF INNOVATIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUES
Authors: Debeljuh Andrea , Ruzic baf Maja , Rajovic Ranko
Published: February 2023

The paper presents the NTC (Nikola Tesla Centre) learning methodologies. The researches that shows the importance of movement for children, especially before primary school, are presented. One of the basic principles of the NTC learning system is to help children, parents and educators for a whole development, in order to achieve the full potential of the child. To gain this result the NTC learning system provides exercises that include rotation, balance, dynamic accommodation of the eye, fine motoric, stimulation of the foot, coordination eye - hand, speech, etc.. The paper presents also the importance of usage the Information and communication technologies (ICT) for educational purposes and for a proper use of ICT in education.
The second part of the paper presents the results of a pilot research project on the NTC camps held in Croatia and Serbia. The population analysed is a sample of 68 kids from Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Hercegovina from 7 to 12 years old. The aim was to understand how children acquire new learning methodologies and to define which activities they like most. The activities were: morning gym, NTC learning methodologies, playing in nature and on the beach or mountain. The paper analyses also the perception of the possibility to use the NTC learning techniques for learning at the school. The last part of the questionnaire analyses if the children own a smartphone. If yes, how much they use it during the workweek and during the weekend and how to they spend their free time
A REVIEW OF EYE TRACKING IN ELEARNING
Authors: Hutanu Alexandra , Bertea Patricea elena
Published: February 2023

Nowadays, the widespread access to Internet has made the shift from traditional classroom learning to virtual e-learning more accessible than ever. Online education has developed a whole industry both in the private and the public sector. E-learning is either a substitute for tradition learning, usually chosen independently by students, or a complementary for it, the institutions adding online materials to the traditional curricula.
The shift to online learning brings the advantage of having the possibility to accurately assess user behavior and understand where the pain points are in the e-learning process. Therefore, the researchers are able to prescribe the most efficient calibration methods for this process. One of the most accurate methods to record user behavior is through eye tracking technology.
Eye tracking is a method that records real, natural and objective user behavior. Eye movements are fast, subconscious movements, which reveal information that is not accessible even to the responder. The human gaze can tell exactly what has been seen, in what order and for how long and, on the other side, what has been missed. Therefore, eye tracking data gives valuable insights for improving the learning process. Moreover, eye data can reveal valuable information about the emotional and cognitive processes of the student.
In this paper, we review the studies that used eye tracking technology in e-learning. We aim to discuss the findings until the present date and to discover the current gaps in knowledge. In the end, we develop a research question, hypothesis and we draw the expected findings.
THE IMPACT OF THE VIRTUAL ASSISTANT (VA) ON LANGUAGE CLASSES
Authors: Istrate Ana mihaela
Published: February 2023

One of the modern times challenges, related to technological developments is the possibility of connecting concepts, such as Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning to the process of teaching foreign languages.
Recent studies suggest that machine learning can be equipped with an intelligence, similar to the human one. More specifically, machines can be programmed, trained and developed for self-learning. This way, devices such as Google Home, Alexa or Siri, to mention only three of the most recent developments in the field of VA, can become a teacher's assistant during the language classes, and be able to completely transform the classroom.
One of the most time-consuming activity, during language teaching, is the interaction with each individual student. The new artificial intelligence technologies can substitute the teacher, and pair with each student, creating a personal connection with them, helping them improve pronunciation, vocabulary, and can even have a conversation with the student. This way we can talk about an instant trainer, that can become a virtual peer for the student.
Another benefit of the virtual assistant involvement in the language classes is the enormous amount of information, that can be accessed online, offering very personalised learning opportunities for the students, can be trained to repeat different parts of the lesson, so that students could benefit from a personalised learning plan.
The present study tries to explain the process through which the virtual assistant can be trained in order to fulfil the classroom needs. The final aim is to understand how to train the virtual assistant, so that learners could take control of the learning process.
Thus, the communicative method of language teaching and learning, where the student is let to discover concepts and understand grammatical structure will be accomplished in conjunction with the virtual assistant, while the teacher merely guides the class, focusses on the most appropriate assessment and ultimately facilitate the learning process.
IMPLICIT EVALUATION OF CHESS KNOWLEDGE IN NON-FORMAL LEARNING USING AUTOMATIC IMAGE PROCESSING AND DEEP LEARNING
Authors: Munteanu Dan , Munteanu Nicoleta
Published: February 2023

