IMPACT OF DIDATEC PROJECT ON ENGINEERING CURRICULA THAT USE "BLENDED-LEARNING": EXPERIENCE OF THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY "GHEORGHE ASACHI" OF IASI
IMPACT OF DIDATEC PROJECT ON ENGINEERING CURRICULA THAT USE "BLENDED-LEARNING": EXPERIENCE OF THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY "GHEORGHE ASACHI" OF IASI
Author(s): Ioan Rusu, Ioan Giurmă, Neculai Eugen SEGHEDIN, Irina Lungu, Adrian AddăscăliţeiSubject(s): Education
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: blended teaching; teaching and learning skills; engineering curricula
Summary/Abstract: Project "University School of initial and continuous training of teachers and trainers in the field of engineering and technical specialties - DidaTec" POSDRU/87/1.3/S/60891 was designed as a national strategic partnership, involving ten technical universities from Romania, coordinated by the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca. The project aims to achieve the necessary framework to adapt teaching of engineering and technical education, in an environment marked by the digital revolution, by implementing modern educational tools and ICT technologies in teaching and learning activities performed in technical universities from Romania. The paper analyses the consequences of the Project on engineering curricula. Also the impact of learning ICT technology on both teachers and students from Technical University "Gh. Asachi" of Iasi are analyzed. Teachers benefit from using virtual environment, provided by Project DIDATEC platform. Simultaneously, teachers use Moodle experimental platform of the Technical University. Thus, teachers obtained theoretical knowledge and practical skills needed to set up their Blended-Learning courses, by integrating interactive teaching and learning techniques and computer-mediated communication.
Journal: Conference proceedings of »eLearning and Software for Education« (eLSE)
- Issue Year: 9/2013
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 549-556
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English