Gorghiu, L. M., Gorghiu, G., Dumitrescu, C., Olteanu, R. L., Bizoi, M., & Suduc, A. - M. (2010). Implementing virtual experiments in Sciences education – challenges and experiences achieved in the frame of VccSSe Comenius 2.1. project (Vol. 2).
Abstract: Since the beginning of the 21(st) Century, massive changes took place in the field of education. New teaching and learning methods based on using modern ICT tools – like virtual experiments, educational video-clips or other multimedia products – have been implemented in the educational process. The paper presents an analysis of the impact produced by the implementation of new virtual experiments designed by 146 teachers who participated to a 40 hours training modules “ Virtual Instrumentation in Science Education” organized in the frame of Socrates-Comenius 2.1. European project “ VccSSe – Virtual Community Collaborating Space for Science Education”. Different aspects and interpretation related to the challenges and difficulties encountered during the implementation process are also included. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Gorghiu, L. M., Gorghiu, G., Glava, A. E., Bizoi, M., & Suduc, A. M. (2010). Multimedia For Educational Purposes – The Best Practices Guideline For Educational Use Of Ict Tools (Vol. 2).
Abstract: The paper presents some aspects emphasized in the “Best Practices Guideline for Educational Use of ICT Tools”, realized as a main product of the Comenius 2.1 European project “FISTE – A Future Way for In-Service Teacher Training Across Europe”. The main aim of this guideline was to collect all the experiences gathered during the project, regarding the ICT tools explored and inserted in the on-line course “Integrating ICT in Traditional Training”, organized in the frame of the project. The best practices guideline was designed to reflect on the experiences of individual project partners in delivering of the mentioned on-line course. It extracted some conclusions regarding the effective educational use of ICT tools in traditional educational settings, from both pedagogical and technical point of view, and is edited as a web product accessible to European educators.
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Gorghiu, L. M., Gorghiu, G., Olteanu, R. L., Dumitrescu, C., Suduc, A. M., & Bizoi, M. (2013). Delphi Study – A Comprehensive Method for Outlining Aspects and Approaches of Modern Science Education (Vol. 83).
Abstract: In the last period, there are several studies that emphasized a drop of young students' interest for the Science lessons. In order to alleviate this tendency, Valahia University Targoviste started together with other 21 institutions from 20 countries to implement the FP7 European Research Project “PROFILES – Professional Reflection-Oriented Focus on Inquiry-based Learning and Education through Science”. The aim of the project is to promote Inquiry-Based Science Education (IBSE) through “raising the self-efficacy of science teachers to take ownership of more effective ways of teaching students, supported by stakeholders” (PROFILES Consortium, 2010). In order to achieve the aim of the project, the partners agreed to carry out a curricular Delphi Study with the view to engage various stakeholders in reflecting on contents and aims of Science Education as well as in outlining aspects and approaches of modern Science Education. In this paper, the framework, the procedure and the interim results of the 1st round of Curricular Delphi Study on Science Education, carried out by Romanian partner, are presented. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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Gorghiu, L. M., Gorghiu, G., Olteanu, R. L., Dumitrescu, C., Suduc, A. M., & Bizoi, M. (2013). Delphi Study-A Comprehensive Method for Outlining Aspects and Approaches of Modern Science Education. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 83, 535–541.
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Kordaki, M., Bîzoi, M., & Gorghiu, G. (2010). Teachers' Computer Supported Constructions within a European Virtual Community Collaborative Space for Sciences Education – An Experience Achieved in a Multinational European Project. (pp. 349–356).
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Kordaki, M., Bizoi, M., & Gorghiu, G. (2010). Teachers' computer supported constructions within a European virtual community collaborative space for sciences education: An experience achieved in a multinational European project. (pp. 349–356). 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU 2010, 2.
Abstract: This paper presents some essential considerations referred to the constructions performed by European teachers in terms of virtual experiments and lesson plans within the framework of a Virtual community collaborative Space for Sciences education. This framework was set up in the context of the Socrates Comenius 2.1 European project: “VccSSe – Virtual Community Collaborating Space for Science Education”. In this project, teachers from five European countries (Romania, Poland, Finland, Spain and Greece) participated in blended learning courses aiming their training for the use of Information and Communication Technologies in real teaching and learning practices. Within this framework, on-line training materials and virtual experiments were created and developed. After the end of the designed courses, teachers were asked to form their own virtual experiments and lesson plans and then to implement their products in the classrooms. The analysis of the data shows that teachers who participated in the VccSSe Project encouraged by the aforementioned blended course, expressed a favourable feedback related to the implementation of their own virtual experiments in the teaching activities.
