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Programme

Thursday, June 6, 2013

08:00-20:00: Arrival of participants
20:00-21:00: Participants registration and welcome cocktail

Friday, June 7, 2013

07:00-09:00: Breakfast
09:00-09:30: Welcome talk (Dr Bogdan Patrut - Chair of SMART 2013)
09:30-10:00: Prof. Ilya Levin - Academic Education in Era of Digital Culture
10:00-10:30: Dr. Charlotte Holland - Learning 2.0 - Pedagogy and Social Media: A Critique of Pedagogical Models/ Approaches Deployed in the Infusion of Social Media in Higher Education
10:30-10:45: Coffee break
10:45-11:15: Prof. Gabriella Grosseck - New Job or a New Skill for Academia? How to be a Social Media Educational Archaeologist
11:15-11:45: Dr. Michael Nentwich - From Cyberscience to Cyberscience 2.0 and Beyond
11:45-13:00: Parallel events:

• Workshop: Issues of e-Education for Sustainable Development in Web 2.0 Era (moderator: Dr. Carmel Mulcahy, DCU, Ireland)
• Round table: Personal Learning Environments (moderator: Carmen Holotescu (Politehnica Univ. Timisoara, Romania) & Courtney Fay (Qatar Academy, Doha, Qatar)

13:00-14:30: Lunch
14:30-17:00: Papers presentations

1. René König (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) - CyberScience 2.0
2. Stoica Mihaela (Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania) - Universities in the Era of Web 2.0: Social Media Facilitating Improvement of Quality of Education
3. Azidah Abu Ziden, Muhammad Faizal Abdul Rahman (Universiti Sains Malaysia) - Exploring the use of Social Networking Media by Malaysian Higher Education Institutions
4. Livia Stefan (Institute for Computers ITC SA Bucharest, Romania) & Dragos Gheorghiu (National University of Arts, Bucharest, Romania) - Participative Teaching for Undergraduate Students with Mobile Devices and Social Networks
5. Minoo Alemi & Z. Lahri (Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran) - MALL, Vocabulary and Reading: a Case of university students
6. Diana Lupan (University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania), St. Bobocescu-Kesikis (University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania), Mihai Dascalu (University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania), St. Trausan-Matu (University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania) & Philippe Dessus (University Grenoble Alpes, LSE, France) - Predicting Readers' Emotional States Induced by News Articles through Latent Semantic Analysis
7. Tuomas Korkalainen, Markku Tähtinen, Robert Arpo, Anna-Maria Vilkuna (Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki, Finland) - Thesis Work in a Cloud Environment - Case PROksi
8. Mirela Danubianu (Stefan cel Mare Unversity of Suceava, Romania) - Big Data - A Chance to Change the Academic Scene?
9. Yue Man (Communication University of China, Beijing, China) - The Correct use of Communities Formed on the Basic of Social Media
10. Mircea Fuciu (Romanian-German University of Sibiu, Romania), M. D. Pop (Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania) & L. Dumitrescu (Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania) - Study on the usage of online social networks by high school students
11. Alexandra-Andreea Rusu, A. Serbanescu, R. Clondir & D. Popovici (National University of Arts Bucharest, Romania) - Social Media for Preserving Local Technological Traditions
12. Anca Gabriela Popa, D. Indolean, C. M. Campian & N. Chira (Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania) - Modern versus Traditional Teaching and Learning Methods in the Field of Civil Engineering
13. Sagaya Aurelia, Xavier Patrick Kishore, Omer Jomah & Amamer Khalil Masoud Ahmidat (Azzaytuna University, Baniwalid, Libya) - Adequacy of Mash-up Personal Learning Environments with Learning Methodologies
14. Ligia Moga (Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania) - Integrating Blended Learning in Higher Education
15. Alexandru Tugui (A. I. Cuza University of Iasi, Romania), Anamaria Siclovan (Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romania) - Social media interaction via cloud computing in Romania

17:00-17:10: Coffee break
17:10-18:50: Papers presentations

1. Minoo Alemi, S. Susan Marandi & Mohsen Alipour (Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran) - Effects of an Online Flash Card Activity on the Vocabulary Use among EAP Students
2. Daniela Popescul, Mircea Georgescu (A. I. Cuza University of Iasi, Romania) - Social Media – A New Challenge for the Personal Information and Knowledge Management
3. Georgeta Drula (University of Bucharest, Romania) - LINKEDIN as academic and professional network in communication field
4. Sabina Nicula (A. I. Cuza University of Iasi, Romania) – Studying the Meaning of the Social Media Incentives in the Academic Environment
5. Laura-Diana Radu (A. I. Cuza University of Iasi, Romania) - The Influence of Social Media on Green IT
6. Ioan Maxim & Tiberiu Socaciu (Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania) - Social Media Facilitaties in the Collaborative Learning
7. Sabin Corneliu Buraga (A. I. Cuza University of Iasi, Romania) - The Use, Reuse, and Abuse of Data in the Social Web Context
8. Mihai Stanislav Jalobeanu (Vasile Goldis West University of Arad, Romania) - From Web-based Teaching to Virtual Learning Environment and Towards Social Media Used in Education
9. Simona Elena Varlan (Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romania) - Semantic Web in Social Media
10. Viorel Guliciuc (Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania) - Is there a Link Between the Social Media and the Ancient Schools of Philosophy?

