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ANALYSIS ACOUSTIC ABSORPTION CAPABILITY OF INNOVATIVE TEXTILE MATERIALS
Authors: Bashkova Galina , Bashkov Aleksandr
Published: February 2023

Since textile composites are widely used for residential interiors and vehicles there is a need for a comprehensive analysis of their consumer properties and running ability. Methods of analysis will not only design new materials with desired properties but also to use them in the learning of highly qualified professionals who are ready to manufacture and operation of innovative materials. In the article is described a calculated method of determining the acoustic properties of acoustic-absorbing panels with textile materials such as flax knitted fabrics. The proposed methodology is based on the Helmholtz wave equations are applicable when calculating the plane homogeneous absorbers used in all areas, including in the interiors of vehicles. The resulting mathematical formulas allow analyzing the wave resistance - impedance and absorption coefficients for different materials. The dependence of the wave resistance is determined by the structure and physical properties of the porous sound-absorbing material. For fiber main characteristic parameter is the specific aerodynamic resistance which is defined as the differential pressure required blowing the material layer. In this case the acoustic characteristics were presented a function of frequency and specific aerodynamic resistance. Design formulas correspond to honeycomb surfaces. Meanwhile a size of the honeycomb cell of acoustic absorbing panel must be sufficiently small compared with the wavelength. Knitted fabric in this case is the most preferred because mesh of knitted structure is more relief than on the weaving fabric. The multi-axis orientation of fragments of honeycomb extinguishes prevents standing waves and resonance condition. In addition, flax fiber is a part of a textile structure has a higher absorption coefficient than the synthetic or glass fiber.
The dependences obtained are confirmed by experimental data which gives an indication of their suitability to predict the acoustic properties of the designed fabric. The proposed method is realized in a mathematical system MatLab.
ENHANCING THE LEARNING OF KNITTING TECHNOLOGY THROUGH ON-LINE SIMULATION
Authors: Ursache Mariana , Dan Dorin
Published: February 2023

The paper presents the use of information and communications technology to enhance the learning in case of a laboratory module, called "Loop forming processes" within the curricula of "Basis of Knitting Technology" course. Among the designed and used means for the learning module are those frequently used in case of knitting technology such as: html interactive animations showing the successive phases of loop forming cycle, electronic albums, video clips. All these means offer the possibility for an interactive and programmed learning of the "Loop forming processes" and an easy understanding of the loop forming phases during of the knitting cycle in case of spring bearded needles, latch needles and compound needles. Corel Draw was used for the drawings, Corel Rave for the interactive animations and video camera, for the video clips. The laboratory module was designed based on an XML file taken as a model, amended contents according to the needs of the laboratory and then used for transformation in the HTML laboratory module using the ModulEst application. The laboratory module has an interactive graphical structure and contains navigation icons for direct access to the bibliography, webography, glossary, summary help page and test for self-programming and verification. The learning modules are accompanied by three different online quizzes that were used at the three stages of learning module: at the beginning of the learning module, to evaluate the students prior knowledge, during the learning module, to see students progress as they learn (assessment for learning) and at the end of the learning module, to gauge the students received knowledge (assessment of learning). The authors consider the designed modules as innovative learning methods that support learning in engineering education at the Faculty of Textiles-Leather and Industrial Management.
TAKE CARE PROJECT - ONLINE COLLABORATION DEVELOPING THE TRANSVERSAL COMPETENCES OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL STUDENTS
Authors: Cretu Ioana , Dinu Claudia elena , Colibaba Anca cristina
Published: February 2023

The city of Iasi, Romania, with the "Gr. T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, is home to hundreds of medical students from all over the world. Regardless of the language of study (Romanian, English or French), by the time they advance to the clinical years, they must demonstrate independent use of Romanian for effective healthcare communication with local patients. However, language instruction provision in the curriculum is limited by law and insufficient by itself in fulfilling actual learning needs. Also, upon graduation, they must be ready to interact professionally in a world characterized by mobility and diversity. Thus, any additional framework for cultural immersion and academic collaboration is welcome. Such is the case of the European project Take Care - A Healthcare Language Guide for Migrants (www.takecareproject.eu), offering relevant learning materials and opportunities for multilingual and multicultural healthcare communication in up to 17 world languages (both widely used and less widely used, including Romanian, Arabic, Chinese etc.). The paper, presentation and subsequent discussion will outline the relevant features of the project, focusing on how the university e-learning platform may facilitate collaborative learning and sharing of experience among students of different linguistic and cultural backgrounds. The curricular gateway into the Take Care methodology and materials is the teaching of Romanian to international students. These courses allow for adequate structure and timely guidance, while students are invited to engage outside the boundaries of the classroom (as well as of the university). They may enlist the support of third parties, such as their Romanian colleagues, teaching faculty from other disciplines, healthcare practitioners and patients in Romania or their countries of origin (e.g. via online conferencing). Medical communication practices may be researched, recorded, role played, transcribed, described, compared across cultures, while developing transversal skills in an integrated, collaborative and experiential way (language skills, ICT skills, teamwork, problem solving, entrepreneurship, responsibility etc.).
AMBIENT LEARNING CITY
Authors: Garnett Fred , Whitworth Drew
Published: February 2023