Non-formal education consists in the expression of personal interests through the voluntary participation of the young person in activities that are of interest or attract him directly in order either to spend free time in a constructive manner, or to develop personality or to grasp special talents in - an institutionalized framework. As a rule, non-formal education does not make literacy, but works on the student's apperceptive background (built up by formal education), strengthening the general knowledge of the young person in his / her areas of interest, along with the development of motivation, will, self-control and self-confidence.

Our analysis had focused on tackling chess as a logical game in non-formal education by studying few groups of preschoolers who do not yet know how to read and write, in order to be able to record during the play their own moves on the game board.

It has been noticed during the time that all these small age groups often commit mistakes, either on an involuntarily manner or deliberately, cheating for the purpose of winning at any cost, generating this way a controversy between opponents seeking the teacher's immediate support or assistance. One of the major limitations of the lesson is given by the fact that the teacher can't simultaneously watch the game on multiple chess boards in order to intervene in real time whenever his pedagogical assistance is needed.

So, to alleviate these shortcomings, a system based on deep learning techniques is used that allows, based on image analysis, to detect the positioning of each chess piece on the game board. Upon completion of a move a button is pressed by each player at which point an image is taken with a camera and the new position of the pieces is determined and compared to the previous one, to detect if any of the game's rules have been violated. Then the notation of the move is recorded and in the case of a violation of the game's rules, the system produces a warning sound, giving this way to the teacher the opportunity to intervene promptly.

The experiment consisted in recording the number of interventions necessary to correct the game first in a classic manner and then using the automated system, making this way a comparison between the two approaches. It has been noticed that using the automated system more errors could be detected in addition allowing an implied evaluation of the lesson in a manner which is more effective and objective then the classic one.
FINDING GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR REDESIGN OF LEARNING SPACES
Authors: Stockert Robin , Van der zanden Piet , Peberdy Duncan
Published: February 2023

Higher Education is shifting from teacher-centred to student-centred practices. Such new practices ought to make today's students into active and cooperative learners and give them more relevant, real challenges and hands-on experiences. Furthemore, these learning scenarios should equip the student with the skills, competences and character qualities to thrive in a meaningful future job. Hence, the classroom or learning space should be able to resemble a real work environment with social interaction and different types of teamwork to handle complex problem solving.

A holistic approach is needed to redesign and develop new learning spaces and to create new eco-systems for learning in order to handle more students than ever, attending higher education. Between 2000 and 2014, the number of students in higher education globally more than doubled to 207 million.

One concrete approach is to start with the basic problem many Universities are facing today.

Universities are in need of designs and definitions for lecture halls and classrooms that facilitate collaborative education practices next to informal study places. An easy way to transform current education space designs is by introducing new education buildings.

However, many stakeholders have their part in the design process of learning spaces. Experiences and ideas are mixed-up in the understanding, communication, definition, usage, evaluation and (re-)design.

This paper introduces three different approaches: 1) New campus plan for the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2) Cookbook Education Spaces from Delft University of Technology with prerequisite guidelines for architects and construction companies, and 3) JISC's awareness campaign visiting universities with live examples of active learning spaces called The Sticky Campus.

How can universities find common ground and understanding in the process of defining and redesigning learning spaces?
THE POTENTIAL OF CITY INFORMATION MODELING (CIM) IN UNDERSTANDING AND LEARNING FROM THE IMPACT OF URBAN REGULATIONS ON RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN ROMANIA
Authors: Ungureanu Teodora
Published: February 2023

