Motto: "Informatica restabileşte nu numai unitatea matematicilor pure şi a celor aplicate, a tehnicii concrete şi a matematicilor abstracte, dar şi cea a ştiinţelor naturii, ale omului şi ale societăţii. Reabilitează conceptele de abstract şi de formal şi împacă arta cu ştiinţa, nu numai în sufletul omului de ştiinţă, unde erau întotdeauna împăcate, ci şi în filosofarea lor."
Grigore C. Moisil (1906-1973), Primul român care a primit (post-mortem) Computer Pioneer Award of IEEE Computer Society (IEEE – 1996; www.ieee.org) | www.cniv.ro/2006/centenar-moisil/

Computer Science ≠ Informatics ≠ Information Technology (IT) Computer Science and Informatics were considered identical terms. Today, the terms are different. The general public sometimes confuses Computer Science with Informatics or Information Technology (IT). Computing (information and knowledge processing) has changed the world and continues to influence nearly every aspect of our lives, including medicine and health care, business and finance, education and training, science and technology, politics and government, and entertainment.

 

Predicting the Future of Computing: "Readers are invited to make predictions and collaboratively edit this timeline, which is divided into three sections: a sampling of past advances, future predictions that you can push forward or backward in time (but not, of course, into the past), and a form for making and voting on predictions." The New York Times Propose the following (Vlada 2005): MODELING = KNOWLEDGE +  REPRESENTATION                LANGUAGES =  PROCESSING  + INTERPRETATION News 2012 - University of Sussex: "Anthropomimetic" Robot (Robotul antropomimetic) - LINK-video.

MITx - online interactive learning platform (2011)

MIT launches online learning initiative: "MIT expects that this learning platform will enhance the educational experience of its on-campus students, offering them online tools that supplement and enrich their classroom and laboratory experiences. MIT also expects that MITx will eventually host a virtual community of millions of learners around the world."(Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Ref.: http://web.mit.edu/press/2011/ , MIT OpenCourseWare, Open Access Articles, Education and Research

Top 10 Free Online Tutoring Tools for 2012

Top 10 instrumente gratuite pentru educaţia online: Skype, Gchat, WizIQ, Scribblar, Google Docs, Wikispaces, Wallwisher, Jing, Animoto, 4Teachers.

CONNECTING EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY: http://edudemic.com/2012/01/online-tutoring-2012/

Teaching with technology

Teaching with technology: Class Management Tools, Digital Documents, Image Services, Software, Video, Web Services

M. Vlada, Informatica aplicata. Modele de aproximare, software si aplicatii, Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti, 2012 INFORMATICĂ & APLICAŢII : C1-C2-Informatica C3-C5-Informatica C6-C8-Informatica   C9-C10-Informatica  TEME LABORATOR:  TEME-Laborator   App-Demo-1  App-Demo-1(xlsx) App-Demo-1(xls) App-demo-2 App-demo-2

SCHIMBĂRI: Se schimbă lumea, se schimbă mintea noastră, mintea copiilor noştri se schimbă şi ea, se schimbă ştiinţele, teoriile, metodele şi tehnicile de investigare, educaţia noastră se schimbă mereu, profesiile şi locurile de muncă ale oamenilor sunt într-o continuă schimbare, se schimbă mentalităţi, religii şi filosofii, se schimbă mijloacele de transport şi de comunicaţii, se schimbă infrastructura şi relieful, se schimbă OMUL. E bine sau e rău?

Ref.: M. Vlada, CNIV 2003:  Definitii-CNIV2003-vlada   Gandire algoritmica  Paradigme ale limbajelor Abordarea  modernă a conceptului de algoritm - New definition of algorithm - Ref.: M. Vlada,  Concept_algoritmi-CNIV-2004

Detalii: M. Vlada, Conceptul de ALGORITM - abordare MODERNĂ, Gazeta de Informatica, 2003 ( P-I , P-II, P-III, P-IV) , http://www.ginfo.ro/revista/anul2003.shtml

APLICAŢIE. Generarea şi fuzionarea documentelor tip scrisoare – Letters and Mail Merge:  Aplicatie   Aplicatie   Resurse online (eBooks - unibuc.ro) - M. Vlada, Birotica si tehnologii -  http://ebooks.unibuc.ro/informatica/Birotica/ - M. Vlada, Sisteme de operare – http://ebooks.unibuc.ro/informatica/Seiso/ - M. Vlada, Rezolvarea problemelor – http://ebooks.unibuc.ro/informatica/eureka/

         