Having developed the Emergent Learning Model as a conceptual "development framework" to best capture how learning might be designed, developed and deployed if it is learner-centric, we needed to test that model and learn how we might evolve new informal learning ecosystems in contexts beyond the classroom. In the EU call for the "future of learning" in IST 7 it offered 2 strands, one concerning the "classroom of the future" and one concerning "community content." Through links with the City of Manchester and Manchester University we developed the Ambient Learning City project (MOSI-ALONG), which became a JISC-funded project concerned with testing what new practical issues needed to be addressed in creating new learning eco-systems based on "learner-generated digital libraries". We found 3 major issues. Firstly creating new public partnerships, with local authorities and various public bodies not normally concerned with designing learning eco-systems. Secondly in creating learning contexts 'beyond the classroom" we lose many of the hidden values of classroom-based learning and have to create new ones, what we call new metaphors for learning; in MOSI-ALONG this was 'Digital Cabinets of Curiosity.' Thirdly new learning processes need to be created which reflect the context & tools (in our case social media) being used. We developed the "Aggregate then Curate" model, focussing on content curation more than content curation. In this paper we will discuss the practical problems we faced in developing an ambient learning city and how we developed new solutions for partnerships, metaphors and processes for new learning ecosystems.
FORUMS USED AS TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING STUDENTS' SELF-REGULATED LEARNING SKILLS IN E-LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
Authors: Canter Maria , Craciun Bogdan andrei
Published: February 2023

Modern e-Learning Systems have reached an impressive level of complexity, and while the number of features has ever increased, the methods of interaction with students have remained mostly unchanged (chat, forum, internal messaging, e-mail). A rather habitual tool within e-Learning systems is the forum, through which members can have conversations that can be read later on in a logical order.
Within a classic e-Learning system, a student can post questions or answer somebody else's, but the posted messages themselves can be more or less to the point. Thus it is necessary for the teacher to follow the conversations and step in where applicable, but at the same time it would be ideal if the teacher could rate and review the posts, to point out how relevant or valuable they are, while providing feedback at the same time.
The forum of an e-Learning system should provide additional features besides those commonly met in such a tool; it should be a forum that is adapted to e-Learning, with features for giving feedback to students, emphasizing valuable posts, and rewarding students.
The current article offers a mechanism that can help fulfill the features mentioned above, by extending the classic forum of an e-Learning system with in-place elements that can be easily used by teachers and students altogether. It only takes a couple of clicks to give feedback, but it has a very high educational value within the e-learning process.
The mechanism is part of an e-Learning system model MEM (Metacognitive E-Learning system Model), which was introduced in a previous paper, and it can be extrapolated to all types of forums.
ACCESS CONTROL TO THE RESOURCES OF AN OPEN DISTRIBUTED EUROPEAN VIRTUAL CAMPUS
Authors: Gradinaru Alexandru , Moldoveanu Florica , Soceanu Alexandru , Socher Gudrun , Garcia gutierrez Alberto eloy
Published: February 2023

The increasing number of cyber attacks has become a global problem for companies, public institutions, even for governments and for each particular user. Cyber crime causes damage of about 750 billion EUR every year in Europe alone. Thus, ICT security is nowadays a major concern, increasing the demand for specialists in this domain. Currently, universities do not produce enough graduates with strong network security skills able to defend against complex cyber attacks.

Recently new EU approved ERASMUS+ project (DECAMP) addresses innovatively this educational aspect. DECAMP brings together within a framework of an international partnership 6 EU universities and 3 associated partners. The project is set up to create 6 online courses with integrated heterogeneous virtual hands-on lab environments covering ICT Security issues of various application areas.

Each partner creates a course corresponding to its expertise. These courses can be accessed by all the students, professors and researchers of the universities within the DECAMP consortium as well as from other EU universities. The core of the DECAMP project is an online distributed virtual campus.

