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Programme

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Arrival of participants
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On Thursday, at 8pm, we can have a first dinner together at a restaurant.

Friday, September 19, 2014

Location: A01 Amphitheatre, West University of Timisoara
Address: 4 Vasile Parvan Avenue, Timisoara, Romania

8:30-09:00 Registration - West University Timisoara - the Hall of A01 Amphitheatre

Welcome talks
09:00-09:10: Madalin Octavian Bunoiu (Vice-rector of West University of Timisoara, Romania)
09:10-09:20: Bogdan Patrut (Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romania) and Carmen Holotescu (University "Politehnica" of Timisoara, Romania): SMART 2013 - from a challenge to a success
09:20-09:30 Diana Andone (Director eLearning Center, University Politehnica Timisoara, Romania) and Gabriela Grosseck (West University of Timisoara, Romania): SMART 2014 - dreams, expectations, hopes

Keynote speakers
09:30-10:00: Francesca D'Errico (Uninettuno University, Rome, Italy): Horizontal Political Media 2.0. Beyond the "Psychology of Crowd" toward a socio-political Empowerment of being "follower"
10:00-10:30: Vaclav Stetka (Charles University of Prague, Czech Republic): Social media and citizen participation: new challenges for research
10:30-11:00: Charlotte Holland (Dublin City University, Ireland) - Learning Analytics – Empowering learners within higher education
11:00-11:30: Tomaz Dezelan (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) - Political Communication and Social Media: Revolution or evolution?

Coffee break
11:30-12:00

Paper presentations
12:00-14:00

  1. Lenuta Ursachi, Elena Scutelnicu ("Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, Romania) - A synergetic approach to the information literacy and social media
  2. Alexandru Topirceanu, Dragos Tiselice, Mihai Udrescu (University Politehnica Timisoara, Romania) - The Fingerprint of Educational Platforms in Social Media: A Topological Study of Facebook Ego-Networks
  3. Dana Crăciun, Monica Oprescu, Mădălin Bunoiu (West University of Timișoara, Romania) - Facilitating a CLIL Approach for Science Education through Social Media
  4. Bogdan Nadolu (West University of Timisoara, Romania) - If the Facebook were a country. A sociological approach
  5. Alexandru Topirceanu, Cezar Fleseriu, Mihai Udrescu (University Politehnica Timisoara, Romania) - Gamified: An Effective and Innovative Approach to Student Motivation Using Gamification
  6. Mihaela Stoica (Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania) - Are we prepared for social media? Case study: Romania
  7. Ioan Vlaşin, Ciprian-Bogdan Chirila (University Politehnica Timisoara, Romania) - The model of a competence development platform for primary and middle school students
  8. Ciprian-Bogdan Chirila (University Politehnica Timisoara, Romania) - Towards generative learning objects on microblogging platforms

Lunch
14:00-15:00 (catering in the hall of the A01 amphiteatre)

Paper presentations
15:00-16:45

  1. Mariana Cernicova, Adina Palea (University Politehnica Timisoara, Romania) - Digital competences for PR specialists, seen through the lenses of online recruitment announcements. A view from Romania
  2. Simona Elena Varlan, Iulian Marius Furdu, Bogdan Patrut (Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romania) - Social Internet of Things within Virtual Organizations – the key to success?
  3. Iulian Furdu, Bogdan Patrut, Simona-Elena Varlan (Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacău, Bacău, Romania) - Mobile notifier tool to enhance communication within learning
  4. Bogdan Patrut, Monica Patrut, Simona Elena Varlan, Iulian Furdu (Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romania) - Analysing political blogs using Political Analyst
  5. Cosmin Tomozei, Florinela Floria (Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacău, Romania) - (Inter)culturality expressions. Construction of ethnicity within Blogosphere and Social Media
  6. Oana Barbu (West University of Timisoara, Romania) - Symbolic Communication in Social Media
  7. Diana Andone (Politehnica University Timisoara, Romania) - Social media in virtual mobilities
Coffee break
16:45-17:00