TextBook vs. Tablet PC

The "Smart education" Project: 2015

S. Korea to digitise school books  | Coreea de Sud schimbă manualele cu Tablete PC

The South Korean government has said it plans to digitise all textbooks for elementary, middle and high school students by 2015. This plan for "smart education" is aimed at helping students create their own study pattern, and lighten their backpacks. Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/

"Ministerul Educaţiei, Ştiinţei şi Tehnologiei din Corea de Sud a anunţat un plan pentru migrarea de la manualele şcolare clasice, pe suport de hârtie, la manuale în format electronic. Ministerul a alocat proiectului suma de aproximativ două miliarde de dolari, iar tranziţia urmează să se finalizeze în 2015, când se estimează că toţi elevii din învăţământul primar vor beneficia de noile manuale, precum şi de dispozitive hardware corespunzătoare, tablet PC-uri sau telefoane smart. În următorii ani autorităţile trebuie să se asigure că toate materialele didactice vor fi digitalizate. Toţi elevii sud coreeni vor primi gratuit tabletele digitale, iar manualele vor fi disponibile pentru descărcare de pe serverele ministerului, prin intermediul reţelelor WiFi locale." Sursa: http://portal.edu.ro/index.php/articles/11512

Tablet PC – calculator portabil al cărui ecran (de regulă cu o diagonală de 12 inchi) îndeplineşte o funcţie dublă: cea de afişare a informaţiei şi interfaţă de manipulare a calculatorului (de obicei prin intermediul unui stylus -unealtă de scris sub forma unei mini-baghete din material plastic sau metal având la vârf o bobiţă din plastic, folosită pentru interacţiunea cu ecranele tactile rezistive, sau folosind degetele - touch). Primul tablet a fost lansat în 2001 de către Microsoft şi folosea Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.

 

Tipuri de Tablet PC: a) tip broşură ; b) tip placă; c) tip decapotabil; d) tip hibrid.

         

Sursa: http://www.it4fans.ro/ 

Tehnologia secolului 21

IBM PureSystems - sistemele de calcul noi de tip „sisteme expert integrate”.

- Design „Scale-In”: Integrează servere, sisteme de stocare şi reţele de calculatoare.
- Modele de expertiză: IBM încorporează expertiză tehnologică şi industrială prin intermediul aplicaţiilor software.
- Integrare cu mediul „Cloud”: Sistemele din familia PureSystems sunt create pentru mediul „Cloud Computing”.
Detalii:
http://www.agora.ro/stire/ibm-lanseaza-o-noua-era-a-sistemelor-de-calcul
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/presskit/37378.wss

Multi -Touch Technology & Transdisciplinarity

1. Multi-Touch Technology 2. Transdisciplinarity 3. Romanian Project

1. Multi-Touch Technology Multi-touch technologies have a long history (Ref: Bill Buxton). What is Multi-touch? Ref.: http://solutions.3m.com (Touch Terminology) Example. 2011: Surface 2.0 (Microsoft & Samsung) - www.microsoft.com/surface/ Ideas main. About Microsoft Surface:

• 2001: Microsoft researchers Steve Bathiche and Andy Wilson developed idea of interactive table that could understand the manipulation of physical pieces.
• 2007: Final structure finalised,interactive tabletop device was built that seamlessly brings both the physical and virtual worlds into one.
• Direct interaction: Users can actually “grab” digital information with their hands and interact with content by touch and gesture, without the use of a mouse or keyboard.
• Multi-touch contact: Surface computing recognizes many points of contact simultaneously, not just from one finger, as with a typical touch screen, but up to dozens and dozens of items at once.

 

2. Transdisciplinarity "A NEW VISION OF THE WORLD - TRANSDISCIPLINARITY" by Basarab Nicolescu (Basarab Nicolescu is a major advocate of the transdisciplinary reconciliation between science and the humanities. He has published many articles on the role of science in contemporary culture in journals in France, Romania, Italy, United Kingdom, Brazil, Argentina, Japan and in the USA) Who is Basarab Nicolescu ? Ref.: The International Center for Transdisciplinary Research (CIRET) - http://basarab.nicolescu.perso.sfr.fr/ciret/ro/visionro.htm  

3. Romanian Project Multi - Touch project: "Educational process optimized in vision of knowledge society skills" Project 2009-2012. Integrated curriculum, inter-and transdisciplinary "Learning in the Knowledge Society" Ref.: http://transdisciplinar.pmu.ro "Societatea cunoaşterii presupune nu numai o extindere şi aprofundare a cunoaşterii umane, dar mai ales managementul cunoaşterii şi o diseminare fără precedent a cunoaşterii, către toţi cetăţenii, prin mijloace noi." Mihai Drăgănescu (1929-2010)

(in romanian) Strategia de postaderare UE 2007-2013. Proiect Multi - Touch „Proces educaţional optimizat în viziunea competenţelor societăţii cunoaşterii” (Curriculumului integrat, inter- şi transdisciplinar "Învăţare în societatea cunoaşterii"), cofinanţat din Fondul Social European (FSE) si implementat de Unitatea de management al proiectelor cu finanţare externă, din cadrul MECTS, în parteneriat cu SIVECO România şi Universitatea Naţională de Apărare "CAROL I" (Departamentul ADL).  