The paper describes the procedure developed for controlling a secure access of various type of users to the platform of eLearning course materials. The solution complies on one hand with all the differences of enrollment procedures installed at each particular EU university to verify the type of user (student, teacher, researcher, etc) requiring access to the institution's resources. On the other hand the developed mechanism allows the users to obtain a single sign on (SSO) account which support their accesses to all distributed modules of the platform, placed at the corresponding universities which create and maintain them. A prototype system that has been deployed for testing the proposed solutions is also presented.
BUILDING E-HEALTH APPLICATIONS FOR DEAF PEOPLE - VIDEO AND ANIMATED AVATAR PARALLEL TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT COMPARISON
Authors: Chiriac Ionut adrian , Stoicu tivadar Lacramioara , Podoleanu Elena
Published: February 2023

The work presented in this paper offers answers to what are the appropriate steps and challenges in the constructive technical development process of an e-health parallel application designed for deaf people both in avatar and video technology. The article describes the technical steps to develop a parallel medical education system for deaf people in preventive dentistry. An important specific particularity of this type of applications is that the medical information and concepts are translated for the deaf users in sign language by an avatar. The Video Avatar displays recorded human operators and the Animated Avatar displays an animated figure. Another significant difference that influences the structure of both applications is that the two collections of data are stored in different formats. This research objective is part of a larger PhD research goal: the comparative analysis between video technology and animated technology used in e-health applications for deaf people with avatars. The general parallel comparative study starts with the project phase, continues with implementation and results analysis phases. The paper firstly reviews previous related work on this project in building the parallel collection of data and the comparative architecture&design models of both type of applications. The current paper mainly covers comparative detailed descriptions related to the process of constructive technical development for both applications. The format of the files, the software to develop the applications and the adjusting editing steps for the inside content are presented in detail. The final part of the paper concludes with the results of a comparative analysis for this phase and presents the next steps to for the future research of a complex project.
ANALYSIS OF THE TYPES OF PAUSES IN STUDENT TEXTUAL VERBALIZATION
Authors: Sibel Denisleam (molomer ) , Trausanmatu Stefan
Published: February 2023

Reading is a cognitive activity, a means by which teachers can assess the student's level of understanding based on reading strategies. Inference of a student's processing level, of text understanding, is based on an analysis of reading strategies.
We used a corpus of tests in which students were asked to read a text loudly, stop after each section of the text read and explain what they understood so far. Explanations given by students after each section read represent a step ahead in determining the level of text understanding. Verbalizations have been manually assessed and different correlation elements were found within each one of them. The first aspect analyzed in terms of text understanding level was the manual calculation of the text reading speed and the verbalization speed. We express the overall average speed of the text read as the number of words read in relation to the duration of the text read, and the overall average speed of verbalization is the number of words rendered in relation to the duration of verbalization.
The values obtained were used to achieve a correlation between text reading speed and text understanding level, between verbalized text speed and text understanding level. In relation to these results, we can achieve a classification of pause types from texts read and verbalizations made by students.
A feature used in classifying the types of pauses in reading a text can be subject to the text understanding level, text reading method, age psychology which may influence the reading of a text. Pauses encountered in reading a text or in verbalizing it appear as hesitations, word repetitions, and interruptions, such type of pause being related to a certain pause feature. From a cognitive point of view, pauses may be classified in terms of what the student thinks while reading a text or during verbalization.
We can have another classification of pauses in terms of text reading speed and verbalization speed. A text that is quickly understood and read shows very rare pauses and we can call these short breaks, while in a text that is not understood and is read slowly, with difficulty, pauses can be interruptions or fragmentations. Pauses in the form of hesitations usually occur in the verbalization when a text's self-explanation is not clearly understood.
10 YEARS OF ADL IN CAROL I NATIONAL DEFENCE UNIVERSITY
Authors: Beligan Daniel
Published: February 2023

