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{"title":"EMPLOYING SOCIAL MEDIA IN WORKING WITH ATHLETES: A CASE STUDY DISCUSSING ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR APPLIED SPORT PSYCHOLOGY CONSULTANTS","authors":"E. Margarit, F. Toniţa, Nicolae Angelescu","doi":"10.12753/2066-026x-18-187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-18-187","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to discuss the use of social media platforms, namely Facebook and WhatsApp, as tools in supporting sport psychology interventions. The sharing of applied practice offers an opportunity to reflect both on the effectiveness of such tools and the consequent ethical implications. In terms of impact, social media could prove itself useful in fostering better communication at the cost of blurred boundaries and privacy issues. The scenarios presented focus on supporting communication within coach-athlete dyads and team environments as part of larger pre-season and competitive season interventions. The first author discusses her experience working with a university netball club within the British Universities & Colleges Sport League. Facebook was used to aid communication especially in the area of feedback, reflection and access to information from sport psychology sessions. The other scenario focuses on the work conducted with the Romanian National Handball junior female team by the second author. WhatsApp was used to enhance team cohesion and to facilitate intra-group communication. Furthermore, an example from tennis illustrates a different perspective on WhatsApp and its impact on the coach-athlete dyad. By taking into consideration the athletes', coaches' and consultant's perspective we hope to provide an alternative view on client-consultant relationships in this age and day, specifically in the sports industry. In offering this account of applied practice, we aim to emphasize the importance of ethics in informing decision-making when applied sport psychology consultants choose their tools. Finally, the paper highlights the advantages and disadvantages of using social media platforms when supporting athletes.","PeriodicalId":371908,"journal":{"name":"14th International Conference eLearning and Software for Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130173847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"ONLINE SUPERVISION FOR PH.D. STUDENTS IN SAUDI ARABIA: A REVIEW BETWEEN IDEALISM AND REALISM","authors":"A. Alshahrani, M. Mohamad","doi":"10.12753/2066-026x-18-048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-18-048","url":null,"abstract":"Supervision is the process of guiding postgraduates throughout their research by engaging in active communication to understand a concept. Ph.D supervisors help the student to decide on clear topics with manageable objectives. Students interact with supervisors with the aim of getting the necessary guidance related to their research works. Online supervision is a comparably new form of student-teacher interaction, the rules of this kind of supervision are not yet fully defined. This paper provides a review of PhD supervision importance as a fundamental part in the preparation of Ph.D students for research both at postgraduate level and in the wider community. The role and responsibilities of the research supervisor differ from one university to another, and there are many different forms of supervision. It is necessary to attain a balance between supporting a new researcher and making them self-independent. Internet-based supervision is the process of interacting between the supervisor and the researcher to discuss the progress of research, where online supervision is the process of communicating and discussing pre-defined goals that involves student-instructor active participation and interaction through online means. Idealism is an educational philosophy concept that concentrates on thinking and how human beings produce knowledge from within. Supervision realism is the relatively conflict-free, transference-free, undistorted interactions or experiences (internal and external) of supervisor and supervisee that occur by means of the supervisory relationship. This article will focus on the online supervision of PhD students in Saudi Arabia, it will also conduct a review of online supervision idealism and realism.","PeriodicalId":371908,"journal":{"name":"14th International Conference eLearning and Software for Education","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129101983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS BLENDED LEARNING IN TEACHING AND LEARNING ECONOMICS","authors":"M. Paduraru, Gheorghe Orzan, R. Tita","doi":"10.12753/2066-026x-18-061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-18-061","url":null,"abstract":"Blended learning or mixed learning is a concept that refers to the blending of traditional (physical) learning methods and new learning methods based on e-learning (e-learning, m-learning). In recent years blended learning has gained considerable popularity in training and education and in higher education especially. In this era of technology, where electronic resources are accessible at all times, blended learning has an impact on both the teacher and the student. The teacher works better with the student, while the student becomes more interested in the discipline they are studying, using a number of methods and means that make learning more efficient and easier. The Internet allows the student to be in touch with the teacher, which