Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Systems and Technologies and Workshop for PhD Students in Computing - CompSysTech '08, 2008
The paper presents Ruse University students’ point of view about using Android application develo... more The paper presents Ruse University students’ point of view about using Android application development environment MIT App Inventor in different levels of education. The research was done via the survey method. A questionnaire was made for the purpose. It consisted of 21 questions, merged in several parts: personal information about the respondent (age, gender, speciality, year of education, mobile devices possessed, programming skills and experience), students’ opinion about the qualities of the environment, its user-friendliness and which level of education it is most suitable for. The final part of the questionnaire included 2 open questions and the answers had to contain the advantages and disadvantages of MIT App Inventor compared to other programming environments. Within three consecutive years – 2016, 2017 and 2018 – a total number of 73 students (11 women and 62 men) from Computer Systems and Technologies master program were asked to answer the questions. The analysis of the results from all the three years shows that, according to Ruse University students, MIT App Inventor is most appropriate for use in a bachelor degree of education, followed by a master degree and a secondary school.
The report examines the possibilities and the challenges of transition from mobile learning to mo... more The report examines the possibilities and the challenges of transition from mobile learning to mobile research in different stages of education - from primary school through secondary school to university. Available sensors in modern smartphones are analysed. A classification of existing solutions for using smartphones as research devices has been made. The use of smartphones and mobile learning at different stages of education is also analysed. A study of the readiness of the students from the University of Ruse to engage in mobile research is conducted. At the end of this paper, relevant conclusions and recommendations for the use of mobile devices as research tools are made.
In recent years, university education is undergoing major changes regarding ways of teaching. It ... more In recent years, university education is undergoing major changes regarding ways of teaching. It must meet the emerging challenges and to adapt to them. Increasingly, in educational institutions and their educational levels are offered distance courses or Web-based training aids. Having a wide range of new technologies help realize innovative training methods, thereby expanding traditional. Mobile learning is one of these new innovative methods. One of the advantages of m-learning is that it is fixed on increasing the ability of students to organize themselves their training. Through this kind of training they have the opportunity to learn, using their own mobile devices, anytime and anywhere. Mobile learning is extremely flexible, as is practically available. It opens new opportunities for students who otherwise could not participate in the traditional learning process for one or another reason. Mobility enables students to be in contact with their peers, teachers and educational r...
Modern training in digital signal processing requires specialized laboratories with proper equipm... more Modern training in digital signal processing requires specialized laboratories with proper equipment. The construction and maintenance of such laboratories is practically difficult task. There is need of expensive equipment and the ability to flexibly configurable different devices. Consumers should be able to build different systems and to have full control over the devices. From this perspective, the traditional laboratories built with a fixed number of devices with limited options and certain software does not provide the necessary training flexibility. However, before conducting practical classes and research, students need to build relevant experimental arrangement. This requires time and, on the other hand, erroneous connections are possible, which can lead to equipment damage. Proposed solutions for virtual labs focus on reducing the cost of equipment. This report presents an approach to building a virtual laboratory for digital signal processing based on MATLAB and input-out...
This article aims to present a prototype of a 3D electrical substation simulator with realistic m... more This article aims to present a prototype of a 3D electrical substation simulator with realistic models. The following software tools were used: to build 3D models of the equipment - 3DS Max - 3D Design Software; for moving and simulating 3D models - Unity Game Engine; for more special logical tasks - JavaScript. Situations are the most common events and related manipulations in the electrical substations.
2020 7th International Conference on Energy Efficiency and Agricultural Engineering (EE&AE), 2020
The paper describes the development of a realistic simulator of a 20 kV substation for the traini... more The paper describes the development of a realistic simulator of a 20 kV substation for the training of personnel to work in the substations of the power supply systems. The implementation allows easy orientation and memorization of the sequence of actions that the learner should perform in the event of an emergency.
The paper describes an Android mobile application that uses GPS information to support the organi... more The paper describes an Android mobile application that uses GPS information to support the organization of educational process. The application locates the user and displays a map of the university campus with marked number of the closest building to the user. On the screen of mobile device detailed information about the classes in this building depending on the day of the week and the time is displayed also. The paper describes the main modules of the application and the results of its tests.