Inspired by the video-games industry that simulated the design and development of fictive cities (e.g. the SIM City series), CIM - City Information Modeling, aims to create a platform that allows architects, planners and other specialists to collaborate on the study and design of city-wide projects. Similar to BIM - Building Information Modeling, CIM utilizes 3D modeling that goes beyond the traditional know CAD - computer aided design, capabilities in order to incorporate data and information that are specific to a city. In this way the actual form of the city is linked to the infrastructure, to the public services, to the people's mobility and interactions through the urban space and other aspects that are attributed to the urban life.
The chaotic development of the new residential areas in Romania has been usually attributed to different social, economic or political factors. To fully understand the current urban form of the Romanian cities we must also look into the influence of urban regulations on the current development and anticipate how they will evolve.
The aim of the study is to use CIM as a scientific and educational tool of understanding how urban regulations impact the residential areas through time. The focus will be on what can we learn from the simulation of a certain Romanian residential area and how changing the urban regulation impacts not only the urban form but also other aspects concerning the quality of life. Thus, the simulations will allow the parallel study of different urban regulations in a controlled environment.
RELEARNING LIFE: A STUDY ON LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND LIFE SATISFACTION WHILE RECOVERING
Authors: Lotrea Cristiana , Nica Adriana sarah , Mitoiu Ilinca brandusa
Published: February 2023

Starting with the three-dimensional theoretical perspective explored by Ruut Veenhoven and his collaborators, namely Set-point theory (claiming that each individual can feel happiness/ satisfaction up to a certain level that cannot be exceeded), Comparison theory of happiness (claiming that we tend to feel more or less happy by comparing ourselves to other individuals, to previous moments of our lives or to our expectations), and Affection theory (claiming that happiness is rather an overall feeling), the main AIM of this article is to understand what influences patients' perceived level of happiness, and subsequently, to determine how technology can be helpful for rising their level of life satisfaction. In order to do so, we applied questionnaires to patients hospitalized in one of the most sought-after clinics in the city. The study comprised three dimensions, namely, Evaluating the level of happiness, Difficulties and learning strategies, and Technology use and usability. Consequently, we expect life satisfaction to be determined by severity of illness and overall recovering costs, we also expect their learning strategies to be influenced by the severity of illness, and nonetheless, we expect the rates of technology use to vary based on the levels of impairment. However, the present research was based on a study conducted at the same clinic, one year prior, meant to gather data and help highlight the main difficulties patients face during their healing process. The initial study showed that many patients deal with pain on a daily basis, their budgets being severely affected by the cost of the treatment, thus having a lower level of life satisfaction.
TREATMENT ASSIGNMENT BASED ON AUTOMATIC LEARNING FOR THE PREGNANT WOMEN SUFFERING FROM PREECLAMPSIA
Authors: Marin Iuliana , Goga Nicolae
Published: February 2023

Preeclampsia is an illness characterized by the presence of high blood pressure which appears during the third trimester of the pregnancy. A step by step process is used to extract data from medical websites to obtain information about the patients who are pregnant women regarding their illnesses, symptoms and treatments. The existent DrOn ontology developed by the National Library of Medicine and the SYMP ontology offer information about these characteristics. The responses of the doctors are analyzed for matching the triggered information based on the features of interest. This is done to alleviate the task of the healthcare personnel who sift through the healthcare records when considering the proper treatment of a patient who also suffers from other diseases. The proposed online healthcare platform analyzes using Elasticsearch the acquired data from medical websites that is stored in the MongoDB NoSQL database. When a new patient writes about her health state while being pregnant, a new document is added to the MongoDB collection and the features used for matching are indexed into Elasticsearch. Regular expressions are used for extracting the relevant text. Natural language processing tasks like stemming and lemmatization improve the accuracy before reaching the matching step that is done based on encountered similarities. The important features that are clustered are detected by creating a document term matrix based on term frequency-inverse document frequency. While doing the crawling, the features regarding the illnesses, symptoms and illnesses are found using XPath to select the required information from the HTML belonging to the posts. The matching is done according to the features of the patient by using the weighted terms according to the matrix. After the matching is done, the patient is suggested a treatment which proved to be successful based on the previous analyzed cases. The medical professionals collaborate and can improve the existent knowledge base of the system through which the automatic treatment assignment is done. The shift to online healthcare platforms has improved the management of healthcare records, while the automatic treatment recommendation aims to enhance the monitoring of the patients, as well as the medical staff learns from the previous successfully solved cases.
LEARNING TO SUPPORT ONLINE TRAINING IN SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR BETTER WORK-LIFE BALANCE
Authors: Postelnicu Roxana , Darie Alexandru , Scarlat Cezar , Trifan Elena laura
Published: February 2023