Activitati principale: DEZVOLTAREA DE CURRICULUM TRANSDISCIPLINAR; DEZVOLTAREA DE MATERIALE DIDACTICE AFERENTE CURRICULUMULUI TRANSDISCIPLINAR; IMPLEMENTAREA DE CURRICULUM SI MATERIALE DIDACTICE TRANSDISCIPLINARE-FORMARE; DEZVOLTAREA DE PROIECTE TRANSDISCIPLINARE PE BAZA TEHNOLOGIEI MULTI-TOUCH

Concluzii Utilizarea tehnologiei multi-touch implementează:  învăţarea activă prin explorare;  învăţarea prin acţiune; învăţarea colaborativă; învăţarea bazată pe proiect; • învăţarea în context.

Ref.: http://transdisciplinar.pmu.ro/resurse  |  Read more: http://mvlada.blogspot.com/

 

   

Radu Jugureanu, PROJECT BASED LEARNING ON MULTI -TOUCH SYSTEMS, In the 6th International Scientific Conference eLearning and Software for Education Conference, Advanced Distributed Learning Department - UNAP, 2010 ( Multi-Touch)

Mobile Technology and Communications

 

Topics: Mobile Learning (m-Learning), Mobile Network Technology, Mobile software, Mobile Internet, Mobile dating, Health impact, Mobile phone features

"M-learning’ is the follow up of E-learning and which originates from D-learning (distance learning). M-learning is the delivery of education to the students who are not having fixed location or who prefer to use mobile phone technology for learning. The rapid growth in the mobile and communication sector make it possible to develop new forms of education. M-learning means delivery of education by means of the mobile phone devices, PDAs and audio players. M-learners seek the lessons in the small format." Ref.: http://www.networktutorials.info/

Mobile Technologies

HARDWARE:iPad, iPhone, Smartphone, Tablet PC

SOFTWARE: Operating Systems - iOS, Android, Windows Phone 7, BlackBerry, Chrome OS tablet, WebOS, MeeGo

Companies (Manufacturers): Apple, Google, Microsoft, Research in Motion (RIM) Mobile Services and Apps (Apple, Google, Microsoft): iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone7

Ref.: www.agora.ro/conferinta/programatica-2011-mobile-services-and-apps

Cloud computing Microsoft Azure Platform

The Windows Azure Platform is a Microsoft cloud platform used to build, host and scale web applications through Microsoft datacenters. Windows Azure Platform is thus classified as platform as a service and forms part of Microsoft's cloud computing strategy, along with their software as a service offering, Microsoft Online Services.

The Windows Azure Platform provides an API built on REST, HTTP and XML that allows a developer to interact with the services provided by Windows Azure. Microsoft also provides a client-side managed class library which encapsulates the functions of interacting with the services. It also integrates with Microsoft Visual Studio so that it can be used as the IDE to develop and publish Azure-hosted applications. Windows Azure became commercially available on 1 Feb 2010.

"Running applications on machines in an Internet-accessible data center can bring plenty of advantages. Yet wherever they run, applications are built on some kind of platform. For on-premises applications, this platform usually includes an operating system, some way to store data, and perhaps more. Applications running in the cloud need a similar foundation. The goal of Microsoft's Windows Azure is to provide this."

Sharding with SQL Azure

Database sharding is a technique of horizontal partitioning data across multiple physical servers to provide application scale-out. SQL Azure is a cloud database service from Microsoft that provides database functionality as a utility service, offering many benefits including rapid provisioning, cost-effective scalability, high availability and reduced management overhead. SQL Azure combined with database sharding techniques provides for virtually unlimited scalability of data for an application.

Source: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/whitepapers/

Case Studies: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/evidence/

Premieră în 2011 pentru România:

Modulul de publicare a informaţiilor pe Internet (Sistemul informatic pentru examenele naţionale - realizat de Siveco Romania) a folosit platforma de Cloud computing Microsoft Azure, ceea ce asigură disponibilitate permanentă, capacitate de calcul practic infinită, redundanţă şi securitate a informaţiilor. Acest modul a fost conceput special pentru a face faţă atât unui număr foarte mare de accesări simultane, cât şi posibilelor atacuri menite să întrerupă disponibilitatea serviciilor furnizate.

