14 articles in this issue
Bogdan Patrut
TABLE OF CONTENTSArticles1. Prototyping 3D Virtual Learning Environments with X3D-based Content and Visualization Tools 6Livia Stefan (National University of Arts, Bucharest, Romania), Sorin Hermon (Cyprus Institute, Ni... see more
Victor Holotescu,Radu Vasiu,Diana Andone
During the last years, the worldwide education has been challenged and innovated by the online and blended learning approaches, and the openness towards Social Media (SM), Open Educational Resources (OERs) and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).Universit... see more
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Antonio Sandu,Elena Unguru
Neuroethics is an interdisciplinary field of research aimed at understanding the consciousness and the mind through the relationship between it and the brain's physical support. Among other things, the ethical perspective refers to the acceptability of th... see more
Maryam Zakian
The purpose of this study is to seek the possible relationship between the classroom management, critical thinking, and years of teaching experience of Iranian EFL teachers. A total of 85 teachers (50 female and 35 male) ranging in age from 20 to 38 and v... see more
Naeemeh Kharaghani
Learner differences in the field of second language acquisition could be studied from different perspectives. The reason lies in the fact that each individual is unique considering cognitive, affective and socio-cultural factors. One of the considerations... see more
Carlos Pelta
Adolescence is usually described as a period of search for sensations, great impulsivity, and risky behavior. How can this circumstance affect the intentional inference of adolescents who have to reconsider their intentions after performing a task? In thi... see more
Billy T. M. Wong
Mobile and ubiquitous learning has been a key focus in e-learning and practising broadly worldwide. Among the research publications in this area, a majority of them focused on evaluating the effectiveness of relevant practices and reported positive outcom... see more
Livia Stefan,Sorin Hermon,Marina Faka
Over the last decade, learning settings on SecondLife or OpenSimulator 3D online platforms are employed as a distance service by virtualizing educational spaces or even an entire university campus. To immerse and engage the learners in a 3D space, archite... see more
Ali Taghinezhad,Mohammad Javad Riasati,Ehsan Rassaei,Fatemeh Behjat
This study was intended to investigate the effectiveness of teaching critical thinking on students’ writing performance and their critical thinking dispositions. To this end, 140 students were selected. 73 students were assigned to the experimental group ... see more
Fahriye Altinay,Gokmen Dagli,Zehra Altinay
Information technology plays a great role to provide the importance of sharing, exchanging knowledge for the development of people and institutions. In this respect, it is crucial to underline the significance of information technology in personal and ins... see more
Huseyin Bicen,Erkan Bal,Pelin Gür,Zöhre Serttas
In this study, the aim is to determine the proficiency of special education teachers in terms of using instructional technologies in the TRNC. A total of 80 special education teachers from rehabilitation institutes in Famagusta, Kyrenia, and Nicosia parti... see more
Behcet Öznacar
The technology and innovations that it has provided have begun to show their effect on education too as in all other fields of life. Benefiting from the technological innovations in the field of education in developing world will increase students’ compli... see more
Carmen Holotescu,Gabriela Grosseck
A purpose of this paper is to present and discuss the status of Open Education (OE) in Romania, with a focus on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) initiatives in the country. Based on the Open Education activity research in Europe, we also highlight a nu... see more