18:50-20:00: Free time
20:00-03:00: Gala dinner - will be organized in Dumbrava Restaurant - see here some pictures
Click here to learn about: Romanian wines: and Romanian food

Saturday, June 8, 2013

07:00-08:00: Breakfast
08:00-18:30: Excursion in Neamt & Harghita counties (Bicaz Lake, Bicaz Gorges & Red Lake) (including lunch, see here some pictures: )
18:30-22:00: Free time/participants depart

Sunday, June 9, 2013

07:00-09:00: Breakfast
09:00-09:30: Jonathan Bishop, Swansea University, UK - Preparing Higher Education for Digital Teens: The role of Classroom 2.0 and Gamification
09:30-10:00: Prof. Sandra Hofhues & Dr. Mandy Schiefner-Rohs - Education beyond Facebook. Critical Reflections at the Current Status of ICT in Higher Education
10:00-10:10: Coffee break
10:10-12:30: Virtual paper presentations

• Enhancing Educational Content through Existential Psychology to Improve Learning Outcomes by Barati Jozan M. M., Taghiyareh Fattaneh Taghiyareh Fatemeh, Tehran, Iran
• Entrepreneurship by E-learning for Adults by Tiron-Tudor A., Cardoș V.D., Cardoș I.R., Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• How Much Facebook is on Romania Academics? by Nadolu, Ioana Delia, Nadolu Bogdan, Timisoara, Romania
• Informal Learning - An Environment for Developing Key Competencies Needed in Lifelong Learning by Vatuiu, T., Udrica, M., Bucharest, Romania
• Online Communication Processes of the European Commission on Twitter: A Netnographic Approach by Manolache, Madalina, Epuran, Gheorghe, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania
• A Survey on the Use of Social Networks by Digital Native Students by Consoli, Domenico, Fano, Italy
• The Importance of Student's Knowledge Improvement in E-learning and Professional Carrier's Management by Moga, Radu A., Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• The Influence of Social Media on Green IT by Radu, L.D., Iasi, Romania
• Virtual Networks of Urban Exploration: The New “Readings” of the City by Matache, Andreea, Bucharest, Romania
• Social Media and the Digital Immigrants in a Net-Gen World by Popescu, Maria Magdalena, Bucharest, Romania
• “E” Technology, a Way to Increase Quality in Higher Education by Curtean M.N., Dumitran M., Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Is There a Connection Between Social Media and the Ancient Schools of Philosophy? by Guliciuc V., Lenta O., Suceava, Romania
• M-learning and Social Media in the Professional Development of Teachers by Jeder Daniela, Suceava, Romania
• Modern versus Traditional Teaching and Learning Methods in the Field of Civil Engineering by Popa A. G., Indolean D., Campian C. M., Chira N., Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Studying the Meaning of the Social Media Incentives in the Academic Environment by Necula S.C., Iasi, Romania
• Social Media Facilities in the Collaborative Learning by Maxim, I., Socaciu, I. T., Suceava, Romania
• Gender Differences in Higher Educational Virtual Learning Environment by Vasilescu, R., Epure, M., Niculae, R., Bucharest, Romania
• The Political Poster – An Advertising Tool on Facebook by Pătruţ, Monica, Manolache, Madalina, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania
• Connecting Social Media to CSR by Petrovici, Amalia, Bacau, Romania
• The Effect of Portfolio Assessment on Language Learning and Learner Autonomy by Irantaj, Giti, Tabriz, Iran
• Podcasting in Higher Education. A Brief Appraisal of the State of the Art by Popa, Ioan-Lucian, Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romania
• Video Sharing in Education: Advantages and Disadvantages by Pătruţ, Bogdan, Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau & EduSoft, Romania
• The Analysis of Parliamentary Faces during Election Campaigns: Case Study: Bacau, 2012 by Pătruţ Monica, Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romania

12:30-14:30: Lunch
14:30-16:30: Paralel events

• Round table: Romanian Education dealing with social virtual environments (in Romanian) (moderator: Prof. Mihai Jalobeanu)
• Team Building in Magura Aventura Park (5 km close to Bacau)

16:30-18:00: Bacau sightseeing