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eLSE 2009 - The 5th International Scientific Conference
”eLearning and Software for Education”, BUCHAREST, April 09-10, 2009http://adl.unap.ro/else2009/index.php 
TRENDS OF ELEARNING: LEARNING - KNOWLEDGE -DEVELOPMENT
Marin VLADA
∗
 Adrian ADĂSCĂLIłEI
∗∗
Radu JUGUREANU
∗∗
*
 Abstract 
: This paper presents several important topics that show the importance of learning and knowledge in the development of human society. Knowledge dependsupon the learning process.
 
 It shows that in the problem-solving processes requiredemonstrative thinking, a algorithms thinking.  It presents considerations on the futureof e-learning.
 Keywords:
e-Learning, knowledge, problem solving,
knowledge
representation,creativity, development 
I. INTRODUCTION
Computer Science (Informatics)
is characterized by the most spectacular evolutions of the impact on human activity.
Computer (Computer System)
 includes
technologies
of which man has never dreamt. Although at the beginningthe use of computer was regarded with reservation, nowadays most of the peopleare convinced by the performance and utility of computer in all activities. Today,starting from primary school children find out about the impact of computer intheir lives. Because of these reasons, the educational systems of many countriesare conceived to implement developing strategies oriented to computer utilization for both initialization and continuous
learning process
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.At the beginning of the 21st century it may be said that
information
and
knowledge
are found on the base of scientific, technological, economical, social,cultural processes/events. The economist
 Roger E. Bohn
shows that now it isimportant to understand technological knowledge, and more specific, the way of  producing goods and services. Knowledge depends upon the learning process. Itis worth reminding Bohn's concept "
 Learning is evolution of knowledge over time
"
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.
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M. Vlada and Al. Tugui,
The four waves of information technologies
, ICVL 2006
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R. E. Bohn, Measuring and Managing Technological Knowledge, 1998
 
„
Today’s pupils took part actively in transforming the IT labs inclassrooms, redefining IT as a support for teaching and the computer as a support for training. We are determine to involve the pupils more and more indeveloping their own knowledge as well as in the process of creating educational resources meant for future generations
”
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[Vision 2020 – HowPupils See the Future of Education].
II. SEI IT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM – ROMANIAN PROJECT
The IT Based Educational System (SEI) is a complex program initiated bythe Ministry of Education, Research and Innovation in 2001, aiming to offer ITC support for the Romanian education system
4
. The Program is implementedin partnership by the state administration (RMER) and the private sector. Themain companies involved in SEI implementation are the Romanian companySIVECO Romania SA, HP and IBM. SEI is aiming to provide all schools inRomania with complete IT solutions for use in the teaching/learning process
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.Also, the SEI program promotes IT&C in education through specific projectsdesigned both for administrative and educational purposes.The SEI Program offers new tools for use in schools, thus increasing thequality of the education process. It offers a substitute for expensive or dangerousinstruments and experiments by means of virtual counterparts. Within SEI.Program, the local, regional and country administration is provided withmanagerial and administrative support. The main components of the solutionare:
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Hardware (IT laboratories)
•
Learning, Content Management Solution (the AEL softwaresystem)
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Educational software and electronic educational content
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Teacher training
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Internet connectivity
.
 AeL – Teaching / Learning and Management System for MultimediaEducational Content. AeL is an integrated Learning and Content ManagementSystem developed by SIVECO aimed to support professors/tutors, students,content editors, administrative staff and other stakeholders in the learning process. AEL is qualified of management and delivery of various content typessuch as interactive multimedia, tutorials, exercises, simulations, educationalgames etc. Its powerful knowledge base, which acts as a content repository and
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R. Jugureanu, The 6th edition of the National Competition for Educational Software Cupa SIVECO 2008
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SEI educational portal, http://portal.edu.ro (romanian project)
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CNIV and ICVL Projects, www.cniv.ro (romanian project), www.icvl.eu (international project)
 
management solution, adaptive, configurable and searchable, allows first-timeusers to easily:
•
create content (built-in HTML editor, mathematical formulaeeditor, test editors and wizards, glossaries/dictionaries editor)
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import/export content from files, archives/folders of resources,standard packaging formats like SCORM and IMS
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adapt or modify content
•
derive their own courses from common content components.AEL as a multi-tier system - with a thin, web client connected to a Java based web and application server. It employs Enterprise Java Beans, Jdbc, Javaservlets, jsp-s, Java applets, and makes extensive use of XML. Considering theneed for content interoperability; the content packaging formats are based onXML and AEL implements support for standard content packaging andinteroperability formats like MathML, SCORM
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and IMS.
 Fig. 1. Sei educational portal (Siveco)The European IT Excellence 2008 awards promoted by the prestigious publication – IT Europa, rewards annually the most efficient software solutions designed for commercialand governmental organizations (Fig. 1). The quality of the implementation as well as theimpact of the SEI project (The IT-based Educational System) were the main reasons for which SIVECO Romania managed be successful in the European IT Excellence Awards 2008Gala, receiving a new and prestigious European recognition
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.
“The eLearning solution provided by SIVECO Romania for the country’sMinistry of Education Research and Youth is an excellent example of how todeploy a multimedia based content management system tailored for a dynamiceducational environment”
[ European IT Excellence Awards 2008]
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ADL, http://www.adlnet.gov/scorm/index.aspx
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Press Releases, www.siveco.ro
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John Chapman, awards organizer and Editorial Director of IT Europa
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