Online technologies are being extensively used nowadays in our personal life, as well as in our work life. In the continuously expanding industries which develop software extensively, one of the many practices impacted by the online environment for some time now is project management. While training to become a project manager, one can use traditional ways such as attending to university or academic courses, learning from hard copies or digital versions of courses and books, but also modern ways such as e-learning, using dedicated online courses, platforms, tools and software. Some of these resources are free of charge, but others are paid and some are quite expensive, especially if they are accredited and lead to professional certification. That's why not many project management students afford certifications and would rather try to get certified, if possible, after getting employed. However, some of the medium sized to large companies out there developing software, such as IT companies or banks, invest a lot in training their employees and have a generous training budget for each employee, allowing them to take the desired courses and certifications. But what are the main e-learning resources, software and online tools currently used by project managers in the software industry? This paper is a literature survey based on recent articles and data that aims to answer the previous question and to discuss the improvements brought by online courses, tools and resources in project managers' quality of work and life, thus helping them to achieve a better work-life balance.
STUDENT PERCEPTION AND LEARNING IN ON-LINE LEARNING PLATFORMS
Authors: Bucur Cristian , Serban Ionela
Published: February 2023

Previous research showed that information quality, system quality, and service quality affect perceived usefulness and the perceived ease of use for educational platforms (Tsai, YY., Chao, CM., Lin, HM. et al. Qual Quant, 2018); other authors debate on how they adopt and embed technology into their learning activities (Moreno V, Cavazotte F, Alves, I, 2017); students' perceptions regarding the usefulness and easiness of positive use for e-learning platforms is strongly influenced by their intention to effectively use those platforms and by students' cognitive absorption and self-efficacy, as well as by system interactivity and facilitating conditions.
Our research is focused on empirical observation that suggests that there is a perceived difference between learners competencies and effectiveness regarding the on-line learning platforms than the regular frequency study programs. To this respect we focused on the same type and content bachelor degree study programme in 2 versions: distance learning using on-line learning platforms (with a small part of face-to-face tutorials) than full-time learning (based on face-to-face study courses and seminars). We were interested in perception and student consciousness on difference between those 2 students groups.
The main assumption is that student identity is built around the perception on the learning environment and the perception on effectiveness in bachelor degree programs; so that, the easiness and level of satisfaction on learning on-line tools could be an impediment on understanding and choosing the distance learning programme than full-time learning programme. So, we put the two perception and identity student awareness is different in the 2 bachelor degree programmes; also, we put those identity awareness structures into the light of comparison so that conclusions towards quality perception and educational marketing would be more effective and valuable.
THE IMPACT OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES ON LEARNING
Authors: Condruzbacescu Monica
Published: February 2023

The paper focuses on the impact of digital technologies on learning. Internet-based and new media education builds an educational model tailored to the needs of younger generations and offers an alternative to traditional education. The interest of analysis developed in this study is directed to understanding the existing relationships between the traditional education system and the modern one. The in-depth analysis of the new media issues used in the field of education leads us to the conclusion that the online user has a wider range of possibilities when accessing such systems. Compared to the traditional education system, the new media have two fundamental characteristics. First of all, interactivity. The user simultaneously accesses multiple online components, which gives different opportunities in this environment. Second, the concept of ubiquity. All the more, the impact of digital technologies on younger generations, using them from their young childhood, seems to be profound, with major reverberations about how they learn. Research data support, at least partially at this time, these premises. There is research that demonstrates without a doubt the positive impact of digital technologies on cognitive development, the formation of decision-making abilities, the diminishing of cognitive degenerative processes at the old age, but also the augmentation of fine motor skills. There are also many studies whose results are known in the public domain and are aimed at negative effects, starting with the risks of small children's exposure to digital technologies, which can lead to major attention deficits around the age of 7-8 years, and may continue to show the adverse effects of certain types of content conveyed in this environment, impacting, for example, the aggressiveness or perverse effects of social media on personal identity and self-esteem. The paper also presents the first software e-learning Romanian platform - Wand.education. Wand.education is a state-of-the-art software that provides educators with an intuitive platform for creating interactive educational content in a simple and fast way. The platform is intended for both teachers, pupils and parents who can create and access interactive educational content.
In conclusion, digital society networks, the internet and new media are the most important challenge of the moment in the educational process, the generated impact becomes a peak of the progress made in all spheres of social life. Contemporary systems develop the task of continuous human training. The development of specialized competencies is a current issue, the educational curriculum directs the training and education process to achieve a quality training, suitable for an informational society.
DEVELOPING PROFESSIONAL VISION: AN ON-LINE COURSE OF ADLERIAN CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT FOR PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS
Authors: Jursova zacharova Zlatica , Sokolova Lenka
Published: February 2023