In this paper is presented web-portal for mobile learning, which is developed in the University o... more In this paper is presented web-portal for mobile learning, which is developed in the University of Ruse, Bulgaria. Among the typical characteristics for web-portal as a point of intersection for useful information on one place and users authentication, the Mobile Learning Web Portal includes also modules for mobile devices recognition, content adaptation and visualization.
The paper examines the opinion of 43 secondary school teachers from different schools in Bulgaria... more The paper examines the opinion of 43 secondary school teachers from different schools in Bulgaria about mobile learning. For the purposes of the investigation, a questionnaire was created and used. It includes questions about the respondents (gender, age, owned mobile devices and computers), as well as questions related to e-learning and mobile learning. An analysis of respondents' answers and relevant conclusions are presented.
In this paper a vision of the university of the future is introduced. The vision summarizes ideas... more In this paper a vision of the university of the future is introduced. The vision summarizes ideas and concepts that come as a result of long-term research and experience of the Centre of Innovative Educational Technologies at the University of Ruse. The vision outlines the evolution of the higher education as well as the roles and the future development of the physical against the virtual university and the traditional against the distance education. The new emerging skills of the academic staff are also discussed.
INTRODUCTION The traditional education is made in classrooms where the teacher presents the learn... more INTRODUCTION The traditional education is made in classrooms where the teacher presents the learning material to a group of students. The educational technology depends mainly of teacher and the students must physically participate in the learning process. Regardless of ...
Abstract: The mobile education became more popular and accessible worldwide. Today there is a big... more Abstract: The mobile education became more popular and accessible worldwide. Today there is a big variety of solutions for such systems. In this paper a general classification of existing mobile learning systems is made. A 3D visualisation of this classification according to three indicators of the usability is presented. It gives a possibility easy to take into account the differences in the implementation of the systems as well as their common characteristics. Key words: Mobile Learning, Education.
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Systems and Technologies and Workshop for PhD Students in Computing - CompSysTech '08, 2008
The paper presents Ruse University students’ point of view about using Android application develo... more The paper presents Ruse University students’ point of view about using Android application development environment MIT App Inventor in different levels of education. The research was done via the survey method. A questionnaire was made for the purpose. It consisted of 21 questions, merged in several parts: personal information about the respondent (age, gender, speciality, year of education, mobile devices possessed, programming skills and experience), students’ opinion about the qualities of the environment, its user-friendliness and which level of education it is most suitable for. The final part of the questionnaire included 2 open questions and the answers had to contain the advantages and disadvantages of MIT App Inventor compared to other programming environments. Within three consecutive years – 2016, 2017 and 2018 – a total number of 73 students (11 women and 62 men) from Computer Systems and Technologies master program were asked to answer the questions. The analysis of the results from all the three years shows that, according to Ruse University students, MIT App Inventor is most appropriate for use in a bachelor degree of education, followed by a master degree and a secondary school.
The report examines the possibilities and the challenges of transition from mobile learning to mo... more The report examines the possibilities and the challenges of transition from mobile learning to mobile research in different stages of education - from primary school through secondary school to university. Available sensors in modern smartphones are analysed. A classification of existing solutions for using smartphones as research devices has been made. The use of smartphones and mobile learning at different stages of education is also analysed. A study of the readiness of the students from the University of Ruse to engage in mobile research is conducted. At the end of this paper, relevant conclusions and recommendations for the use of mobile devices as research tools are made.
In recent years, university education is undergoing major changes regarding ways of teaching. It ... more In recent years, university education is undergoing major changes regarding ways of teaching. It must meet the emerging challenges and to adapt to them. Increasingly, in educational institutions and their educational levels are offered distance courses or Web-based training aids. Having a wide range of new technologies help realize innovative training methods, thereby expanding traditional. Mobile learning is one of these new innovative methods. One of the advantages of m-learning is that it is fixed on increasing the ability of students to organize themselves their training. Through this kind of training they have the opportunity to learn, using their own mobile devices, anytime and anywhere. Mobile learning is extremely flexible, as is practically available. It opens new opportunities for students who otherwise could not participate in the traditional learning process for one or another reason. Mobility enables students to be in contact with their peers, teachers and educational r...
