• DocumentCode
    2013298
  • Title

    Is it eLearning a viable solution in Romania?

  • Author

    Vasiu, Radu ; Robu, Nicolae ; Andone, Diana ; Bucos, Marian

  • Author_Institution
    Politehnica Univ. of Timisoara, Romania
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    5-8 July 2005
  • Firstpage
    995
  • Lastpage
    999
  • Abstract
    In recent years the higher education system in Romania has been through a series of transformations. These transformations reflects European tendencies but also the growth of the Romanian economy. The changes affect also distance education, which is the actual form of delivering several specializations, as off-campus solutions. The "Politehnica" University of Timisoara is at the avant-garde of these changes and promotes innovation in education. E-learning is seen as a further step in high-education delivery. But are the prospective students and the universities ready to take the challenge? And is it e-learning going to be a viable model for an International Masters degree in Multimedia? A study, which focuses on the historic and economic development, legislation, and ICT penetration, was conducted recently in order to answer these questions.
  • Keywords
    continuing education; distance learning; economics; educational computing; educational courses; multimedia computing; socio-economic effects; ICT; International Masters degree in Multimedia; Politehnica University of Timisoara; Romania; Romanian economy; distance education; e-learning; economic development; educational innovation; high-education delivery; higher education system; historic development; legislation; Continuing education; Distance learning; Electrical capacitance tomography; Electronic learning; Environmental economics; Europe; Government; Legislation; Licenses; Technological innovation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Learning Technologies, 2005. ICALT 2005. Fifth IEEE International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-2338-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICALT.2005.183
  • Filename
    1508879