Professional vision is defined as the teacher's ability to spot relevant classroom interactions (selective attention) and to interpret these moments on the basis of previous knowledge (knowledge-based reasoning). Content-independent professional vision of classroom events is related to classroom dynamics and identification of misbehaviour, it is an important part of classroom management. Novice teachers are expected to deal with challenging classroom situations, however, it seems to be difficult to teach them how to deal with these situations in their pre-gradual education. The aim of this study is to analyse the design and learning outcomes of an online course of classroom management for pre-service teachers at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. The course was based on the principles of Adlerian psychology and the concept of Dreikurs' mistaken goals of misbehaviour. The online platform of the course served as support of contact lessons and it was designed in Teams (an application included in Microsoft Office 365 for Education). The students (N = 70) were provided with online study materials, including case studies, worksheets, and problem-based tasks; chat room, where they could share their ideas and comments; and video-based forms, which contained training classroom video sequences for analysis according to Dreikurs' concept. The length of the course was 10 weeks, including three blocks of contact lessons. The course design evaluation is based on the analysis of students' comments on the video sequences and their final feedback on course design, technical support, and quality of provided materials. This study is a part of project VEGA 1/0409/17 Teachers' personality and professional vision related to the dealing with challenging situations in the classroom during the transition into service.
THE DARK SIDE OF DIGITALIZATION: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY INFLUENCE ON HUMAN LEARNING PROCESSES
Authors: Petrasuc Anamaria gabriela , Popescul Daniela
Published: February 2023

In academia and mass media, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is largely and commonly seen as a main facilitator of learning processes. As ICT eases access to information and knowledge, independent of geographic area and field of interest, and contributes significantly to the development of various human skills and competencies, its influence in lifelong learning is mainly recognized as a positive one. On the other side of the story, digitalization comes with some challenges, exerted both at the individuals' and communities' level. Modern classes with digital screens, with laptops for the teachers or tablets for each student, which aim to improve the learning process or make it more attractive, are becoming more and more common. This leads to the fact that the traditional way of learning is rapidly replaced by the new technology approaches. Students speak less, they type more; they don't remember things, they have their browser where they can find all the needed answers or solutions. In this spirit, this paper reviews the effect of digitalization on human thinking, trying to elucidate the ways in which trends like big data, information overload, and fake news are affecting humans' intellect, understanding capacity, attention span, active presence in learning communities and magnifying cognitive biases like exposure problem, backfire effect, strawman fallacy etc. After the in-depth literature review on the topic, some suggested solutions for educators and providers of e-learning software are formulated, as a consistent adaptation of attitudes, teaching materials, ways of providing information and software functionalities is necessary in order to transform the so-called "dark" effects of ICT in brighter ones.
PERSPECTIVES ABOUT NEW LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: ELEARNING TECHNOLOGIES
Authors: Popa Ionut  claudiu
Published: February 2023