The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) system was introduced in "Carol I" National Defence University (NDU), since October 2005. In these 10 years of existence, has managed to create an integrated, functional system, gaining experience and developing capabilities that have received international recognition. These capabilities and educational services not only address to the "Carol I" university, but to the entire staff of the Romanian Army and cover training, education and life long learning domains. NDU ADL system includes a series of Web-based solutions which are briefly described in the article. There are several approaches to the use of the ADL in NDU: full online courses, which ends with a certicat of participation, blended courses and online educational services support. Apart from these there may be mentioned online initial testing and use of Learning Management System as collaborative workspace.
Even if we like it or not, technology will continue to evolve in all areas, whether we are talking about civil or military. From this point of view, it is sufficient to look at the statistics in Romania acquisition of information and communication technology. For this reason, for the Romanian military education system it is imperative the extension of ADL system that has proved fully its viability in the training and education of military and civilian personnel in order to meet the demands of the knowledge society.
ven if we like it or not, technology will continue to evolve in all areas, whether we are talking about civil or military. From this point of view, it is sufficient to look at the statistics in Romania acquisition of information and communication technology. For this reason, for the Romanian military education system it is imperative the extension of ADL system that has proved fully its viability in the training and education of military and civilian personnel in order to meet the demands of the knowledge society.
FROM A TRADITIONAL LEARNING STYLE TO A HYBRID ONE: THE DOCTORAL PROGRAMS AT THE "CAROL I" NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY
Authors: Cruceru Valerica
Published: February 2023

The eLearning programs have emerged as powerful tools that change the educational style on a global scale and "The Carol I" National Defense University of Romania has become a leading actor in this domain. This paper brings forward the results of a short case study with facts related to the current costs and benefits of the doctoral studies, followed by proposals about the implementation of a hybrid/blended learning program in the future.
The doctoral programs organized by the university since 1968 have used mainly the traditional face to face approach, providing a rigorous, but limited learning experience. Since 2011 the internet has become an important tool used by Ph.D coordinators and doctoral students to communicate, but that is an irregular pattern, just a piece in the puzzle of hybrid learning. The case study shows that doctoral programs developed around a traditional learning style are time and money consuming, offering a limited amount of sources for a valuable scientific research, so the doctoral students have limited opportunities. For a couple of years our university has access to national and international data bases, and the Distance Learning Department provides scientific materials and specific courses. It is obvious that we have some of the necessary tools, and is about time to design and implement doctoral programs based on a hybrid/blended learning style.
We should develop programs where students can get classes, access course bibliography and conduct research online; the face to face interaction with Ph.D coordinators has to give space for electronic interaction, using synchronous and asynchronous means. In fact we should take steps to develop and implement a doctoral program based on a type of learning that includes a combination of face-to-face classroom/tutorial sessions, live eLearning and self-paced research activities. We advocate the use of a hybrid learning style because it is ideally suited for doctoral programs, where students mainly need guidance, in order to develop knowledge.
A hybrid learning style means continuity, opportunity and gives an active character to the scientific research. A hybrid learning style allows the doctoral school to function as a lively body, in full consonance with the evolution of a knowledge based society.
IMPROVING ERGONOMICS FOR SEDENTARY JOBS THROUGH BODY-POSTURE MONITORING
Authors: Harutyunyan Paruyr , Moldoveanu Alin , Moldoveanu Florica , Morar Anca
Published: February 2023

In this world of innovative digital technologies it is crucial to use them as much as possible for the benefit of humans. Although information technologies create many comforts for humans in their everyday life, they also somehow affect human health.
Watching body posture of people while they are studying or doing any work holding the same posture for a long time, we will notice that when engrossed in studies or work, people do not pay attention to safe body posture, which is so crucial to human health (including position of the spite, knees, as well as neck and hands when working with computer). Unfortunately, we witness cases of bad body postures very often in our everyday life and if we keep on sticking to this bad habit, we will face serious health problems in future. First symptoms of such serious health problems are fatigue and inability to work. It is very important to do physical exercises regularly and whenever there is such need.
Now, we would like to invite you to the virtual world of Microsoft Kinect solution that supports movement and voice recognition technology. One of the most specific features of this solution is that it supports hands-free control system and responds to human body postures, movements and voice commands, thus creating a rather real environment for human-computer interaction.
The given research has as its objective to study the Microsoft Kinect solution and create conceptual system supported by this innovative technology, which will help people doing sedentary work follow the rules of ergonomics, as well as to reveal the deviations, offer respective solutions and present a real DEMO version.
The use of Microsoft Kinect solution will create a great potential to bring incredibly positive changes in the field of health care and will be especially beneficial to people who are doing sedentary work.
WIRIS VERSUS GEOGEBRA: LMS INTEGRATION PERSPECTIVE
Authors: Poka Stefan , Herman Cosmin
Published: February 2023