Modern training in digital signal processing requires specialized laboratories with proper equipm... more Modern training in digital signal processing requires specialized laboratories with proper equipment. The construction and maintenance of such laboratories is practically difficult task. There is need of expensive equipment and the ability to flexibly configurable different devices. Consumers should be able to build different systems and to have full control over the devices. From this perspective, the traditional laboratories built with a fixed number of devices with limited options and certain software does not provide the necessary training flexibility. However, before conducting practical classes and research, students need to build relevant experimental arrangement. This requires time and, on the other hand, erroneous connections are possible, which can lead to equipment damage. Proposed solutions for virtual labs focus on reducing the cost of equipment. This report presents an approach to building a virtual laboratory for digital signal processing based on MATLAB and input-out...
This article aims to present a prototype of a 3D electrical substation simulator with realistic m... more This article aims to present a prototype of a 3D electrical substation simulator with realistic models. The following software tools were used: to build 3D models of the equipment - 3DS Max - 3D Design Software; for moving and simulating 3D models - Unity Game Engine; for more special logical tasks - JavaScript. Situations are the most common events and related manipulations in the electrical substations.
2020 7th International Conference on Energy Efficiency and Agricultural Engineering (EE&AE), 2020
The paper describes the development of a realistic simulator of a 20 kV substation for the traini... more The paper describes the development of a realistic simulator of a 20 kV substation for the training of personnel to work in the substations of the power supply systems. The implementation allows easy orientation and memorization of the sequence of actions that the learner should perform in the event of an emergency.
The paper describes an Android mobile application that uses GPS information to support the organi... more The paper describes an Android mobile application that uses GPS information to support the organization of educational process. The application locates the user and displays a map of the university campus with marked number of the closest building to the user. On the screen of mobile device detailed information about the classes in this building depending on the day of the week and the time is displayed also. The paper describes the main modules of the application and the results of its tests.
In this paper is presented web-portal for mobile learning, which is developed in the University o... more In this paper is presented web-portal for mobile learning, which is developed in the University of Ruse, Bulgaria. Among the typical characteristics for web-portal as a point of intersection for useful information on one place and users authentication, the Mobile Learning Web Portal includes also modules for mobile devices recognition, content adaptation and visualization.
The paper examines the opinion of 43 secondary school teachers from different schools in Bulgaria... more The paper examines the opinion of 43 secondary school teachers from different schools in Bulgaria about mobile learning. For the purposes of the investigation, a questionnaire was created and used. It includes questions about the respondents (gender, age, owned mobile devices and computers), as well as questions related to e-learning and mobile learning. An analysis of respondents' answers and relevant conclusions are presented.
In this paper a vision of the university of the future is introduced. The vision summarizes ideas... more In this paper a vision of the university of the future is introduced. The vision summarizes ideas and concepts that come as a result of long-term research and experience of the Centre of Innovative Educational Technologies at the University of Ruse. The vision outlines the evolution of the higher education as well as the roles and the future development of the physical against the virtual university and the traditional against the distance education. The new emerging skills of the academic staff are also discussed.
INTRODUCTION The traditional education is made in classrooms where the teacher presents the learn... more INTRODUCTION The traditional education is made in classrooms where the teacher presents the learning material to a group of students. The educational technology depends mainly of teacher and the students must physically participate in the learning process. Regardless of ...
Abstract: The mobile education became more popular and accessible worldwide. Today there is a big... more Abstract: The mobile education became more popular and accessible worldwide. Today there is a big variety of solutions for such systems. In this paper a general classification of existing mobile learning systems is made. A 3D visualisation of this classification according to three indicators of the usability is presented. It gives a possibility easy to take into account the differences in the implementation of the systems as well as their common characteristics. Key words: Mobile Learning, Education.
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