eLearning: This term was put into practice in 1998 by Jay Cross, the integrated Internet time group. Initially, elearningeuropa.info, a website of European e-learning programs that has been defined as the use of technologies, an Internet for improving the quality of learning by facilitating access to sources and services, was launched. The European Community also chose the "E-learning-Design for Tomorrow's Education" program on May 24, 2000, and has become a viable alternative to traditional education methods today, so it has been adopted by many universities, in particular due to the possibility of benefiting from continuous training or its benefits in various organizations.
From a historical point of view, courses, tutorials and labs are delivered through conventional methods of providing technical education. With the development of open and distance communication technology and information, learning for technical education becomes reality. This online environment offers an incredible number of opportunities and facilities for both students and teachers, leading to a prosperous relationship of communication and collaboration between both camps, thus assimilating knowledge becoming more accessible, students being intimately connected with technology. At the same time, this concept has greatly contributed to lowering the cost of education and improving the education system, which is why in this article I conducted an analysis among a target group of 120 students of higher education institutions in Romania, for to identify their attitudes towards the use of eLearning platforms in the learning process, and also to conduct a qualitative research among 13 teachers in higher education institutions to identify the usefulness of eLearning platforms from both perspectives.
DISTANCE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES WITH MENTALLY DISABLED PEOPLE
Authors: Volkova Olga , Bembena Anastasia , Artyomova Yuliya
Published: February 2023

The article presents both results of research and practical socio-pedagogical work, carried out jointly by the staff of Laboratory of Social Projects of Belgorod State University, Borisovsky Psychoneurological Boarding School and Non-governmental Organization of Social Initiatives "Vera". The project was being implemented from March until November 2018 in the Western region of Russia (Belgorod region). There were used methods of collecting primary sociological data such as (1) interviews with experts from the staff of the psychoneurological boarding school; (2) monitoring educational and social activities of people with mental health problems living in a psychoneurological boarding school.
Training of people with mental health problems is an urgent social problem nowadays. This is the most vulnerable group of people of the educational process, studying in the classrooms. The results of research work demonstrates that there is a number of psychological and pedagogical problems in full-time training of people with mental health disorders. Among them are: (1) vivid emotional feedback in response to the actions of a teacher and other students due to the specifics of their diseases, decreasing of motivation for learning and inadequate level of self-esteem; (2) contravention in behavior caused by external conditions of the educational process and the surrounding environment.
Distance education enable this category of people to avert above-mentioned problems. Under appropriate conditions, a person with mental health disorders is able to get a professional education and provide themselves financially, being a useful member of a society.
As a result of scientific research and practical activities, there were established the most effective methods of distance learning for people with mental health disorders. They are as follows: (1) information and receptive method, involving the transmitting of information by means of various electronic didactic training tools, including different training facilities (textbooks, audio, video files); (2) reproductive method based on an algorithmic nature of the students' activities. This method assumes the implementation of various exercises and tasks in accordance with recommendations, the purpose of which is formation of practical skills and abilities; (3) method of cognitive visualization of cases from practical professional activities. The method assumes a positive color, sound and emotional background, since visibility in learning has not only illustrative, but also cognitive function; (4) research method, which demonstrates both independence of students and creative practical application of knowledge in unusual situations.
RISKS OF SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION OF DISABLED WHEELCHAIR USER IN NEW DISTANCE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
Authors: Volkova Olga , Bembena Anastasia , Artyomova Yuliya
Published: February 2023

The article proves the necessity of study possible risks of socio-psychological adaptation of disabled user wheelchair in a new distance learning environments.
A few decades ago, disabled user wheelchair had limited opportunities both for geographical movement and for getting higher professional education. In a new distance learning environments above mentioned category of people has an opportunity to get a wide range of professions due to higher educational institutions which provide great opportunities for distance learning. However, getting education in a distance form gives rise to risks of serious violations in the socio-psychological adaptation of disabled user wheelchair. The article presents the results of joint research and practical work of Laboratory of Social Projects of Belgorod State University, Department of Internal and Personnel Policy of Belgorod region and Non-governmental Public Organization of Social Initiatives "Vera".
The project was being implemented in Belgorod region (Western region of Russia) from February until August 2018. The study identified the following risks of socio-psychological adaptation of disabled user wheelchair: (1) exacerbation of socio-psychological state of loneliness; (2) lack of professional skills to work together and achieve a collectively significant result; (3) emotional deprivation and socio-psychological isolation in a labor collective.
In the process of implementation of the program there were established the most effective interactive methods of distance learning disabled user wheelchair directed to permanent interaction and dialogue. They are as follows:
(1) Method of distance work in permanent pairs and pairs of replacement part. Permanent pairs consist of two students working together during the academic year. A pair of replacement part implies a dynamic pair in which there can be a change of partners once a semester. A variable pair means that a work in it can last until one of the students expresses a desire to change a partner.
(2) Method of mass network interaction in solving practical professional problems (case-study). For this purpose, a group is created by random selection in a computer program.
(3) Method of visualization. It means recording, that is, off-line-communication in real time and on-line-communication as a video dialogue. It takes place in real time and allows for "live" interaction both students and teachers in a learning process.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMS FOR STAFF DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Ananchenkova Polina , Goryainov Andrey , Tonkonog Victoriya
Published: February 2023

