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Investigating Digital Storytelling Method in German as a Foreign Language Teaching

Author(s): Orhan Kaya,Aylin Tekiner Tolu / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2017

It is obvious that current students are interested in digital technology. As a result, it is inevitable not to make use of instructional technologies. Web 2.0 tools, one of which is digital storytelling tool, hold an important place in education. One can create his/her own story and narrate it digitally. Thus, digital storytelling is considered a recent student-centered learning method. There seems to be a scarcity of research both in Turkey and the world on German language education and digital technology. This case study investigated the digital storytelling method in an Anatolian High School in southeast part of Turkey. With 97 student participants, this study results revealed that digital storytelling method increased student motivation and enhanced language and computer skills. This study showed that digital storytelling method can easily be applied in Turkish context and it promotes foreign language education. Based on the study results, pedagogical implications and suggestions were provided for teachers, teacher trainers, and researchers.

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The Use of Quizlet Flashcard Software and Its Effects on Vocabulary Learning

Author(s): Yağmur Ersoy Özer,Zeynep Koçoğlu / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2017

The main goal of this paper is to investigate the effect of two vocabulary learning approaches: 1) Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL) with a computer-based flashcards program, Quizlet, 2) Keeping vocabulary notebooks on high school EFL learners’ vocabulary learning. The vocabulary targeted for the study is determined from three sequential units of the textbook. The units are selected randomly considering the starting date of the study. Eighty-nine students in four beginner EFL classes were assigned as control or treatment groups. The flashcard software program (Quizlet) and paper-based vocabulary notebook was implemented in two different classes over a week period. The remaining two classes were control groups following the same curriculum with the same materials without using Quizlet or keeping vocabulary notebooks. Vocabulary learning and recall was measured by pre, post and delayed post-tests of unannounced vocabulary tests including knowledge of orthography, grammar and use adapted from Laufer and Goldstein (2004) and, meaning and form, adapted from Webb (2009). Pre, post and delayed post-test scores were analyzed to evaluate the effectiveness of vocabulary learning and retention. The results show that there was no significant difference about vocabulary learning and recall among the groups. However, the improvements were observed between pre-test/ post-test and pre-test/ delayed post-test among control, Quizlet and vocabulary notebook groups.

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Digitalna infrastruktura nematerijalne kulturne baštine u Bosni i Hercegovini

Author(s): Jasmina Talam / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 2/2017

There are numerous institutions dealing with heritage which preserve cultural intangible heritage such as different documents, records from fieldworks and their accompanying documentation, written materials, original work of composers, photographs, drawings, old and rare magazines and books. One of the best methods of conservation, preservation of intangible cultural heritage is digitalization. Heritage institutions give preference to internal digitization for the purpose of documenting the material. This paper aims to present the digital infrastructure of the intangible cultural heritage in Bosnia and Herzegovina as an important source for ethno / musicological research.

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European Social Science History Conference (2020) – online (Lejda, Niderlandy), 24–27 marca 2021 r.

Author(s): Michał Gochna / Language(s): Polish Issue: 9/2021

Z powodu pandemii wirusa SARS-CoV-2 wiele zaplanowanych wydarzeń naukowych zostało w 2020 r. przełożonych na rok następny w nadziei, że liczba zachorowań spadnie i będą możliwe spotkania na żywo. Tak się jednak nie stało, a kolejne fale zakażeń z mniejszą lub większą intensywnością destabilizowały spotkania naukowe.

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Local History Research Databases in Latvian Public Libraries

Author(s): Zinta Haļzova / Language(s): English Issue: XII/2022

The paper analyzes the collections and databases of the online local history research created by Latvian public libraries, as well as describes the content of the databases as well as available sources of information and its formats. The research base is websites of the main libraries of Latvia's regions and the digital local history research available online. The result of the research led to the conclusion that Latvian public libraries offer a wide range of online local history research resources and databases: local countyman databases and encyclopedia, libraries history materials, information about county, oral history collections: personal records and memory stories. The interviews can be evidenced in audio format. The full texts of the interviews have also been published. Several Latvian public libraries also offer a video format. It is concluded that the local history databases of Latvian public libraries store and provide unique information about the time, place, historical events and people in the region. The sources of oral history included in the local history databases in the collections of Latvian public libraries are an important part of the historical heritage.

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Virtual Walk in the Church of Nativity in Arbanasi

Author(s): Zsolt László Márkus,Tibor Szkaliczki,György Szántó,Miklós Veres,Zsolt Weisz,Detelin Luchev,Desislava Paneva-Marinova,Maxim Goynov,Radoslav Pavlov,Lilia Pavlova / Language(s): English Issue: XII/2022

The paper presents the special features of the virtual walk developed in Bul-garian - Hungarian co-operation for the famous Bulgarian church named as Church of Nativity in Arbanasi. The virtual walk is created from high-resolution interactive spherical panorama pictures. The virtual walk is inte-grated with the Bulgarian Iconographical Digital Library, a rich repository of Bulgarian icons.

