Instruire asistata de calculator
Domenii de cercetare
Ne concentrăm asupra următoarele domenii de cercetare:
- Instruire IT asistata de calculator
- Rolul simțurilor și interactivității în învățarea programării calculatoarelor
- Vizualizări schematice și realiste ale algoritmilor
- Educație matematică asistată de calculator
- Aplicaţii IT în ştiinţele educaţiei
- Mediul de învățare AlgoRythmics
- Educație susținută de inteligența artificială și tehnologiile moderne
Membrii grupului de cercetare
- Kátai Zoltán
- Osztián Erika
- Iclănzan Dávid Andrei
- Nagy Zsuzsa
- Osztián Pálma Rozália
- Sántha Ágnes
- Máthé Szabolcs
- Tóth László
- Adorjáni Alpár Károly
- Elekes Rebeka
- Nágó Dániel
Instituțiile parteneri ale grupului de cercetare
- Universitatea „Eötvös Loránd”, Facultatea de Informatică, Budapesta, Ungaria, Dr. Zsakó László, Dr. Szabó László, Dr. Pusztai Kinga
- Universitatea din Debrețin, Facultatea de Informatică, Debrețin, Ungaria, Dr. Csernoch Mária
- Universitatea „Babeş -Bolyai”, Cluj-Napoca, România, Dr. Ionescu Klára, Drd. Vekov Géza, Drd. Lőrincz Beáta
Proiecte de cercetare finanțate
- „ALGO-RYTHMICS: Știință și artă fără frontiere etnice”, „Szülőföld-alap”, 2009-2010;
- „Un mediu de învățare electronic unificat, interactiv, multi-senzorial pentru dezvoltarea gândirii computaționale”, KPI, 2017-2018;
- Promovarea gândirii computaționale prin vizualizări algoritmice centrate pe om.
Vizite de cercetare
- CEEPUS (2016, Kátai Zoltán, Universitatea din Szeged)
- CEEPUS (2018, Kátai Zoltán, ELTE)
- Erasmus+ (2018, Kátai Zoltán, Universitatea din Szeged)
- Erasmus+ (2019, Kátai Zoltán, Universitatea din Debrețin)
- Erasmus+ (2019, Osztián Erika, Universitatea din Debrețin)
- Erasmus+ (2022, Kátai Zoltán, ELTE)
- Erasmus+ (2024, Kátai Zoltán, ELTE)
- Erasmus+ (2025, Kátai Zoltán, Universitatea din Debrețin)
- Bursa Collegium Talentum (2018-19, Osztián Erika; profesor îndrumător: Kátai Zoltán)
- Bursa Balassi (2019, Osztián Pálma; profesor îndrumător: Kátai Zoltán)
- Bursa Balassi (2020, Osztián Pálma; profesor îndrumător: Kátai Zoltán)
- Bursa Collegium Talentum (2021-22, Osztián Pálma; profesor îndrumător: Kátai Zoltán)
- Bursa Collegium Talentum (2022-23, Osztián Pálma; profesor îndrumător: Kátai Zoltán)
Conferințe
- (2021, A) International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS). Cracovia, Polonia
- (2020, B) Annual Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE). Uppsala, Suedia
- (2019, A) International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP). Sydney, Australia
- (2019) EdMedia + Innovate Learning. Amsterdam, Olanda
- (2017, 2018, 2023) International Conference on New Horizons in Education (INTE). Berlin, Germania; Paris, Franța, Roma, Italia
- (2022) International Conference on Paradigms of Computing, Communication and Data Sciences: PCCDS, Singapore
- (2023) (EDULEARN, Spania)
- (2023) Sociology of Education: Wellbeing and Resilience in the Times of Crisis, Warsaw, Poland
- (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) INFODIDACT. Zamárdi, Ungaria
- (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021) SzámOkt, Számítástechnika és Oktatás Konferencia. EMT, România
- (2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025) MathInfo, International Conference on Mathematics and Informatics. Sapientia EMTE, România
Publicații
- [Q1] Kátai, Z., Osztián, P. R., & Iclanzan, D. (2024). Enacting algorithms: Evolution of the algorythmics storytelling. Education and Information Technologies, 29, 19197–19228. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-024-12617-y
- [Q1] Katai, Z., & Iclanzan, D. (2023). Impact of instructor on-slide presence in synchronous e-learning. Education and Information Technologies, 28(3), 3089-3115.