Books launches
17:00-17:30
  1. B. Patrut, M. Patrut, M. C. Missaglia, T. Dezelan, V. Stetka - Social Media in Politics: Case Studies on the Political Power of Social Media (Springer, 2014)
  2. C. Holotescu, G. Grosseck, A. Calvani, F. Bruni: Microblogging in Educational Settings - How Microblogging Platforms Can Be Used in Formal and Informal Education, AVM - Akademische Verlagsgemeinschaft München
  3. G. M. Dragomir, L.-L. Todorescu (eds.): Repere in evaluare, Editura de Vest, Timisoara

Round table / Free talks
17:30-18:30

Social Media in (Higher) Education. What's next? - moderators Gabriela Grosseck and Teodora Chicioreanu

Rount table
18:30-19:30

Taccle2 project: Teachers' Aid on Creating Content for Learning Environment - moderators Gabriela Grosseck & Laura Malita

Free time
19:30-20:00

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Gala dinner
20:00-23:00
It will be organized in Restaurant of Politehnica University Timisoara (Casa Politehnicii 1, Bd. Regele Ferdinand, No. 2 - near the Orthodox Cathedral). You can taste Recas wines and the Timisoreana beer.
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Saturday, September 20, 2014

Location: Senate Small Room, 1st floor, Rectorate Building of University Politehnica Timisoara
Address: Piata Victoriei Nr. 2, Timisoara, click here for info


Keynote speakers
09:00-09:25: Martin Ebner (Graz University of Technology, Austria) - Interaction in Mass Education
09:25-09:45 Sandra Hofhues (Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, Lake Constance, Germany), Ulrike Lucke (University of Potsdam, Germany), Gabi Reinmann (Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, Lake Constance, Germany), Mandy Schiefner-Rohs (Technical University in Kaiserslautern, Germany) - Inquiry-based learning and research-based teaching with (social) media

Paper presentations
09:45-11:15

  1. Jasmina Arsenijević (Pre-School Teacher Training College in Kikinda, Serbia), Milica Andevski (Faculty of Philosophy, Novi Sad, Serbia) - New Media Literacy in Educational Settings
  2. Anca Velicu (Institute of Sociology, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania) - Social media use in and for schools: a transnational perspective
  3. Ileana Rotaru (University of Resita, Romania) - Always on – a perspective on the teacher’s perception of the professional media competence
  4. Teodora Daniela Chicioreanu, Catalin Amza (Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania) - Are Teachers Ready for the Augmented Reality?
  5. Marco Arrigo, Giovanni Fulantelli, Davide Taibi (Institute for Educational Technology National Research Council of Italy Palermo, Italy) - A mobile environment to support learning activities in the Social Semantic Web
  6. Silviu Vert (University Politehnica Timisoara, Romania) - Linked Open Government Data for Smart City Applications
Coffee break
11:15-11:30

Paper presentations
11:30-14:15
  1. Carmen Holotescu (University Politehnica Timisoara, Romania), Giles Pepler (Sero Consulting Ltd, UK) - Opening up education in Romania
  2. P. Sagaya Aurelia (Faculty of Education, Beniwalid, Libya), Durai Raj (Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India), Omer Saleh (Faculty of Education, Beniwalid, Libya) - Interactive location based mobile augmented reality as a geo-tagged story telling medium for digital journalism
  3. Ligia Moga (Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania) - Social Media in Blended Learning
  4. Vlad Mihaescu (University Politehnica Timisoara, Romania) - MOOC Openness - Are MOOCs as Open as They Should Be?
  5. Alin Speriusi-Vlad (West University of Timisoara, Romania) - How much can Intellectual Property Rules limit the information freedom, the right to education, the freedom of expression, the right to privacy and other civil rights: the relevant case-laws of the supreme courts of the E.U. and U.S.
  6. Diana-Maria Cismaru, Denisa Tudor (National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania) - Social media as influence factors for collaborative innovation in organizations from the communication and PR field
  7. Marius Vasiluta Stefanescu (West University of Timisoara, Romania) - Challenges of implementing IT projects in SMEs in Timis County to increase the economic performance of the organization
  8. Augustin-Catalin Iapa (University Politehnica Timisoara, Romania) - MOOC and Learning Analytics: interaction and evolution
  9. Rafael Leucuta, Radu Vasiu, Mihai Onita (University Politehnica Timisoara, Romania) - Overview on the Techniques Used in Publishing Interactive Multimedia Materials
  10. Radu Vasiu, Diana Andone, Mugur Mocofan, Carmen Holotescu (Politehnica University Timisoara, Romania) - Using web 2.0 for higher education teacher training in Romania
Lunch (Restaurant of Politehnica University Timisoara (Casa Politehnicii 1, Bd. Regele Ferdinand, No.2 - near the Orthodox Cathedral))
14:15-15:15