has both advantages and disadvantages. An advantage is that learning can take place at any time and in any place, and the student has an integrated learning experience, while lack of face-to-face meetings with the teacher may be a disadvantage from the absence of direct guidance. The objective of this paper is to determine students' perceptions towards blended learning approach (which combines the traditional classroom learning, course-ware and web-based learning) in teaching and learning Economics. It also aims to identify the learning methods which students find attractive, useful and effective. In the study were involved undergraduate students enrolled in The Bucharest University of Economic Studies. A questionnaire was given to evaluate their perception towards blended learning and learning methods. From the findings, conclusion has been drawn regarding the investigated subject and recommendations have been made.","PeriodicalId":371908,"journal":{"name":"14th International Conference eLearning and Software for Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130901872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"AN E-LEARNING PLATFORM FOR TEXTURE IMAGE ANALYSIS AND CLASSIFICATION","authors":"J. Cojocaru, D. Popescu","doi":"10.12753/2066-026x-18-054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-18-054","url":null,"abstract":"We propose an e-Learning platform or a web-based application for texture image analysis and classification using algorithms that assess fractal methods like: fractal dimension, lacunarity and succolarity. Fractal dimension measures the geometrical complexity of an object and is used as a tool for texture classification assignments. The lacunarity property can improve texture characteristics determined with fractal dimension by the fact that it specifies the texture orientation and shows how texture elements fill space (lacunarity reveals the gap distribution of the texture), while the fractal dimension measures how much space is occupied by texture elements. Succolarity is the fractal property that presents the percolation degree of a fluid flowing around and through an object in an image on a given direction. Various input texture images can be used in the application and the application itself can make automated conversions, adjustments or even offering advises. For classification purposes, multiple algorithms and strategies can be tested and the highest accuracy rate will be chosen for the best classification model. We are using Matlab web server technology to develop the application, mostly because Matlab is a solid and stable environment to develop such applications and one can benefit from the built-in image analysis routines. We intend that this e-Learning platform can be used in educational field for teaching students on image analysis and classification, image segmentation or object recognition issues. Other applicable cases for using this web-based application are research domains where generic or specialized datasets like phytopathology and entomology, tree bark or generic agricultural datasets are used.","PeriodicalId":371908,"journal":{"name":"14th International Conference eLearning and Software for Education","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127836063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"THE NEW ON COURT TENNIS SOFTWARE - PERSPECTIVES IN TRAINING PROCESS","authors":"Rareș Stănescu","doi":"10.12753/2066-026x-18-192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-18-192","url":null,"abstract":"The new methods of tennis training are based more often on software and electronic devices. The tennis specialists want to eliminate the subjective evaluation of the training and to work together with the players on given dates by the software meaning objective aspects. Now the new technology is recording very many items from the game and training sessions. The new technology is bringing advanced sports video and analytics technology to every court in the world, creating a global and connected community of athletes, coaches, and fans. Technology has changed how sports are coached, played, and consumed at the elite levels, and is focused on delivering the same cutting-edge experience to all levels of sport, all over the world. This tennis technology is becoming the new standard with their cloud-based Smart Court sports video and analytics platform, integrating what it happens on-court with an interactive and social online community. This video assistance is able to record all movements of the tennis players from both sides, including technical aspects, efficiency factors and physical analyze during the training sessions and competition and supports tennis players to train smarter and to perform better. The research has been done on two juniors tennis players in Anvers and we tried to give a feed back on the ball trajectory, speed and spin, in-depth shot data and the tactical aspects of the training session. In this research we underline the on court impact after the feed-back of the tennis players. All these items can give a helpful feedback and can help the coaches and the players to improve the performance","PeriodicalId":371908,"journal":{"name":"14th International Conference eLearning and Software for Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129211304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"LIBRARY MANAGEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE GDPR","authors":"Arja