1. MOOCs for Teachers Professional Development -
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ICSEP 2017 Macao
6-8 May
a university challenge

2. - Twitter, Instagram, Slideshare etc. -
Laura MALITA
@lmalita
Gabriela GROSSECK
@ggrosseck
- Twitter, Instagram, Slideshare etc. -

5. TIMISOARA

6. 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 
The Romanian city of Timisoara had the highest Internet download speed in the world
Timisoara's Firsts

7. UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA TIMISOARA
2015 – the first MOOC (kind of)
UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA TIMISOARA
Unicampus.ro

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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?

12. 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

13. YES NO
97,5%
2,5%
In the near future, do you intend to learn something new or to strengthen knowledge you already have?

14. TO WHAT EXTENT WOULD YOU USE THE FOLLOWING SOURCES TO SEARCH FOR NEW INFORMATION?
1=small extent / 5=large extent

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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?

18. 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.

19. ND 1 - EASY
ROU

20. ROUND 1 - EASY

21. e m a i l novamooc@e-uvt.ro
west-university- timisoara.teachable.com
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22. 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 ROMOOC-Teachers‟ Continue Professional Training Through Development of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)