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Kordaki, M., Bîzoi, M., & Gorghiu, G. (2010). Teachers' Computer Supported Constructions within a European Virtual Community Collaborative Space for Sciences Education – An Experience Achieved in a Multinational European Project. (pp. 349–356).
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Kordaki, M., Bizoi, M., & Gorghiu, G. (2010). Teachers' Computer Supported Constructions within a European Virtual Community Collaborative Space for Sciences Education-An Experience Achieved in a Multinational European Project. In Csedu (2) (pp. 349–356).
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NICOLESCU, C. L., GORGHIU, G., Simion, A., SUDUC, A. - M., & BIZOI, M. (2008). Developing And Using Sustainable Management Systems For Monitoring And Evaluating Air Environmental Risks In Industrial And Urban Area. Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca. Horticulture, 65(2), 560–565.
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Suduc, A. - M., Bizoi, M., Duta, L., & Gorghiu, G. (2009). Interface Architecture for a Web-Based Group Decision Support System. Studies In Informatics And Control, 18(3), 241–246.
Abstract: With the exponential development of the web, the decision-makers are likely to use the web to support their decision -making processes. In group decision-making processes supported by an information system web-based or desktop-based – one of the most important element which can influence in a great extent if the system will be or not accepted and successful used for decision making, is the user interface. In this paper, we propose an architecture of an interface for an ideal web-based group decision support system.
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Suduc, A. - M., Bizoi, M., Gorghiu, G., & Gorghiu, L. - M. (2012). Digital images, video and web conferences in education: a case study (Vol. 46).
Abstract: Although the access to the computers and the Internet at home is quite widespread in the European countries, the use of them at home for school related learning activities comparing to the use for entertainment is much lower with about 30 percentages (Eurydice, 2011). The paper aims to present an analysis of the feedback collected from a group of teachers, from 9 counties, after they have been trained, within a POSDRU project, to integrate in education different multimedia applications. Among others, the results shows that although most of the teachers have a computer in their classroom or constant access to a computer room (78%) with Internet access (66%), only a low number of the teachers have used in the past digital images, videos and web conferences in the teaching-learning-evaluation process. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Huseyin Uzunboylu
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Suduc, A. - M., Bîzoi, M., Gorghiu, G., & Gorghiu, L. M. (2011). Information and communication technologies in science education. (pp. 1076–1080). 3rd World Conference on Educational Sciences, WCES-2011, 15.
Abstract: The advancements in information and communication technologies (ICT) provide significant opportunities to improve teaching and learning. The use of ICT in science education offers even more advantages due to the attractive premises to simulate and interactively explore and test experiments which would be too expensive or too dangerous in real settings (for example in nuclear physics). The aim of this paper is to contribute to the research field of technology based learning by presenting several findings obtained during a multinational educational project (Comenius) regarding the use of computer in classroom, in science education, in Romania, Spain, Poland, Greece and Finland. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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Suduc, A. - M., Bizoi, M., Gorghiu, G., & Gorghiu, L. M. (2011). Information and communication technologies in science education (Vol. 15).
Abstract: The advancements in information and communication technologies (ICT) provide significant opportunities to improve teaching and learning. The use of ICT in science education offers even more advantages due to the attractive premises to simulate and interactively explore and test experiments which would be too expensive or too dangerous in real settings (for example in nuclear physics). The aim of this paper is to contribute to the research field of technology based learning by presenting several findings obtained during a multinational educational project (Comenius) regarding the use of computer in classroom, in science education, in Romania, Spain, Poland, Greece and Finland. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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Suduc, A. - M., Bizoi, M., Gorghiu, G., & Gorghiu, L. M. (2010). Web conferencing: A tool for knowledge transfer between universities and business organizations. (pp. 165–168). 1st International Multi-Conference on Innovative Developments in ICT, INNOV 2010.
Abstract: It is commonly accepted that universities are an important source of new knowledge, especially in the science and technology sector. The mechanisms to transfer this new knowledge from academia to business organizations are widely discussed by many authors. This paper presents how web collaboration environments may help in distance knowledge transfer and also a web conferencing example meant to stress the factors which led to a successful web meeting for knowledge diffusion. There is presented also the positive feedback of the attendees, in the conditions of low participation rate in previous similar experiences.