Mäntykangas, D. Banciu","doi":"10.12753/2066-026x-18-266","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-18-266","url":null,"abstract":"In April 2016, the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission adopted a major new regulation, entitled the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 696/2016, requiring that institutions that process personal data take appropriate measures to safeguard that data. It is generally acknowledged that all European countries must adopt the rules set forth in this regulation. The main objective of the GDPR is to protect personal data privacy and obligate the holders of personal data to use it for their declared purposes only. The GDPR will come into force on 25 May 2018. It is proposed that the role of Data Protection Officer (DPO) be employed as a strategy for implementing the GDPR from the perspective of library managers. There are so far no concrete measures in place that would facilitate the application of the GDPR. The most appropriate measures would seem to be to appoint a DPO and to define adequate strategies that could be implemented at the library level. These two measures are the manager’s responsibilities. The arguments for a library-level DPO arise from GDPR Article 39 regarding the responsibilities of a DPO. The conclusions are related to findings regarding the roles of library managers in Romania and Sweden and to existing library legislation in these two European countries.","PeriodicalId":371908,"journal":{"name":"14th International Conference eLearning and Software for Education","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126288596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"ONLINE LEARNING OF TEXTILE ENGINEERING USING MOODLE PLATFORM","authors":"M. Ichim, Costică Sava, D. Farîma","doi":"10.12753/2066-026x-18-168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-18-168","url":null,"abstract":"Moodle (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) is a Course Management System (CMS) also known as Learning Management System (LMS) or Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) that provides a platform for online learning. Moodle is a flexible, free software that has gained 64 % of the European LMS market share, surpassing substantially the 12 % of second place Blackboard, followed by 4 and 3% of Illias and Sakai. In North America, Moodle accounts for 23 % of existing LMS and occupies the second place after Blackboard (34 %). Taking into account the number of clients, the number of users and the social network score, Moodle has been ranked as the most popular Learning Management System. Originally developed by Martin Dougiamas in 2002, Moodle is an open source software that can be run, studied, shared and modified by the users and organizations in order to fit their needs. Moodle provides teachers with a number of tools that allows them to create and deliver online courses, to promote interaction, inquiry and collaboration without knowing HTML or other computer language. In recent years, the “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi has implemented the use of Moodle in the educational process in order to deliver, assign, and track online learning. The objective of this paper is to present the use of this relatively new electronic learning platform in teaching and learning textile engineering. Although Moodle is frequently used for distance learning, the resources and the activities designed for the students of the Faculty of Textiles, Leather and Industrial Management are used for blended learning, aiming to support and sometimes to complement the face-to-face activities.","PeriodicalId":371908,"journal":{"name":"14th International Conference eLearning and Software for Education","volume":"2006 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114087431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"MATHEMATICAL MODELS OF MEASLES BY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS IN VIRTUAL EDUCATION","authors":"D. Arotaritei, G. Constantin, C. Corciova","doi":"10.12753/2066-026x-18-197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-18-197","url":null,"abstract":"Compartmental models have proven to be useful in various forms of epidemics: Ebola, dengue fever, swine fever, flu, avian flu, etc. Such models have experienced a great development especially because of the multitude of practical applications, but also due to the many possibilities of software implementation. Although there are a few software tools, for example, EpiModel, they have limitations in modelling and use of language employed in the simulation. Measles can be described as a model with 4 compartments, SEIR, but for a better knowledge of all geographic implications in terms of vaccination, we propose a MSEIR model (S = susceptible, I = infected, R = recovered, vaccinated, E = exposed, M = maternally immune). The educational software created in MATLAB, can generate a graphical system, with specific interactions between compartments, starting with initial values set by the user as a result of specific epidemiological studies. After defining the compartments and their links, a generator will build the system of equations which models the compartmental system, solvable through numerical methods specific to measles. Optionally, the user will be able to view the system of differential equations using symbolic calculation. The solutions will be displayed graphically and will allow the user to compare the epidemic evolution with or without vaccine, as well as optimal policy for vaccination using the Jacobian matrix for determination