Abstract: In the 21st century it is hard to imagine a classroom that does not have to take into consideration the role of academic technology in the process of teaching, learning and the evaluation . Obviously, there is no mathematics software that suits to everyone; this paper keep an eye on two of them we are comfortable with : WIRIS and GeoGebra . The two software may be used for all levels of education that join algebra, geometry, graphing, statistics and calculus. WIRIS has a Math Editor, both WIRIS and Geogebra have a CAS system , but no one has the means to keep records of students work/performance. Fortunately for math teachers WIRIS is integrated into a LMS, which is Moodle in our case, and Geogebra files can be loaded in Moodle too.
Basically to get an interactive file with Geogebra, means to create an applet, so working with scripting can not be avoided. There are many authors of applets all around the world, applets are shared on Geogebratube, but the "Construction Protocol "of them are not shown. On the other hand writing an algorithm in WIRIS is much, much easier.
The evaluation process flows easily for students, parents and teachers with WIRIS QUIZES by using variables in the process of the writing algorithms that are generating a new problem at every attempt.
Our paper contains a package of lessons created by WIRIS and GeoGebra as integrated software in MOODLE. The lessons package can prove how interactive technology enables us to provide requisite knowledge, develop critical thinking skills and stimulate natural curiosity, all of these in the benefits of students in their efforts of pursuing success.
GIS CONCEPTS IN TEACHING GEOGRAPHY
Authors: Sabo Helena maria
Published: February 2023

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are not only a technology are primarily a development direction of current geography with major impact on the applicability of this science, becoming the meaning by which geography participates to the current scientific and technical revolution.
In our country GIS it is present only in a few curriculum, despite the global trends. However GIS can bring a number of benefits such as: an important role in education reform, acquiring specific skills, applicative character, and interdisciplinary.
Learning GIS concepts can be performed by a conventional method in university or using alternative methods such as: virtual class's online, video tutorials available on YouTube, accessing online help libraries, participating in blogs and forums conducted by the user community.
The question that interests us is primarily what resources are needed and what steps need to be taken for integration of GIS in geography classes in a high school for example.
To find out the opinion of students from the Touristic Geography from Bistrita extensions regarding the use of GIS in geography faculties, a questionnaire was applied regarding on geospatial technology and have been proposed several methods of training, specific training with the help of the computer.
We propose a series of steps for a project for teaching geography using ArcGIS platform. For a project of this kind we have to plane a series of educational activities that involve a gradual complexity of students who work. Geography didactic principles along with those specific to GIS form the basis of lesson plans, of tutorials and presentations made in this research.
USING ICT IN APPROACHING CAREER COUNSELLING PROCESS AND CAREER MANAGEMENT SKILLS' DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Litoiu Nicoleta
Published: February 2023

Over the last two years, the E.U. Member States have adopted a series of policy documents that draw up priorities in the fields of schools, vocational education and training, higher education, adult education, employment, youth and social inclusion. These priorities highlighted by the policy documents set up a general framework for action at European and national levels, mainly referring to: reducing early school-leaving; increasing learning mobility; making VET system more attractive; modernizing higher education; promoting adult learning and validation of non-formal and informal learning; combating youth unemployment; implementing flexicurity policies; fighting poverty and social exclusion. In this context, the Europe 2020 Strategy is designed to create 'smart, sustainable and inclusive growth' over the decade 2010-2020. The three main objectives for 2020 all require effective and efficient lifelong guidance policies.
Based on the need to provide lifelong career counselling and guidance services, the present paper is aimed to analyze the use of appropriate ICT tools in delivering specific interventions in career counseling process, closely related to the career management skills' development and practice. From this perspective, the paper's approach tries to emphasize the benefits and limitations in using ICT in career counselling process, the role of the practitioner and the role of ICT, taking into consideration the key concepts like distance career counseling, social media, virtual career centers, and integrated ICT-based career resources and services.
On the other hand, the paper is addresses to all education experts, teachers and counselling specialists and practitioners in order to stimulate their personal reflection on the cross-cutting nature of career counseling and career management concepts and to encourage initiative and further analysis. From this perspective, we try to investigate the general context, models and principles for developing the career management skills, bringing examples and comments of relevant practice based on a transversal and comparative curricular approach of Romanian education system's levels, with a specific reference to the curriculum area "Guidance and Counselling".
Not the last, the role of experts and practitioners in career counselling domain is to mobilize all available resources with a view to enhancing lifelong career guidance policies and services at national and local levels. In line with all mentioned above, using ICT tools in implementing career counselling process and the career management skills focuses on learning about the economic environment, personal and professional development, being able to evaluate oneself, being able to describe the competences one has acquired in formal, informal and non-formal education settings, understanding education, training and qualifications systems.
INITIAL AND CONTINUING TRAINING OF TEACHERS ON ADAPTING THE CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES TO THE MASS SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS
Authors: Mogonea Florentin  remus
Published: February 2023

