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1889 - The first in Europe to have electric street-lighting 1718 - The first brewery on the territory of present Romania. 1823 – Janos Bolyai lays the foundations of the first non-Euclidian geometry in the world 1886 – First emergency service in Romania* and Hungary 1969 – First alphanumeric computer in Romania 1989 – First communism-free city in Romania 2002 – First tax payment system on the Internet in Romania 2013 - The Romanian city of Timisoara had the highest Internet download speed in the world Timisoara's Firsts
UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA TIMISOARA 2015 – the first MOOC (kind of) UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA TIMISOARA Unicampus.ro
OF PREUNIVERSITY TEACHERS O N L I N E TRAINING NEEDS OF PREUNIVERSITY TEACHERS To identify the ways in which preuniversity teachers use the online environment, we carried out a survey. It was distributed online to teachers we knew, to county inspectorates, and on FB groups or other forums. survey #P R E U N I V E R S IT Y
1 2 PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE TRAINING NEEDS The questionnaire was built on 2 dimensions: previous experience in using the online environment + training needs regarding how to use online tools. 1 2 PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE TRAINING NEEDS Using the online environment as space for learning and teaching
METHODOLOGY 87,1% 1 008 regions: mainly Banat and Moldova 12,9% - target population: preuniversity teachers - method: online questionnaire - data collection: nov-dec. 2016 regions: mainly Banat and Moldova place of residence: urban (66,7%), rural (33,3%) - level of education: high school (4%), BA (52,5%), MA (39,9%), PhD (3,7%) educational stage: preschool & primary school (31,6%), secondary school (33,5%), high school (31,2%), other (3,8%) - curriculum area: preschool, primary, language & communication, maths & science, sociology, arts, sports, technologies, career counseling 87,1% 1 008
YES NO 87,3% 13,7% Trend among Ro teachers who now accept that online education is desirable. Do you think that online learning could be an alternative to traditional learning?
Online documentation is general is the most widely used, followed closely by tutorials & specilized forums. Have you used the following so far in your professional (teaching / learning) activity? 1=small extent / 5=large extent
YES NO 97,5% 2,5% In the near future, do you intend to learn something new or to strengthen knowledge you already have?
TO WHAT EXTENT WOULD YOU USE THE FOLLOWING SOURCES TO SEARCH FOR NEW INFORMATION? 1=small extent / 5=large extent
ADVANTAGES 1=small extent / 5=large extent How do you rate the advantages of online courses identified by experts? 1=small extent / 5=large extent
DISADVANTAGES 1=small extent / 5=large extent Biggest disadvantage: credits/credentials/certificates. The others are not perceived as big drawbacks. 1=small extent / 5=large extent
Ro teachers need practical examples + specific applications for the subjects they teach! 1=în foarte mică măsură / 5=în foarte mare măsură To what extent do you believe you need training for the following aspects?
ND 1 - EASY ROU The results of t=our study also indicated that Ro teachers know little about MOOCs. We are designing some MOOCs according to the needs we have identified: OER, Online content, English.
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Thank you! Gabriela GROSSECK and Laura MALITA This work was supported by a grant of the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation CNCS – UEFISCDI, project project number PN-III-P3-3.1-PM-RO-MD-2016-0122 ROMOOC-Teachers‟ Continue Professional Training Through Development of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)