Annual General Assembly 2003 - Alexandria

Session 2 WGII

TIME Model - or - How to Integrate New Technology on Maritime Education and Training

Eliodor CONSTANTINESCU

Maritime University of Constanta
Str. Mircea 104, 8700 Constanta, Romania
E-mail: mirelcon@imc.ro gabiconro@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

Why It is well known that the conventional educational system, which has been employed for a long time, needs to be involved. According to the exigent of 21st century, we intend to present an improving higher learning model using the Technology as facilitator of quality maritime education.

What The TIME model (Technology In Maritime Education) includes the idea that Technology contains basic equipment operations and concepts, resources and tools for information literacy and content areas. The goal of this model is to work with teachers and trainers, on a side, and pre-service and in-service seafarers, on the other side, to improve various competency categories through the integration of Technology on maritime education. An assessment of present situation and a project for the future are also advanced. Technology is considerate like art and science, like skill and competence in order to support effectively the system-outcomes of maritime learners, the decision - making process, the leading of different economics departments, especially in maritime background.

How To develop this project it is necessary to identify the behavior of our maritime educational environment, in fact to define the straights and the weaknesses of the system. So, the first needs analysis determine what is common and what is unique in maritime education, in higher education context. From this start point we can define our mission, our strategy. The main TIME strategic directions are the components of the model: Principles of learning, applying and researching; Information processing; Content standards; Teacher knowledge and competence; Technology. In fact, Technology encompasses and permeates all the components of the TIME model that involve the interaction between its elements.

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