SMART SPECIALISATION CONCEPT APPLICATION IN UNIVERSITIES: E-BUSINESS ONLINE STUDIES MODEL DEVELOPMENT

This paper discusses the Smart specialisation concept problems and challenges based on practice of Nordic and Baltic Higher Education Institutions. A particular focus of this research is devoted to the core understanding of the concept of Smart specialisation and its practical application for University level studies curriculum. EU Regional Cohesion Policy and other related EU policies play an important role to understand basic theoretical aspects for Smart specialisation. On the other hand, when specific case studies had been analysed in practice it is possible to see enormous variety of different misunderstandings of the matter. Even different study directions in the same University translate the Smart specialization terms mostly related to their individual study environments. As a result, it is possible to find in practice very different “Smart specialisation” concepts for technology, engineering, economics, IT and other study directions. As the research methodology/approach, the authors analyse the outcomes and challenges faced by different sets of case studies in Baltic and Nordic countries. Using EU, World Bank and other official national documents and publications, the authors explain the ways in which the Smart specialisation concept can be used in online learning environments. As an empirical research evidence there are analysed the outcomes from case studies - practical implementation of an online e-business study course jointly developed by 9 universities from Latvia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Estonia, Lithuania, Sweden and Denmark supported by e-business field experts from Balkan area universities. Because of still existing gaps in Smart specialisation theoretical framework, the “grounded theory” approach have to be used more intensively when new and advanced theories have been created from practical outcomes of specific case studies. To solve a problem of Smart specialisation concept different translations and applications, authors of this paper propose to construct the teaching methodology of Smart specialisation concept into two consecutive levels - primary, as a core theory unique for all educators and secondary, as specific applied theories for each specific study direction

ON THE EVOLUTION OF TERMINOLOGY FOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN ALBANIAN LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION

This paper aims to shine a little bit on the evolution of computer terminology in Albanian language. We live in a digital society and therefore education or communication through technology has become a necessity. Undoubtedly the rapid development of information technology in Albanian society has brought changes in its core problematic. Along with the development of technology was developed and terminology, whose system in different languages brought no little problems at different problematics, because main part of this terminology comes from English. Albanian language, as written language with the Latin alphabet was easier phonetic adoption of this terminology. But, lexicographers faced with different terminological difficulties, as the avoidance of synonymy, the issue of abbreviations, unification and standardization of the terminology in Albanian etc. What are the new challenges of Albanian in this digital world? Some of the issues that will be discussed in our paper are: What are some of the stages of terminology development in the Albanian language and which is the place of technological terminology throughout this nomenclature? How much is involved Albanian language in projects that are based on learning through technology? Did they help them to modernize the education system? How much and how will help customized computer terminology in Albanian? What are the new challenges of Albanian in this digital world

ON THE EVOLUTION OF TERMINOLOGY FOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN ALBANIAN LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION

This paper aims to shine a little bit on the evolution of computer terminology in Albanian language. We live in a digital society and therefore education or communication through technology has become a necessity. Undoubtedly the rapid development of information technology in Albanian society has brought changes in its core problematic. Along with the development of technology was developed and terminology, whose system in different languages brought no little problems at different problematics, because main part of this terminology comes from English. Albanian language, as written language with the Latin alphabet was easier phonetic adoption of this terminology. But, lexicographers faced with different terminological difficulties, as the avoidance of synonymy, the issue of abbreviations, unification and standardization of the terminology in Albanian etc. What are the new challenges of Albanian in this digital world? Some of the issues that will be discussed in our paper are: What are some of the stages of terminology development in the Albanian language and which is the place of technological terminology throughout this nomenclature? How much is involved Albanian language in projects that are based on learning through technology? Did they help them to modernize the education system? How much and how will help customized computer terminology in Albanian? What are the new challenges of Albanian in this digital world