Training and development of personnel plays a crucial role in improving the competitiveness of the company. The topic of development of distance learning programs for employees and the formation of the educational environment is particularly relevant now for modern Russia, when in the conditions of crisis and budget cuts the task of maintaining the skills of employees at a high level is quite difficult.
Successful Russian companies seeking to take a leading position in their field of activity have always actively invested in the development of personnel, believing that such a personnel policy can bring high profits. However, in times of crisis, it is becoming more difficult to adhere to such principles, and now there is a reduction in the cost of educational programs.
Currently there is a renewed interest in development of the corporate education programs, based on the distance technologies. The article considers the distance learning of employees in Russian companies under formation of the electronic information-educational environment: priorities, technological solutions, elements of information- communication technologies. Special attention is given to the distance learning principles, the impact of distance-learning components on labor productivity and enhancing the workflow efficiency in the organization. There is the determined dependence of the distance learning quality and success on efficiency of the organization and methodological quality of the used resources. Analysis of the practice to apply in Russian companies the distance learning technologies of the staff showed that the use of such educational format resolves a number of tasks that cannot be solved using the traditional learning forms explaining the growing popularity of the distance learning programs in modern corporate educational systems.
STUDENTS POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS AS ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR LEARNING EVALUATION
Authors: Balagiu Alina , Patesan Marioara , Zechia Dana
Published: February 2023

PowerPoint presentations for evaluating students are largely considered to be a modern and effective method in the literature of specialty. We used the method during the last academic year and have found out a series of advantages and disadvantages based on a great number of students evaluated orally. The subjects evaluated study engineering, either mechanical or electrical, and the purpose was to make the students comfortable with PowerPoint presentation and make them speak English using the specific terminology. The advantages proved to be more numerous than the disadvantages in many ways both as evaluation method and as teaching method for the other students who are watching the presentations. The advantages can be divided in two categories: advantages of making or designing a PowerPoint Presentation and advantages of presenting a PowerPoint project. Students were given marks according to the adherence to the rules decided at the beginning of the project.
Evaluation was done for the entire group for the elements of designing and organizing the content of the PowerPoint including the images, original drawings or pictures, sound, animation, movies, very short documentaries and others. For speaking, the assessment is done individually according to fluency and accuracy.
Although there are several disadvantages, in our opinion the advantages of using PPP for evaluating students' knowledge of English both as grammar and terminology are predominant. If the students can understand the topic and like it they can work easily in groups helping each other and what is probably the most important they train for the future job that involves working as a team and depending on each other.
E-LEARNING - FACILITATOR TOOL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Authors: Alexe Catalin george , Alexe Catalina monica
Published: February 2023

