DSpace Collection: Volume 11 Number 3-4
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Semantic-oriented Architectures and Use of Ontology for Organizing Adaptive Search in Digital Libraries
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Title: Semantic-oriented Architectures and Use of Ontology for Organizing Adaptive Search in Digital Libraries<br/><br/>Authors: Turnina, Albena<br/><br/>Abstract: Over time, the number of knowledge systems is growing and gaining popularity in various fields such as business, science, training, and etc. Their use has been particularly beneficial for the learning process. The use of a digital library is growing over time because the information stored and delivered is reliable, structured and ready to use. Learners not always have necessary knowledge and skills to search for information in a digital library, as their experience in the information space is limited. This necessitates the development of functionalities that facilitate the process of search in a digital library, like semantic-based search, multi-criteria search, contextual search, adaptive search, and etc. The article presents the architecture of a Functional Module for Adaptive Search in a digital library and its main components. The basic scheme of adaptive and customizable logic is also presented. The article ends with directions for future development of the architecture.ACM Computing Classification System (1998): H.3.7, K.3.1.Review of Policy Envisions and Requirements for STEM Teachers in Bulgaria
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Title: Review of Policy Envisions and Requirements for STEM Teachers in Bulgaria<br/><br/>Authors: Nikolova, Nikolina; Mihnev, Pencho; Zafirova-Malcheva, Temenuzhka; Stefanova, Eliza; Stefanov, Krassen<br/><br/>Abstract: The article precents a review of the normative framework in Bulgaria related to the development of STEM teachers’ competences. It studies explicitly defined requirements: pedagogical, academic, administrative and communicative competences, as well as implicitly defined ones, integrated in National Educational Standards and students’ curricula: research, team work, ICT, work on a project, management of inquiry-based learning, etc.The authors identify dimensions and aspects of STEM teachers’ competences, set out the major issues for consideration in providing teachers’ training, and formulate six Key messages to providers of STEM teachers’ trainings and policy makers, related to forms, content, approaches and responsibilities of institutions.The goal of the research is for the results to be used in European computer-assisted blended learning teacher trainings. They provide requirements to the training design as well as to the software platforms for implementations of trainings.ACM Computing Classification System (1998): K.3.1.Towards Automatic Generation of Serious Maze Games for Education
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Title: Towards Automatic Generation of Serious Maze Games for Education<br/><br/>Authors: Bontchev, Boyan; Panayotova, Radina<br/><br/>Abstract: Serious games based on video mazes can be easily and effectively applied for learning purposes with the goal of facilitating technology-enhanced education. In order to practice game-based learning for various curriculums, educators need software platforms for automatized construction and flexible customization of such games. This article presents an open software platform named Maze Builder built on Unity 3D, which is especially designed for automatic generation and easy modification of maze video games. We discuss the maze game design process, the platform architecture and its data model, the results obtained from the performance tests, and a practical experiment conducted with teachers using the platform for generating maze games with educational tasks embedded into maze rooms. The initial results acquired from these experiments are very positive and encouraging with regard of the usability of the Maze Builder platform by domain specialists who are not IT professionals.ACM Computing Classification System (1998): D.2.6, D.2.10, K.8.0.Supporting European Energy Consumers through Gamification and Competence-based Learning
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Title: Supporting European Energy Consumers through Gamification and Competence-based Learning<br/><br/>Authors: Pancheva, Katina; Antonova, Albena; Stefanov, Krassen; Georgiev, Atanas; Mihnev, Pencho; Malcheva, Temenujka<br/><br/>Abstract: The European energy market liberalization strategy aims to assign a new role to consumers and end-users’ communities so that they can become active participants on the energy market. In this paper we present the project SOCIALENERGY, EU-funded under the H2020 program. This project aims to promote the EU energy market transformation policy and to deliver supporting instruments. By developing innovative ICT-based tools, the project consortium will empower the EU energy consumers to become more energy efficient and competent. Apart from presenting the advanced features of SOCIALENERGY multi-modular platform, we will highlight the importance of the novel competence-based education (CBE) framework to support educational activities and to promote creation of social communities in the energy efficiency domain.ACM Computing Classification System (1998): J.1, K.3.1, K.4.3, K.5.2.Design and Development of Metadata Editors: Datacentric and a User-centric Approaches
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Title: Design and Development of Metadata Editors: Datacentric and a User-centric Approaches<br/><br/>Authors: Boytchev, Pavel<br/><br/>Abstract: This paper presents the design and the development of two metadata editors for the RAGE project. The work is based on two conceptually different approaches. One of the editors follows a data-centric approach, while the other follows a user-centric one. Discussed are the design challenges, the internal structure and a comparison of both metadata editors.ACM Computing Classification System (1998): H.5.2, H.3.5, J.1, D.2.8.Preface
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Title: Preface<br/><br/>Authors: Stefanov, Krassen<br/><br/>Abstract: This special issue on Innovations in Education through ICT is the outcome of work carried out at the Centre of Information Society Technologies and the Department of Information Technologies, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia. It covers the main results obtained from the implementation of several international scientific projects funded by the European Commission (EC).