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Suduc, A. - M., Gorghiu, G., Bizoi, M., Masior, W., & Latka, M. (2009). A comparative analysis on using several virtual instrumentation software in education. (pp. 435–438). 1st International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU 2009, 1.
Abstract: Using Virtual Experiments become one of the main methods for Science teaching in actual Education. Their power on creating simulation-based learning environments is well-known and many teachers have already adopted the virtual experiments to be used in their classrooms. The great extension of the Virtual experiments determined 9 institutions to propose a Socrates-Comenius 2.1. European project called VccSSe – Virtual Community Collaborating Space for Science Education project (code: 128989-CP-1-2006-1-RO-COMENIUS-C21) coordinated by Valahia University of Targoviste, Romania which has as main objective to adapt, develop, test, implement and disseminate training modules, teaching methodologies and pedagogical strategies based on the use of Virtual Instruments, with the view to their implementation in the classrooms. In the first year of the project, three software products were chosen for developing the process of training: Cabri Geometry II, LabVIEW and Crocodile Clips. This paper presents the results of comparative analysis, made by the tutors who trained the in-serviced teachers on using the mentioned software products.
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Suduc, A. - M., Gorghiu, G., Bizoi, M., Masior, W., & Latka, M. (2009). A Comparative Analysis On Using Several Virtual Instrumentation Software In Education (Vol. I).
Abstract: Using Virtual Experiments become one of the main methods for Science teaching in actual Education. Their power on creating simulation-based learning environments is well-known and many teachers have already adopted the virtual experiments to be used in their classrooms. The great extension of the Virtual experiments determined 9 institutions to propose a Socrates-Comenius 2.1. European project called VccSSe – Virtual Community Collaborating Space for Science Education project (code: 128989-CP-1-2006-1-RO-COMENIUS-C21) coordinated by Valahia University of Targoviste, Romania which has as main objective to adapt, develop, test, implement and disseminate training modules, teaching methodologies and pedagogical strategies based on the use of Virtual Instruments, with the view to their implementation in the classrooms. In the first year of the project, three software products were chosen for developing the process of training: Cabri Geometry II, LabVIEW and Crocodile Clips. This paper presents the results of a comparative analysis, made by the tutors who trained the in-serviced teachers on using the mentioned software products.
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Suduc, A. M., Bizoi, M., Duta, L., & Gorghiu, G. (2009). Interface Architecture for a Web-Based Group Decision Support System. Stud. Inform. Control, 18(3), 241–246.
Abstract: With the exponential development of the web, the decision-makers are likely to use the web to support their decision -making processes. In group decision-making processes supported by an information system web-based or desktop-based – one of the most important element which can influence in a great extent if the system will be or not accepted and successful used for decision making, is the user interface. In this paper, we propose an architecture of an interface for an ideal web-based group decision support system.
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Suduc, A. M., Bîzoi, M., & Gorghiu, G. (2014). Sustainable Development in Romania in Pre-school and Primary Education. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, 116, 1187–1192.
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Suduc, A. M., Bîzoi, M., Gorghiu, G., & Gorghiu, L. M. (2010). Using web conferencing for disseminating the educational projects results. (pp. 2813–2818). 2nd World Conference on Educational Sciences, WCES-2010, 2.
Abstract: Within European projects, the knowledge dissemination represents a very important activity claimed by the European frameworks. Beside the traditional dissemination methods, there are used specific technologies for knowledge dissemination which range from the classical telephone to ICT technologies. The paper aims to identify if web conferencing can be successfully used for educational projects outcomes dissemination and what are the factors that may lead to its success or its failure. The paper presents the experience of a dissemination videoconference organized in the frame of the European project “VccSSe – Virtual Community Collaborating Space for Science Education”. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Suduc, A. M., Bizoi, M., Gorghiu, G., & Gorghiu, L. M. (2010). Using web conferencing for disseminating the educational projects results (Vol. 2).
Abstract: Within European projects, the knowledge dissemination represents a very important activity claimed by the European frameworks. Beside the traditional dissemination methods, there are used specific technologies for knowledge dissemination which range from the classical telephone to ICT technologies. The paper aims to identify if web conferencing can be successfully used for educational projects outcomes dissemination and what are the factors that may lead to its success or its failure. The paper presents the experience of a dissemination videoconference organized in the frame of the European project “VccSSe – Virtual Community Collaborating Space for Science Education”. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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