E-LEARNING IN ENGINEERING - IMPACT UPON THE STUDENT’S MENTALITY AND DEVELOPMENT
E-LEARNING IN ENGINEERING - IMPACT UPON THE STUDENT’S MENTALITY AND DEVELOPMENT

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to support and promote the techniques and technologies based on e-Learning system. Current trends in the university network require implementation of the policy for restructuring the higher education system, by focusing on the student's educational activities. The new methods involve experimentation learning based on scenarios, alternative solutions and direct interaction between the student, the subject of learning and the learning environment. In this context, when the institutional support is provided, improvement and diversification of educational offers for geodetic engineering and their correlation with the labour market are defined on two main directions. As regards the bachelor cycle, an online network was implemented for university collaboration to develop the capacity of providing superior competences in Geodesy, mainly for harmonization and standardization of a training program at multi-regional level. For the master cycle, emphasis is put on the use of the Virtual Campus of the Politehnica University Timişoara, system based on Moodle, an open-source platform which is an online educational environment of academic support for all faculties belonging to Politehnica University Timişoara. In the present paper, the authors aim to put forward issues such as: where the academic system is heading to (Quo Vadis Academia?) at the beginning of the 3rd millennium in a Europe that is supposed to be Globally Competitive; what are the requirements of the higher education system and of research seen as key positions in the EU strategy; what does quality in higher education mean, as well as presenting their own experiences regarding the implementation of e-Learning technologies in geodetic engineering, its impact on the development and mentality of students and proposals for enhancing the system by offering Open Educational Resources.

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