Instructional software programs used in the Romanian higher education system

Abstract

The social and political framework from Romania and the new technological revolution issued a revolution in the Romanian education system. There were initiated new forms of education and new instruction fields. Software programs developments have realized the necessity to elaboration of useful applications for instruction, and the professors have perceived the necessity to use these applications for instruction process, both for the traditional education and distance education. This paper wants to make known the experience of the authors (teachers of a state university from Romania and a software engineer) about the utilization of two software applications, one of them is dedicated to distance instruction management, the other is dedicated to design and to realize the contents of online courses. The applications focus the role of the students in the education process with all their specifics features.