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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION
Transactions ID Number: 29-744
Full Name: Gabriel Gorghiu
Position: Associate Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Valahia University Targoviste, Electrical Engineering Faculty, 18-24 Unirii Boulevard, 130082 Targoviste
Country: ROMANIA
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Title of the Paper: Considerations Regarding the Advisability of the Training Modules Virtual Instrumentation in Science Education Organized in the Frame of the VccSSe European Project
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Gabriel Gorghiu, Mihai Bizoi, Laura Monica Gorghiu, Ana-Maria Suduc
Email addresses of all the authors: ggorghiu@yahoo.com,mihaibizoi@yahoo.com,laura_monica@yahoo.com,anasuduc@yahoo.com
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: Nowadays, it is an evidence considering the Knowledge Society as a result of advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) where people from all over the world have many benefits from the technological progress. In this sense, it is clear that the introduction of ICT in education has changed the traditional way of teaching and learning and forced the teachers and students to adapt their technical abilities and knowledge of ICT. Generally, the ICT support can be retrieved in teacher training programmes, education management and information systems, educational content, distance learning, education policy, media outreach and assistance for equipment and related facilities. But the implementation of ICT in the teaching/learning process mainly conducted to the change of the educational perspectives and instruments. One of the best examples is given by the e-learning technology which promotes modern methods of interaction by using ICTs. E-learning technol!
ogy is also proposed as an educational technology in many educational projects where initial and in-service teachers are the main actors who work inside different e-platforms. Courses, training modules, tasks and homework, surveys and assessment forms have been proposed together with other solutions that enhance the participation of teachers for working in a collaborative way. In this respect, the three years European Socrates Comenius 2.1 Project "VccSSe - Virtual Community Collaborating Space for Science Education" (128989-CP-1-2006-1-RO-COMENIUS-C21) tried to promote the use of virtual instrumentation and virtual experiments in educational environment, like new and modern teaching methods for the Mathematics and Science teachers. Taking also into consideration that the training sessions were developed using the Moodle course management system, the paper illustrates some considerations related to the training process made in the frame of the mentioned project and other as!
pects regarding the advisability of the training modules "Virtual Inst
rumentation in Science Education", on the basis of the participants' opinions emphasized in the project web-assessment forms.
Keywords: Virtual experiment, Training modules, Sciences education, E-learning, Moodle, Virtual interaction, Comenius 2.1 project
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Special (Invited) Session: Aspects Related to the Usefulness of a Distance Training Course Having Moodle as Course Management System Support
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