Children with learning difficulties are a well known reality of all the school systems from all over the world. Relatively new, the term "learning difficulties" has encountered multiple interpretations; therefore we consider it an "umbrella term". Our argument is based on the reality that taking into consideration the multiple definitions of this concept, different categories of children can be included and analysed, who from different reasons, with known or unknown aetiology, with symptoms manifested or not, do not manage to face the challenges, demands and barriers demanded by the act of learning.
We underline that the occurrence of certain learning difficulties is normal and necessary, because, any learning experience means overcoming barriers which generate, in varying degrees of complexity, different types of learning difficulties, for the one engaged in the act of learning. Overcoming obstacles and school difficulties generates contentment, satisfaction, self-esteem, school success, increased efficiency, being a necessary premise for training a new learning experience. Repeated failures, avoidance, escaping from solving the conflict and/or problematic situations enforced by overcoming obstacles generate dissatisfaction, low motivation, persistent difficulties, and lags, which can become irretrievable.
The present study tries to prove, both theoretically and experimentally, that beyond the naturalness of such a phenomenon, the frequency of the appearance and manifestation of learning difficulties is a fact which can be reduced provided that the teachers, by their initial and continuing training, are educated and prepared in this field. There can be added self-education, continuing self-improving, participation in specialized courses, by which teachers initially acquire necessary knowledge and afterwards by implementation, psycho-pedagogical and methodological skills and abilities which help students with learning difficulties to an easier integration and adaptation and to school success.
COMMON ISSUES IN TRAINING POLICE OFFICERS IN ROMANIA
Authors: Panfil Georgica
Published: February 2023

The article tackles the main issues linked to the dynamics of training police officers within Romanian Police Academy, future developments and recent changes in this field. As the only institution able to train superior police officers in Romania, Alexandru Ioan Cuza Police Academy represents a complex and special environments in the field of learning environments. As other institutions in the area of Public Order and National Security, Romanian Police Academy is concerned in adapting the learning frame to the new tendencies of the target-groups willing to follow the courses of this institution. Also, it s a must to take care of the external factors able to influence the needs and the requirements of what training means in the area of future police officers. Furthermore, the analysis is a must due to the most important transformation of the Romanian Police Academy - new faculties are to be created at the end of 2015 (Law and Public Administration, Gendarmerie Faculty, Border Police Faculty), some of them with a complete innovative curricula (Public Administration, Detective specialization, immigration officer etc.) Within the article an internal analysis of the system of training (with an objective view related to systemic strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats) is approached. The article also concerns the level of training thru scientific research at the level of Romanian Police Academy and continuous training for the personnel already involved in the operational structures of the Police. The conclusions are related to the actual realities and on an objective analysis of internal and external environment of the Romanian Police Academy.
RECONTEXTUALIZING FREINET PEDAGOGY IN THE DIGITAL ERA
Authors: Petrescu Anca
Published: February 2023

Freinet's pedagogy, one of expression, dialogue and research, has always integrated an impressive array of information and communication tools, such as school newspaper, interschool networks, audiotaped recordings, cameras, printed documents. Therefore, we argue that new technologies do not place it under the sign of doubt, on the contrary, they strengthen it and confirm the indispensable nature of this quite original educational practice.

Pedagogical uses of technologies are often themes of reflection and debate. Class experiments demonstrate the richness of learning opportunities both in terms of students' and teachers' abilities, interests and needs, and of contents addressed. The criteria of success for such learning experiences are very specific and pertinently contended by Freinet's Modern School Movement adepts. In school settings modeled on this pedagogy there is actually no need to adapt teaching to the usage of technologies. The educational value of creating collaborative communities of practice and critical inquiry has always been well-known and appreciated, so the new ways to link learners through ICT naturally enroll in pre-existing practices that favor interrelation and interaction.

The paper aims to analyze at theoretical and critical level the relations between the new pedagogy promoted by Freinet at the beginning of the XXth century and the subsequent developments of ICT, which have become unavoidable tools in contemporary and lifelong education. This approach allows us to emphasize the innovative nature of Freinet's dynamic and cooperative classes deeply rooted in dimensions such as world understanding, socializing and free expression. Recommendations for effective use of Freinet's techniques in today's eLearning activities and interactions are offered.
COMPUTERS IN SCHOOLS - A TEACHER'S PERSPECTIVE
Authors: Stanisavljevic petrovic Zorica
Published: February 2023