of the endemic equilibrium. Graphical user interface is intuitive, educational, with the possibility of amending the transfer rate between compartments, parameters and initial values. The reproduction number R0 can be defined to be used in order to analyse the influence of it for fit the model with experimental data. The main novelty in this paper is composed mainly by a graphical interface an easy-to-use by student and researcher for in create abilities to use a compartmental model and at the same time, able to provide sufficient arguments in the decision making process and health policies. The other innovative approach is the possibility to define by user a symbolic equation for a compartmental model meanwhile the too will translate in mathematical one that can be solved by differential equation using numerical methods.","PeriodicalId":371908,"journal":{"name":"14th International Conference eLearning and Software for Education","volume":"388 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116127037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"E-LEARNING AND ITS PEDAGOGICAL CHALLENGES FOR TRAINERS","authors":"Elena Museanu, R. Bîrsanu","doi":"10.12753/2066-026x-18-025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-18-025","url":null,"abstract":"E-learning is a form of education which has witnessed a gradual increase in popularity in recent years, both at academic level, and in professional environments. This interest has been triggered by globalization, the plethora of information reaching people via a multitude of technological media (the Internet, TV, mobile phones, etc.) and the internationalization of specialized communication. It is a well-known fact that online teaching requires a set of skills which are additional to the ones used in face-to-face learning environments. Consequently, the challenges normally associated with teaching vary with the teaching contexts. The purpose of the present research is to analyze the pedagogical challenges for trainers imparting online learning content for companies. The paper attempts to identify categories of challenges, such as cultural differences (in multinational corporations, local organizations, governmental institutions, military structures, for instance), age of course participants, participants’ approach to the process of learning, position in the company organizational chart, general learner profile with special emphasis on elements of demographics. After detecting some of the above-mentioned challenges, the study further aims to suggest ways in which trainers can acquire and enhance abilities necessary to overcome such obstacles. The analysis relies on Hample and Stickler’s skill pyramid (2005:317), which presents the pedagogical aspects needed for effective online language teaching. These two researchers identify seven key competences that should facilitate the process of communication. By acquiring these competences, trainers can maintain the dynamics of the online education process in terms of communication efficiency, improvement of teaching approaches and adjustment to the changing needs of the online learning communities.","PeriodicalId":371908,"journal":{"name":"14th International Conference eLearning and Software for Education","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115944141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"THE FUTURE OF ELEARNING - A CASE SCENARIO: SECURITY STUDIES","authors":"R. Grigoraș","doi":"10.12753/2066-026x-18-004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-18-004","url":null,"abstract":"Delivering some tendencies regarding the future of eLearning represents a strong and effective tool for eLearning researchers and users from the entire world. Nowadays the Maturity Models became some tailored solutions for measuring the development of eLearning. This pessimistic-mercantile way of making science did not offer some prospective layers to adapt to future technology, but to adapt to a static point that fore sure will be outdated when achieved. Therefore, although it is agreed among scientific community that eLearning represents a “mantra” that affects efficiency and value, there are few interests in discovering the future tendencies of eLearning. Peculiar, in the practice of eLearning in security studies those tendencies do not exist at all. Some world-wide events demonstrated us that the ability to anticipate and to respond to security changes is a compulsory asset for a state. Therefore, eLearning must deal with this asset. A pragmatic way of shaping a better perception of security is by developing and applying eLearning trends. This article presents the main propensities and weak signals of the eLearning environment as MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses), IOT (Internet of Things), VRT (Virtual Reality Technologies), BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), mobile learning, gamification and others. This article concludes that identifying the main propensities of eLearning is a key factor in the continuous education of security practitioners. Therefore, by cultivating newest technology in eLearning in the field of security studies, an added-value is achieved. This allows security practitioner to prepare and respond to sudden disrupts and changes of the environment.","PeriodicalId":371908,"journal":{"name":"14th International Conference eLearning and Software for Education","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121336616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}