Internet u obrazovnome sustavu

In recent years, internet use have been transformed into an activity that is increasingly popular for the young people. They can make the internet part of their lives, intertwining it with the social, emotional and spiritual one. There is a growing number of studies that try to find the positive and negative aspects of the internet use. Our overall interest in this research is to explore the positive and negative effects of internet use on the educational system, as one of the main factor of the youth culture. A positive example could be that access to much more information has brough more sophistication and awarness in the educational process of young people; on the other hand this prevalence of internet have intensified psychological and cognitive problems, changed cultural norms governing traditional events such as funeral mourning, incited new kinds of fears, and have also been used by marketers to aggressively target these same young people for financial gain. From a systematic review of the recent literature, we find conclusive evidence regarding different factors that influence the learning process and the educational system in general.Posljednjih je godina uporaba interneta postala aktivnost koja je znatno popularna među mladim ljudima. Internet je postao dijelom njihova života, isprepleten skupa s društvenim, emocionalnim i duhovnim životom. Raste broj studija koji se bave pozitivnim i negativnim aspektima uporabe interneta. Istraživački je interes rada istražiti pozitivne i negativne učinke uporabe interneta na odgojno-obrazovni sustav, kao jedan od glavnih čimbenika kulture mladih. Pozitivno je što pristup informacijama donosi i više sofisticiranosti i svijesti u odgojno-obrazovnome procesu mladih ljudi; s druge strane rasprostranjenost interneta povećala je psihološke i kognitivne probleme, promijenila kulturne norme koje upravljaju tradicionalnim događajima poput karmina, novim vrstama strahova, i koje koriste trgovci kako bi iskoristili financijsku korist od mladih ljudi. Iz sustavne analize recentne literature zaključujemo o različitim čimbenicima koji utječu na proces učenja i odgojno-obrazovni sustav općenito

On the role of GIS technology in Geospatial Education (QGIS vs ARGIS)

In the teaching of modeling concepts and spatial analysis, a major role play technologies and software. Anyhow main aim at the education is the teaching of concept independently on what kind of technologies and software will be used. The latter might be grouped in two categories: the commercial software and Open Source software. In this article emphasises the role of GIS technologies at the process of teaching and it is fulfilled an analysis advantages adn disadvantages between both software: commercial software ArcGis, and so called “Open Source” QuantumGis. Taking in to consideration the financial possibility of the educational institutions and also the complexity of its functionalities, it suggests that Qgis might be an acceptable alternative at the process of teaching and the practice at GIS lab

The moving object reflected under Matlab test-bench (Simulation model through buit-in functions)

Digital image processing is an area that finds many applications in three-dimensional graphics. One of the subjects considered in image processing is detection of moving objects. In this paper, we have analyzed the performance of an algorithm that detects a moving object. The performance relates to the speed of moving object during a pre-determined time interval. The methodology supports Matlab integrated with built-in functions. Specifically, as input of the simulation model is a video material containing moving objects. The model reads a video file presenting moving objects; after the model is executed in Matlab, the output emits moving objects associated to selections moving accordingly with moving objects. The performance analysis consists on tracking the people/objects from the colored markers as accurately as possible. This simulation serve for further research that lead to the generation of a practical product of detecting movable objects

Improvement of Gender Recognition using the Cosfire Filter Framework (Simulations Platform of Shape-Preserving Regression – PCHIP)

Biometrics is evolving every day more and more in technical sense and consequently faces with further challenges that become sharper. One of these challenges of is gender recognition that finds very important and key applications. In this paper, we consider the gender recognition process implemented through the Cosfire filter applied through Viola-Jones algorithm and simulated through the Matlab platform. Objective of this paper is improving the execution of gender recognition. The database contains 237 images of 128 to 128 pixels, where 128 are males and 109 are females. For each of them, gender recognition is performed by applying current and improved Viola-Jones algorithm and execution time for each of them is measured. Consequently, it is noticed that the execution time in the case of modified algorithm is lower than the first version. The change consists in intervening in recursive filtering by duplicating it. Furthermore, data obtained from both algorithms in question are processed through the Shape-Preserving Regression - PCHIP regression by giving respective equations and the coefficients of the determination and the respective residual plots performed by Matlab simulation test-bench. Recommendations can be issued in context of further execution time reduction of Viola-Jones algorithm applied on gender recognition