The lack of openness for entrepreneurship in Romania is known. The share of micro-enterprises in Romania in the total number of SMEs is 88%, lower than the average of 92% of the European Union. In this context, very few young people start a business on their own. In Romania, 1 in 100 young people start a business on their own, compared to 1 in 4 young people in the Czech Republic, Poland or Hungary. Thus, only 11% of Romanian companies are owned by young people up to 29 years of age.
A common problem is that students or graduates from the technical profiles in universities in Romania choose to enter the business world, to a great extent, in trade or services to the detriment of the material goods creation.
The paper aims, on the basis of a broader study involving students from three faculties at the Polytechnica University of Bucharest, to know how students choose their business ideas, their perception of the need to innovate and how the innovation of a product is an option for they. The innovation of a product, where engineers are supposed to play an important role, is the rarest form of innovation and more difficult to approach through a broader and variuos knowledge that is needed it.
The purpose of the research is to understand how the creation and use of an e-learning platform oriented to product innovation at the Polytechnica University of Bucharest would fill and complete the lack of information due to the differences between the curricula corresponding to the chosen specializations. The e-learning platform will provide information available 24 hours / 7 days, the study will be easier, student collaboration will be easier and can help create spin-offs and get financial support and advice for those student entrepreneurs which demonstrate maturity and have results in approaching the product development process within their own businesses.
MODERN TECHNIQUES ON LEARNING STRATEGIES SUPPORTED BY DATA MINING ANALYSIS
Authors: Duluta Andreistefan , Mocanu Stefan , Saru Daniela , Pietraru Radu nicolae , Craciunescu Mihai
Published: February 2023

An attractive learning environment represents one of the key requirements for the students in order to accomplish their educational objectives. Not only the physical location and context influence their capacity to achieve knowledge and to use it creatively, but also the culture in which they learn. Switching from one learning environment to another proves to be a serious challenge for young students like those graduating the high-school and acceding to the university. The two learning environments expose different schedules, requirements, teaching methods, types of interaction (teacher - student and student - student), ways of life (for people who change their social environment), evaluation criteria and consequences of not passing the examinations. Furthermore, within the framework of an undergraduate environment, teaching and learning disciplines like "Computer Programming" or "Introduction to Operating Systems" become even more challenging due to the significant differences in prior knowledge achieved by the students. In order to overcome this issue, teaching strategies should consider active and differentiated learning, otherwise student's motivation could decrease and, as a result, their personal and professional skills might not be developed to their full potential. This paper outlines some particular aspects involved in teaching first year students from the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Science - UPB, Systems Engineering section. In addition, the study tries to identify whether there exist strong and objective indicators (besides the direct feedback from the students and the intuition of the tenured professors) for supporting differentiated learning. To establish this, we continue and develop a previous study based on Data Mining analysis performed over various data related to "Computer Programming" course. This time, we investigate if students' results are somehow correlated by extending the Data Warehouse with information regarding the "Introduction to Operating Systems" course. As suggested above, the students' target group is the same, the courses are taught in the same semester and they belong to the same field, so we try to identify if previous background is of some importance and how does it affect current and future learning behavior of the students. The conducted analysis reveals interesting facts which might be used as a baseline for implementing student-oriented learning strategies.
CONSIDERING STUDENT VOICE IN COURSE CO-DESIGN PROCESS
Authors: Maniu Ionela , Raulea Cristina , Maniu George
Published: February 2023

Curriculum should be more student choice about what they study - we agree with this statement of John White. Our approach provide a way of considering student opinion in a course which can be easily adapted to many courses aiming to shift from a "fixed" syllabus (teacher empowered) to an adaptive one. In order to establish the student's opinion on the course it can be useful to consider steps like: focus group meetings, course (specific) questioners, discussions/debates considering questioner results, deciding and implementing useful findings. We present our proposed architecture of this steps based on findings results from a real based quantitative analysis (responded by 62 first year students) and discussed their implications in future management actions of the course (co)design process. Advantages and disadvantages of this approaches, problems that can be encountered, course effectiveness methods, student progress are topics that are also discussed. Industry and socio-economical point of view, considering students as joint authors of research results are other methods recommended as improvements of the proposed architecture.
We want to emphasize that this approaches (which include student voice) are helpful for teachers and students being supportive for course design and update conjointly with student engagement in learning and other educational aspects (feedback, marks, active involvement, motivation, autonomy, attendance/drop-out, skills, competences, applied research projects, informal learning, long-life learning, student satisfaction, teacher-student relationship and many others). Taking into consideration of student voice along with industry and socio-economical environment voice can therefore facilitate and support for qualitatively superior teaching and learning process as well as human development.