Conform www.trafic.ro, pe 12 iulie 2011 s-a înregistrat un nou record de vizitatori unici pentru http://portal.edu.ro, cu 828.935 într-o singură zi şi peste 24 de milioane de afişări.  Cele mai accesate site-uri ale portalului au fost http://admitere.edu.ro, http://bacalaureat.edu.ro şi http://titularizare.edu.ro.

Sursa: http://portal.edu.ro/index.php/articles/news/11492

Proceedings of ICVL (Print ISSN 1844 - 8933)

- Cite papers in Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI Proceedings, accessed via Web of Science)

- Cite papers from and search for "The International Conference on Virtual Learning" in Conference Proceedings Citation Index (known as ISI Proceedings): List of Conferences 1998-2010 (xlsx).

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Ref. 2009: TopUB - Tehnologii creative si inovative: Conferintele CNIV si ICVL

 

Volum de lucrari / Proceedings (Print and Online)

VOLUMUL cu lucrarile Conferintei (ISSN 1842-4708 Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti) si CD-ul corespunzator

 

CNIV 2010 şi ICVL 2010, Volumele de lucrări CNIV şi ICVL | Scribd: CNIV , ICVL (On-Line)

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NEW

Marin Vlada, New Technologies in Education and Research. Models and Methodologies, Technologies and Software Solutions,

Publishing house: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8433-6391-4

Category: Informatics, IT

Ref.: https://www.morebooks.de, http://topub.unibuc.ro/

Computer - Means of training a new vision of education, research and innovation.

Scientific research, technological development and innovation, together with the educational system and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), is the basis of knowledge-based development society. The book is a monograph that addresses the first time a rigorous systematization of technologies offered by computers in education, research and innovation. The present book systematically deals with the role of languages and technologies in the process of gaining knowledge and offers justification  in the spirit of the recent developments and trends. It starts from the idea that the computer offers powerful tools for learning, knowledge and development. With examples and case studies, the book presents clearly demonstrable implementations and experiences on e-learning technologies. The author has a proven expertise in subject matter and promotes interdisciplinarity in research.  Rigor, argument and demonstration of the presented material in this book is a milestone in the scientific domain. “Human society development is achieved by knowledge and learning.”  (Vlada and Ţugui).  “Learning is power” (MV).

CONTENTS

Introduction and Motivation 

- Languages and Technologies

- Computer - a new vision of education, research and innovation

- Computer and Knowledge

- Teaching and Learning

- The 21st Century School

 

1. From Information Society Technologies to Knowledge Society

2. E-Learning Technologies – Achievements and Perspectives

3. Scientific Knowledge and Solving Problems: Modelling, Representation, and Processing 

4. SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) Language for 2D Graphics  in XML and Applications 

5. Case study: Educational Projects and Experience of Implementation

6. CNIV and ICVL Projects-New Technologies in Education and Research 

7. Case study: Educational Software in the World

8. 2010: Year of Mathematics in Romania. Mathematical Gazette at 115 anniversary

9. Using statistical software in analyzing information

10. The Potential of Collaborative Augmented Reality in Education

11. ABBYY recognition technologies – ideal alternative to manual data entry. Automating processing of exam tests

Annex

A)   Online EDUCA Berlin

B)   BETT London - Modern technologies for education and research development

C)   ICL: Interactive Conference on Computer Aided Learning - Austria

D)   Resource - Fundamentals of Virtual Learning, Technological Knowledge

PROFESORUL: comportament activ in procesul de educatie si formare

CALCULATORUL:  mijloc de formare a unei noi viziuni asupra educaţiei, cercetării şi inovării

TEHNOLOGIA:  mediator al unei Educaţii de calitate

ELEVII ŞI STUDENŢII:  participanţi activi la propriul proces de învăţare

Ref.:  http://www.intime.uni.edu/, University Northern Iowa, USA

Bloom's Revised Taxonomy - (LINK-1, LINK-2) [Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating, Creating]

 

 

Computational Thinking

Computational Thinking is the skill of the 21st century

What is Computational Thinking?

1. Logical Thinking
2. Algorithmic Thinking
3. Efficient Solutions
4. Scientific Thinking
5. Innovative Thinking

“So what is Computational Thinking? Well it is a collection of diverse skills to do with problem solving that result from studying the nature of computation. It includes some obviously important skills that most subjects help develop, like creativity, ability to explain and team work. It also consists of some very specific problem solving skills such as the ability to think logically, algorithmically and recursively. Computer Science is unique in the way it brings all these diverse skills together.”  Source: http://www.cs4fn.org/computationalthinking/

Computer science for Fun  (cs4fn) / Exploring Computational Thinking (Google)

Note: cs4fn was created and is written and edited by Paul Curzon, Peter McOwan and Jonathan Black of the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science of Queen Mary, University of London with the aim of sharing our passion about all things to do with Computer Science.