How to develop the critical use of the web: A practical example

Juveniles born after the year 2000 are defined as digital natives due to the ease with which they use the Web. They have, indeed, been able to constantly relate to digital tools since birth and have reached an optimum level of technical ability. Contemporary neuroscience highlights how new media have strongly conditioned the way in which learning takes place and modifies the time taken, styles used and how we understand and analyse the phenomena. Schools have the task, not only of raising awareness, but also that of the ethical and critical use of these media. This means that every student must understand that the Internet is a powerful tool, which provides information, opinions and thoughts, broadening its range to cover the whole world. The ethical use of the Web consists of the distribution of documented and non-confidential information, which respects the privacy and dignity of each single individual. In order to develop these skills, a simple yet extremely effective study unit in the scientific subjects was planned in two countries: in Italy and in Albania. A video was shown to the Italian pupils about tumours, while Albanian children were shown a video about iron. The pupils of both countries were asked to research the topic using the ‘WebQuest’ method, also to create a digital product (video, poster) which summarized the results obtained and to present the information both in English and their native language during a “Teen Conference” attended by a group of experts, their teachers and their peers. Furthermore, they were asked to reflect on the work done. The project was evaluated by a team of teachers. The activity was efficient because it brought into play many key skills and takes advantage of multiple methods

Problematic of learning for reading and writing in pre-school and first grade of pre-university education, through multimedia

The theme of this article treats the efforts of the authors, in their breadth of opinion for problematic of learning for reading and writing in pre-school and first grade of preuniversityeducation through multimedia. They present "a research study" regarding theimpact of ICT, including the possibility of implementing multimedia ABC, that is thoughtto accompany the new text of the ABC. It was conducted on the basis of two quantitative and qualitative methods and it is based also on the theories, studies and key findings thataddress the issue from the experiences of countries where it has become a multimedia implementation of ABC. The achievements of multimedia ABC in Albanian language, aswell as the contemporary literature, affect directly or indirectly on this issue. The groups ofinterest such as: the university lecturers of the profiles of the Albanian language /literatureand disciplines related ICT; Scientific & Professional Masters students of linguistics andof the areas of ICT, Teacher of Albanian language profiles, literature and ICT in preuniversity education for all its cycles; Teachers of elementary education, (in particularthose of the first class), kindergarten teachers who work with specific groups and preparefor the first grade, provide opportunities for specific results.The paper provides a reflection of the reality, together with a vision of exploring the nature of kindergarten children's and the first grade school children's under the focus of new technologies

STUDENTS’ATTITUDES TOWARD DISABILITY

Students’attitudes toward disability are important, because, young people, and, in ithis context, the students represent the future of the country and their attitudes toward disability affect the process of social integration of disabled people.For the realization of this study it is used the technique of questionaire. The measuring instrument is the SADP (Scale of Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons) scale to measure students’ attitudes. The questionnaire is fulfilled from students of the Faculty of Educational Sciences and Faculty of Economics. The paper aims to measure the mean attitude scores on the SADP scale of students of these faculties of the University “Luigj Gurakuqi” of Shkodër city. The aper aims, also, to analyze the impact of specific academic programme on mean SADP score of students. The data collected from the questionnaires was analyzed by means of the SPSS program, variant 20. It is used the analysis of variance Anova table and eta to examine the impact of specific academic programme on students’attitude toward disability.There are given the appropriate conclusions. The attitude of students of the Faculty of Educational Sciences and Faculty of Economics toward disability is favourable. The type of the specific academic programme doesn’t impact their attitude toward disability. The students have positive opinion about the capability of disable individuals to adjust to a life outside an institutional setting. The students think that disabled people should have the opportunity for gainful employment and that they should have equal employment opportunities. The students haven’t positive opinion about the integration of disabled children in schoool