Parallel events
15:15-21:00

A. Visit in Timisoara and trip in Timis county
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B. Virtual presentations
  1. Diana-Luiza Dumitriu (National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania) - The social media trigger beyond sport-related public debates: the emergence of the #Halepmania phenomenon
  2. Dijana Capeska Bogatinoska, Aleksandar Karadimce (University of Information Science and Technology “St. Paul the Apostle” Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia) - Hybrid mobile frameworks: An overview
  3. Dmytro Zubov (University of Information Science and Technology “St. Paul the Apostle”, Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia) - Global Scale Long-Term Forecasting System for Air Temperature Heat/Cold Waves’ Emergency Management: Internet’s Free Data Resources and Early Warning
  4. Antoanela Naaji, Anca Mustea, Cosmin Herman, Florica Faur, Cristina Mercea (“Vasile Goldis” Western University of Arad, Romania) - Acceptability of using social media in education compared with economic environment
  5. Carmen Violeta Popescu (Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romania) - Web 2.0 resources for teaching Matlab
  6. Costică Lupu (Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romania) - The efficiency of computer by Maple software, in the teaching and learning of geometry in space
  7. Mirela Danubianu, Adina Barala (“Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Romania) - Big Data vs. Data Mining for Social Media Analytics
  8. Dragoș – Cătălin Apostu (National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania) - BrainRomania: A Collaborative Network for Academics and Researchers
  9. Ilya Levin, Andrei Kojukhov (Tel Aviv University, Israel) - Key issue: Teacher’s Awareness Regarding “Network Learner”
  10. Ioana Herbei/Mot (West University of Timisoara, Romania) - Accounting policies used in financial reporting by large companies and SMEs
  11. Janeta Simona Weisz (Christian University ”Dimitrie Cantemir”, Timisoara, Romania) - The impact of social media tools in education. Case Study: Social Network Facebook
  12. Laura Diana Radu (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania) - Studying the social media initiatives in solving environmental problems
  13. Mircea Cricovean (West University of Timisoara, Romania) - Volunteering, an alternative source of indirect founding for religious establishments
  14. Nadia-Nicoleta Morăraşu, Luminița Drugă (Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romania) - Scholarly Identify Projections of Romanian humanities academics on social media platforms
  15. Niculae Sabin Mihai (University of Bucharest), Apostu Dragos Cătălin (National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania) - Using online tools and social networks in facilitating collaborative learning and learning management in the academic environment
  16. Oana Barbu (West University of Timisoara, Romania) - Symbolic Communication in Social Media
  17. Petronela Savin (Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacău, Romania) - Experiential education by digitalizing the live food patrimony
  18. Elena – Mădălina Vătămănescu (National University of Political Science and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania) - Facebok usage as a social documentation tool within the college admission procedure
  19. Raluca Silvia Ciochină (National School of Political Science and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania) - Capitalizing on Collective Intelligence in the 2.0 Digital Era: Insights in motivations and digital skills factors
  20. Sebastian Fitzek (National School of Political Sciences and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania) - Populism, modern propaganda techniques and effects of negative campaign on Facebook
  21. Roxana-Mihaela Sirbu (University Politehnica Timisoara, Timisoara, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania), Oana Ramona Lobont (West University of Timisoara, Romania) - The implications of social media on sustainable development in Romania
  22. Livia Ştefan (Institute for Computers ITC SA Bucharest, Romania), Dragoş Gheorghiu (National University of Arts, Bucharest, Romania) - 3D cyber-communities of learning. An immersive educational strategy for rural areas