- [Q1] Katai, Z., & Osztian, E. (2023). Learning computer algorithms through dynamic visualizations: Benefits of ‘AlgoRythmics’ videos. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 39(6), 2035-2046. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12864
- [A] Iclanzan, D., & Kátai, Z. (2023, June). A Framework for Effective Guided Mnemonic Journeys. In International Conference on Computational Science (pp. 751-765). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
- [Q2] Osztián, P., Kátai, Z., Sántha, Á., & Osztián, E. (2022) Investigating the AlgoRythmics YouTube channel: the Comment Term Frequency Comparison social media analytics method, Acta Univ. Sapientiae, Informatica, 14, 2, 273–301
- [Q1] Katai, Z., & Iclanzan, D. (2022). Impact of instructor on-slide presence in synchronous e-learning. Education and Information Technologies, 1-27.
- [Q2] Osztián, P., Kátai, Z., & Osztián, E. (2022).On the computational thinking and diagrammatic reasoning of first-year computer science and engineering students, Frontiers in Education, 693
- [Q2] Kátai, Z., & Osztián, E. (2022).Visualizing Algorithms: Schematic Computer Animations versus Realistic Dance Choreography Illustrations, Acta Polytechnica Hungarica, Vol. 19, No. 1
- Kátai, Z., (2021). Algorythmics: Technologically and artistically enhanced computer science education. Sciencia, Cluj Napoca
- [Q2] Kátai, Z., & Osztián, E. (2021). Improving AlgoRythmics Teaching-Learning Environment by Asking Questions. International Journal of Instruction, 14(2).
- [Q1] Kátai, Z., Osztián, E., & Lorincz, B. (2021). Investigating the computational thinking ability of young school students across grade levels in two different types of Romanian educational institutions. New Approaches in Educational Research. In press.
- [A] Iclanzan, D., & Kátai, Z. (2021). Increasing the impact of teacher presence in online lectures. In 2021 International Conference on Computational Science. Krakow, Poland.
- [Q1] Katai, Z. (2020). Promoting computational thinking of both sciences-and humanities-oriented students: an instructional and motivational design perspective. Educational Technology Research and Development, 68(5), 2239-2261.
- [B] Osztián, P. R., Kátai, Z., & Osztián, E. (2020, October). Algorithm Visualization Environments: Degree of interactivity as an influence on student-learning. In 2020 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.
- [Q2] Harangus, K., & Kátai, Z. (2020). Computational Thinking in Secondary and Higher Education. Procedia Manufacturing, 46, 615-622.
- [A] Janosi-Rancz, K. T., Kátai, Z., & Iclanzan, D. (2019). Linking Formal and Informal Structures based on Members' E-mail Communication Patterns. Aust. J. Intell. Inf. Process. Syst., 17(1), 9-16.
- Nagy, E. J., Osztián, P. R., Cosma, C., Kátai, Z., & Osztián, E. (2019, June). Looking for the Optimal Interactivity Level in the AlgoRythmics Learning Environment. In EdMedia+ Innovate Learning (pp. 106-114). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
- [Q2] Harangus, K., & Kátai, Z. (2018). Algorithmic thinking vs. text comprehension. Procedia Manufacturing, 22, 1031-1037.
- [Q4] Kátai, Z. Osztián, E., Lőrincz, B.: The effect of multiple graphical rep-resentations on learning algoritms In: The online Journal of Educational Technology International Conference on New Horizons in Education, Paris, [814,819], 2018
- [Q4] Osztián, E., Kátai, Z., Vekov, G.: Multi dimensional expansion of algorythmics In: INTE International Conference on New Horizons in Education, IDEC International Distance Education Conference, ITICAL International Trends and Issues in Communication & Media Conference Proceedings Book Vol. 2 July 17 19, 2017, Berlin, Germany / Eds. Aytekin Işman, Ahmet Eskicumali, ASET, Sakarya , 701-706, 2017.
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