Application of computers in a school context undoubtedly speaks in favour of the changes which have been directed towards modernisation and school work improvement. Although the application of computers in schools depends on many objective factors, one should not neglect those subjective factors which are connected with the personalities of teachers who organise and carry out the teaching process. Accordingly, the aim of our research was to examine how often the computers are used in different segments of the teaching process, i.e. while preparing the activities, working on a new syllabus, doing homework, evaluating and establishing the connection between the use of computers and personal characteristics of teachers.
The data obtained from the sample of 154 teachers of primary and secondary schools in Serbia confirmed the starting hypothesis that the largest number of teachers usually use the computers while teaching and presenting the new content, while the application of computers in other areas, especially in the segment of evaluation, is much less common. One can be pleased with the fact that the second hypothesis regarding the connection between personal characteristics of teachers and the frequency of computer use has only been partially confirmed. According to the results of the research, there are no differences when it comes to the frequency of computer use and teachers? gender or the level of school they work in, while statistical significance is very conspicuous regarding the length of service. A matter to be concerned about is reflected in the fact that out of the total number of respondents some 19,2% of them do not use computers at all in their teaching work. The results of the research point to the fact that the existing state of affairs is not satisfactory, and there is a suggestion that teachers should systematically improve themselves by developing their IT competencies, especially with respect to the use of computers in all segments of the teaching process.
THE NEW CULTURE OF LEARNING - THINKING IS EVOLUTION OF LEARNING OVER TIME
Authors: Vlada Marin
Published: February 2023

The learning culture in knowledge society.
Pseudo Ecuation:
THINKING = LEARNING + REPRESENTATION + INTERPRETATION.

- How to Create a Learning Culture: The New Learning Architect
- A contextual model for learning
- Learning = adaptation ; Learning is a culture.
- When young people are engaged and encouraged to contribute and collaborate, learning becomes deeply personal and beneficial.
- It's all about the learning and creating the environment to sustain this culture is critical to the future of education.
-The short answer is that a culture of learning is a collection of thinking habits, beliefs about self, and collaborative workflows that result in sustained critical learning.
- Almost anything can be learned -- and unlearned. It is simply a matter of identifying desired characteristics and then using the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model, intentionally letting it happen.- Our learning culture promotes the values most likely to support a positive experience, whilst inspiring and motivating our students. It provides a shared sense of purpose for staff, learners, parents, businesses and the local community.

Man to live in prosperity and happiness, and to adapt to the conditions and rules of society needs to learn and to develop their personality throughout life. By learning has access to global knowledge treasure and thus can improve the lives and how to adapt to all the changes, reforms and the events of his life and society. Life and experience teaches that human needs and defense, it refers to the negative influences of man, from society and from nature, sometimes from their own actions and decisions. From the experiences and emotions of so far, can anyone argue?

SCIENCE: languages and concepts, information and knowledge, methods, techniques, methodologies
SCIENCES developed the needs and practical necessity, sometimes urgent, inventing and building concepts, methods, technologies, and miscellaneous devices incorporating advances in science and technology, all in a continuous dynamic change and evolution.
CUSTOMIZATION PROCESS FOR A MULTIMEDIA DIGITAL REPOSITORY
Authors: Barbieru Dragos , Radu Catalin , Beligan Daniel
Published: February 2023

Multimedia Repositories for digital objects facilitates access to educational resources of any kind, respecting copyright. They allow storage of multimedia objects that can be reused in different contexts, such as presentations or educational games. Currently, most universities offer such features, generating major changes in education by using the concept of open educational resources (OER) which allowed the transition to a learning system in which age, location and financial possibilities are no longer relevant. The rapid changes in the way in which multimedia content is used requires that programmers to reuse more and more digital content and to create easily new digital libraries. This process is also required by the increased demand of digital skills from professors, students and various type of experts especially in the creative departments. Furthermore, digitalization of the content emerging new trends that incorporate different kinds of user interaction. There is an important gap in the way that European users understand to use digital skills demanded to generate these new content types and current skills or procedures, causing potentially missing out on the developers use in this moment and showing signs of a possible backslash of the existing models. In order to reduce such a breach, this article show a technological solution to provide to all kind of digital experts with an controlled environment where to deposit and share in a controlled manner the results of their work, while they could disengage from the technological complexity of these emerging trends. The article show a possible way, an implementation that is easy to develop and maybe more important embedded on internet, that can be accessed by users through their personal devices (desktop, tablets, mobile phones, etc) , which will maximize the engagement.
EDUCATIONAL PLATFORMS EVALUATION FRAMEWORK
Authors: Dumitrache Anisoara
Published: February 2023