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Visual Emotion Recognition Using Deep Neural Networks

Author(s): Alexander I. Iliev,Ameya Mote / Language(s): English Issue: XII/2022

It has been proven historically how important feelings and expressions are. They form an important role in communications between individuals of different culture. In the present day, Globalization has led to exchange of vast number of ideas among people on Earth. This gives rise to a unique challenge of identifying what the person in front is speaking about and formulate opinions likewise. Failing to do that would often result in unfortunate consequences. This paper leads to make inroads in this field and provide a basis to other future researchers. We took images from a preexisting video dataset and recognize the emotions behind it. Through a series of experiments, a final neural network model was created which gave an accuracy of 88%.

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Delivering Personalized Content to Open-air Museum Visitors Using Geofencing

Author(s): Rosen Ivanov,Victoria Velkova / Language(s): English Issue: XII/2022

This paper presents the architecture and implementation of a service that delivers personalized content to open-air museum visitors. The service uses push notifications to deliver this content. Notifications can be delivered to all visitors or personalized - to a group of visitors or to a specific visitor. The service segments museum visitors according to their location and their pro-file, which is built dynamically over time. For the geospatial segmentation of visitors, geofencing is used - each visitor is assigned to a segment that corresponds to a specific geographic area - part of an open space or exhibit. The service allows localization of visitors by their GPS coordinates or by estimating their distance from Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons. The geofences are described as a polygons or circles. Geospatial segmentation is implemented using a NoSQL database MongoDB, which has built-in capabilities for working with geospatial queries. Depending on the profile, each visitor falls into one or several segments: professional researcher, non-professional researcher, inspiration seeker, casual visitor, and visitors with disabilities. For each visitor, personalized content is delivered, depending on the segments to which the visitor is assigned. The necessary experiments have been conduct-ed and analyzed to prove the applicability of the service for real-time delivery of personalized content.

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Mobile Presentation of the War History of the City of Niš

Author(s): Dušan Tatić / Language(s): English Issue: XII/2022

Contemporary visitors of a historical and tourist site expect access to quick information about different subjects according to their interests. Unfortunately, billboards and plates near monuments usually do not provide enough in-formation that can satisfy the visitors’ needs. However, mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones with appropriate software solutions can help visitors get the information in an appropriate manner. In this paper, we present two ways of providing information such as a web application with the usage of QR codes, and a purposely developed application for mobile devices implemented by using augmented reality technologies. We compare both these solutions and discuss their advantages and possible drawbacks. The application of these two approaches of using information technologies in representing national historical heritage are illustrated by concrete examples of their implementation in the city of Niš. By using these applications, visitors are in-formed about the war history of Niš, a city that was occupied many times and by many conquerors in its millennia-long history.

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Methods and Models for Building an Interface for Digital Information Infra-structure Smart Gallery

Author(s): Stanislav Simeonov,Ekaterina Gospodinova / Language(s): English Issue: XII/2022

This paper aims to demonstrate some solutions of a new method for constructing modal interfaces for information structure of a smart Gallery, which allows using the context-oriented calculations and subject-oriented knowledge base to offer the user the most suitable interface, based on avail-able resources, situations, context, preferences and constraints. The developed foundations are based on subject-oriented knowledge bases.

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Efficacy of Application of an Electronic Archive in the Rehabilitation Field: Education and Digital Testing of Professional Competencies of Learners

Author(s): Radoslav R. Yoshinov,Ivet B. Koleva,Borislav R. Yoshinov / Language(s): English Issue: XII/2022

Objective: Evaluation of the efficacy of application of an electronic archive in the rehabilitation field – through digital testing of obtained professional competencies of learners. Design: Comparison of results of traditional education and electronic learning, based on an electronic archive. Results: We observed significant amelioration of professional competencies of learners of the experimental group and satisfaction of responders of the electronic archive and digital evaluation.

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Realization of a Collection of Digital Resources for Cultural Heritage Sites as a Basis for Formation of Skills and Competencies

Author(s): Stefka Kovacheva,Ludmila Dimitrova / Language(s): English Issue: XII/2022

We describe the web based application “Me and UNESCO” for the realization of the database “Bulgarian cultural and historical heritage under the protection of UNESCO”. It follows a learning strategy based on the Understanding by Design pedagogical approach. In a multimedia environment, study content is provided from Bulgarian cultural and historical heritage sites under the protection of UNESCO as a basis for formation of skills and competencies.