One of the exciting things about learning Computer science is that you learn a new and fundamental way of thinking and problem solving; a way of thinking that is critical in the 21st Century. It is called "Computational Thinking" and the idea that this is one of the big advantages of studying computer science, whatever your ultimate career, is causing a big stir. Some are even claiming it should be added to reading, writing and arithmetic as a core ability that every person should learn. http://www.cs4fn.org/computationalthinking/

Ref:
http://www.cs4fn.org/computationalthinking/
http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2010/10/exploring-computational-thinking.html
http://www.google.com/edu/computational-thinking/resources.html#ct

Dezvoltarea informaticii în România

Grigore C. Moisil: Primul român care a primit (post-mortem) Computer Pioneer Award of IEEE Computer Society (IEEE – 1996; www.ieee.org)

Profesorul Gr. C. Moisil a avut contribuţii remarcabile la dezvoltarea informaticii în România şi la formarea primelor generaţii de informaticieni; deschizător de drumuri cu contribuţii inovatoare în matematică, informatică, automatică şi cibernetică; Ref.: http://www.cniv.ro/2006/centenar-moisil/ - "10 ianuarie 1906, sa nu-l uitam pe Gr. C. Moisil", http://mvlada.blogspot.com/

S-a preocupat ca în anul 1969, Centrul de calcul al Universităţii din Bucureşti să primească un calculator american IBM 360/30 (în acea vreme , după 4 ani de la apariţie, acesta costa 500.000 $). Cu acest calculator s-au instruit multe generaţii de studenţii (până în anul 1975, când a apărut calculatorul românesc Felix C-256). Sub conducerea lui Gr. C. Moisil, Centrul de Calcul al Universităţii din Bucureşti a organizat cursuri, cicluri de lecţii şi conferinţe pentru matematicieni, ingineri şi economişti, iar ulterior pentru istorici, lingvişti, arheologi, artişti plastici, muzicieni. Prin apariţia calculatorului, şi-a dat seama de aplicaţiile matematicii în economie, în ştiinţele umaniste, în istorie, arhehologie, muzică, în grafică, în medicină şi biologie. Entuziasmul din acei ani privind utilizarea calculatorului în multe domenii de activitate, s-a regăsit după anul 1990 când au apărut şi s-au dezvoltat tehnologiile informaţiei şi comunicaţiei şi au apărut sistemul Internet şi tehnologiile Web.

"În aceasta perioada trebuie sa menţionăm unele contribuţii importante în universităţi, pe domeniul informaticii. De exemplu, la Universitatea din Bucureşti în anul 1962, academicianul Gr. C. Moisil, unul dintre cei mai importanţi propovaduitori al informaticii, creatorul scolii de teoria algebrică a mecanismelor automate, înfiinţează în acest an primul Centru de Calcul din ţară, care are în dotare un calculator IBM-360." Gr. Moldovan

- M. Vlada, "Începuturile informaticii româneşti",  http://mvlada.blogspot.com/

- Gr. Moldovan, "Centrul de Calcul al Universităţii Babeş-Bolyai si scoala de informatica din Cluj-Napoca", http://cs.ubbcluj.ro/~moldovan/ (pdf)

 

Google Body using Web3D for medical education

 

Google Body Browser "Google has recently demoed an interesting WebGL application called Body Browser, which lets you explore the human body just like you can explore the world in Google Earth."

Ref.:

- http://bodybrowser.googlelabs.com

- http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/12/google-body-browser.html

Image source: http://hlifemedia.com

Here's Google's demo:

Languages of the World (Wide Web)

by Daniel Ford and Josh Batson

Ref.: Research Blog (News on Google Research), http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2011/07/languages-of-world-wide-web.html

"The web is vast and infinite. Its pages link together in a complex network, containing remarkable structures and patterns. Some of the clearest patterns relate to language. Most web pages link to other pages on the same web site, and the few off-site links they have are almost always to other pages in the same language. It's as if each language has its own web which is loosely linked to the webs of other languages. However, there are a small but significant number of off-site links between languages. These give tantalizing hints of the world beyond the virtual." Looking at the language web in 2008, we see a surprisingly clear map of Europe and Asia. The language linkages invite explanations around geopolitics, linguistics, and historical associations. (Figure 1: Language links on the web)