The emergence of distance learning and other alternative forms of education was a natural response of educational demands, their growth being supported by the ICT development. In the same way, the massive open online courses had even a greater rate of development and currently enjoys a great popularity (universities joined the concept declared million students enrolled). The term of lifelong learning is now, in 2015 more topical, perhaps more than it was in 1972, remaining an act of assumed individual responsibility. The success of an educational programme carried through distance learning does depend by its characteristics, mainly by overcoming physical barriers, and all derived effects. The use of virtual environments for learning is no longer a novelty, being used for a long time, with different results. The offer for online learning environments is generous and wide. This comes with some difficulties: the selection and implementation processes become challenging and the results are not always satisfactory. The same platform can have different results in terms of use and efficiency in different institutions, depending on a series of external factors which have to be taken into account when a platform will be implemented. When it comes to the main indicators which make a platform to be a successful experience this are various and must cover all the facets of an educational experience, covering all the user possible demands. We started from the assumption that, the platform's characteristics, although similar, have a different impact on users (impact measured by the frequency of accessing the platform in general and of certain services in particular). Thus, some services are more widely used than others and more than that, some facilities offered by the platform, there are almost never accessed by users, their existence and integration platform being decided by default and developers. The aim of this paper is to present the result of a study conducted in order to identify possible indicators which makes the selection of platform easier and adapted to user (students, didactical staff, administrative staff) needs.
ASPECTS REGARDING E-LEARNING IN CORPORATE TRAINING PROGRAMS
Authors: Vasile Viorel , Teodorescu Ioana
Published: February 2023

E-learning is less expensive than traditional classroom instruction and the low costs of web-based learning programs seem to be very convenient for most corporations, as they are constantly looking for most cost-effective ways to deliver training to the employs. In addition to these economic benefits, other advantages such as simplicity, flexibility, instant delivery, the remarkable variety of available content, have made e-learning a high priority for many corporations. But is e-learning effective when it comes to evaluate the training process?
In this study we will try to examine the particular features and the effectiveness of e-learning, inspired by Kirkpatrick's model, a classic and a still widely used method for evaluating the training of the employees. According to Kirkpatrick (1979), any training can be evaluated at four progressive levels. Level I: Reaction measures perceptions, emotions and subjective assessments of the learning experience. Level II: Learning is a measure of the acquired knowledge, in terms of attitudes and skills developed by the training. Level III: Transfer is a measure of changes in their behavior when they return to the current job after the training program. Level IV: Results quantifies the improved performance of the participants and measures the organizational business impact (productivity growth, optimal use of resources, increased quality, etc). With companies increasing their emphasis on e-learning, a systematic research is required to confirm that e learning programs are actually produce effective results and that the learners are acquiring and using the skills that are being delivered in an online environment.
INTERCULTURAL DIMENSIONS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONLINE COURSES TARGETED AT TEACHER-CENTERED CULTURES
Authors: Istrate Ana mihaela
Published: February 2023

The study is aimed at unveiling the discrepancies in educational cultures, more specifically of creating a dichotomy between the teacher-centered cultures, specific for the Eastern European countries and the learner-centered cultures, of Western European countries, in distance learning virtual communities.
Starting from a defintion of culture, as it was stated by Geert Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions that he developed and applied along the years in the analysis of differing cultures, with a specific application on the most recent sixth dimention and with a view to Edward Hall's perspective on high context vs. low context cultures, I will try to understand the traps in which learners are stuck when involving in online distance learning courses, in ESP.
The study is based on a survey, developed as part of a doctoral study, by Rita Zaltsman, from the International Center of Modern Education in Prague, Czech Republic. The results of this study will be used in understanding if the same cultural paradigm is valid for the Romanian students enrolled in ESP distance learning courses, as in the case of their Western colleagues.
The findings will help us develop a platform of ESP online courses which will perfectly suit the needs and wants of the target audience. Besides the demographic data, which are extremely important in evaluating a society, the following cultural issued need to be considered: content of material, power of multimedia, formal versus informal style of communication, style of written communication, as well as Web design. Cultural sensitivity can help us develop an integrated course in ESP, that will later on be adapted to other categories of audience: Arab or Chinese students, eager to enroll with Romanian universities.The same process can be applied when developing an online platform for Romanian as a Foreign Language, aimed at Erasmus students and international students enrolled in Romanian universities.
It is very important to understand the role of e-learning in crossing boundaries, in enabling learners to involve in different forms of coomunication. This can be done through a better understanding of the classical teaching and learning methods, what needs to be changed and what caters the needs of the modern distance learner, in the special case of foreign language acquisition.