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Applying Ambient Characteristics, Personalization and Ontology Concepts to Tourist Guide Route Generation

Author(s): Georgi Kostadinov,Kristian Milev,Stefan Staynov,Asya Stoyanova-Doycheva / Language(s): English Issue: XII/2022

Assisting tourists by guiding them on their trip is neither a new, nor a trivial topic. People have different considerations when choosing which objects to visit while on tour. There is plenty of factors that could influence their choice and the more of those dynamic characteristics and related circumstances the algorithms support, the more valuable they are.

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Concept for Use of Consumer Mobile Devices and Smart Applications for Preservation of Cultural Heritage

Author(s): Daniela Pavlova / Language(s): English Issue: XII/2022

One of the challenges to the digitalisation and preservation of the cultural heritage is the need for expert human labour and specialized hard-ware/software. With the advent of sophisticated personal smart mobile de-vices and applications, we expect that soon every citizen will be able to participate and contribute to this process.

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Accessibility Challenges with CAPTCHA Services in Digital Libraries

Author(s): Todor Yordanov Todorov,Galina Todorova Bogdanova,Nikolay Noev / Language(s): English Issue: XII/2022

In the paper are discussed security problems related to online digital libraries and portals. Special attention is placed to one the methods to distinguish us-age of online digital libraries from non-human users. The approaches known under the abbreviation CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) are considered in the context of their accessibility to the users with different types of disabilities.

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Digitization of Cultural Heritage of Burgas Region, Bulgaria - Initiatives and Outcomes

Author(s): Yanislav Zhelev,Mariya Monova-Zheleva,Evgeniya Nikolova / Language(s): English Issue: XII/2022

The purpose of this article is to present some of the most significant initiatives related to the digitalization of tangible and intangible cultural heritage of the Burgas region, Bulgaria. The described achievements and outcomes related to the digital promotion, presentation, and preservation of cultural heritage of the region in global and long-term perspectives are a result of the fruitful cooperation at the national and international level of experts in digitization from research institutes and organisations with faculty staff from higher education institutions and professionals from cultural and creative industry do-main from Bulgaria and abroad.

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Digitalization of Educational Materials and Establishment of Electronic Archive in the Rehabilitation Field

Author(s): Ivet B. Koleva,Borislav R. Yoshinov,Radoslav R. Yoshinov / Language(s): English Issue: XII/2022

Our objective is digitalization of educational materials and creation of an electronic archive of the theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the field of physical medicine. We prepared electronic books in different rehabilitation fields. A secondary task was to assess students’ and trainees’ opinion about e-learning, and efficacy of the application of this e-archive. The analysis of results of an online questionnaire demonstrates the satisfaction of our responders.

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An Approach to the Visual Presentation of Museum Artefacts

Author(s): Zhanina Dubarova-Kostadinova,Radovesta Stewart,Todor Kostadinov / Language(s): English Issue: XII/2022

The present work aims to create approaches for applying the means of digitalization in the design stage and selection of (graphic) design solutions in-tended for the needs of the preservation and dissemination of the cultural-historical heritage. In order to expand the applicability of the proposed approach, the emphasis is mainly on the moment of the exact selection of exhibits of a given type in order to use them to achieve the best presentation for various needs of the graphic, industrial, etc. design for a wide range of objects - artefacts from museum collections such as costumes, costumes, jewellery and the like. One of the possible options for achieving the goals of the present development envisages the use of artificial intelligence tools and modern approaches to image analysis. Aims and objectives - to study a method of analysis and evaluation of artefacts.

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The 13th National Information Day: Open Science, Open Data, Open Access, Bulgarian Open Science Cloud

Author(s): Peter L. Stanchev,Aneta Karaivanova,Yanita Zherkova,Hristiyaniya Klisarova,Radoslav Pavlov,Georgi Simeonov / Language(s): English Issue: XII/2022

The paper gives an overview the current landscape and the activities on national and institutional level regarding Open Science, Open Access to scientific information, Open Data and the overall development of the Bulgarian Open Science Cloud.

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Workshop on Approaches, Models and Tools for Digitization of Specific Ethnographic Objects

Author(s): Yanislav Zhelev,Mariya Monova-Zheleva,Evgeniya Nikolova / Language(s): English Issue: XII/2022

The workshop on Approaches, Models and Tools for Digitization of Specific Ethnographic Objects presents the main outcomes of the international project Europe Ritual Cuisine – Digital Presentation and Preservation (EURICA), funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ Programme KA2 Strategic Partnerships. The workshop outlines the proposed methodology and model for digital presentation, preservation and promotion of the ritual recipes as specific ethnographic objects and presents the developed online training resources.

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