  23. Virgil Stoica (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania) - A Model of E-Government Performance in the European Union
  24. Versavia Ancusa (University Politehnica Timisoara) - Complex Network-Based Word Analysis in Academic Inter-personal Communication. A Case Study
  25. Viorel Guliciuc (“Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Romania) - Philosophy in the Age of Social Networking
  26. Mirella Mioc, Mircea Stratulat (University Politehnica Timisoara, Romania) - Software simulation of a random navigation through web graph
  27. Carmen Holotescu (University Politehnica Timisoara, Romania), Gabriela Grosseck (West University of Timisoara, Romania), Liliana Cismariu (RD Profil Consult, Timisoara, Romania), Vladimir Cretu (University Politehnica Timisoara, Romania) - Working with Visual Impairment in Romanian universities. Designing for Social Media empowerment
  28. Maria A. Perifanou (Department of Italian Language and Literature, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece), Carmen Holotescu, Diana Andone (University Politehnica Timisoara, Romania), Gabriela Grosseck (West University of Timisoara, Romania) - Exploring OERs and MOOCs for Learning of EU Languages
  29. Florenta Toader, Dorina Gutu (National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania) - Voter Mobilization on Facebook. Data from the 2012 Romanian Parliamentary Elections and the 2014 Euro-parliamentary Elections
  30. Adrian Adascalitei (Technical "Gh. Asachi" University Iasi, Romania) - Teaching and Learning in Education Using ICT
  31. Malinka Ivanova (Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria), Carmen Holotescu (University Politehnica Timisoara, Romania) - Adopting a MOOC program
  32. A. Stefan, Ioana Stanescu (Advanced Technology Systems, Targoviste, Romania), Ion Roceanu ("Carol I" National Defence University, Romania) - Serious Game Design: the social perspective
  33. Ionela Carmen Bosoteanu (University "Petre Andrei" Iasi, Romania), Adrian Netedu (University "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" Iasi, Romania) - Political Communication in the Media and the Online Environment: Romanian Candidates in the European Elections
  34. Andrey Prokopenko (Н.S.Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine), Tatyana Oleinik (Н.S.Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine), Olena Leontieva (Н.S.Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine) - Formation of Information and Media Competence of Future Teachers in Educational Process of the Pedagogical University
  35. Monica Patrut (Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romania) - Twitter and the European Parliament elections in Romania
  36. Traian Botea (University Politehnica Timisoara, Romania), Liliana Cismariu (RD Profil Consult, Timisoara, Romania) - Social media channels in organizational communication
  37. Liliana Cismariu (RD Profil Consult, Timisoara, Romania), Antonius Stanciu, Loredana Stanciu (University Politehnica Timisoara, Romania), Νіcоlеta Rохana Pоіana (Rоmanіan Pѕyϲhоlоgіѕt Ϲоllеgіum, Romania) - Social media strategy used by entrepreneurs in the context of economic crisis
  38. Alexandra Zbuchea (National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania), Sabina Ștefănică (National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania) - Facebook supporting student-university relationship development
  39. Νіcоlеta Rохana Pоіana (Rоmanіan Pѕyϲhоlоgіѕt Ϲоllеgіum, Romania), Liliana Cismariu (RD Profil Consult, Timisoara, Romania) - Non-suicidal self-injury and the influence of social media regarding anonymity in answers. A comparative study between Belgium and Romania
  40. Aurelia Ciupe, Serban Meza, Aurel Vlaicu (Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania) - DidaTec LMS as a framework for task assignment through blended learning techniques
  41. Serban Meza, Bogdan Orza, Aurel Vlaicu (Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania) - Higher education teacher training and lifelong learning in the emerging social media driven society
  42. Catalin Radu ("Carol I" National Defence University, Romania) - Learning ecosystems and change in educational virtual environment

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Participants departure
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