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  SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS IN A VIRTUAL COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

  The present study is focused on the social network analysis and its opportunities for identification and analysis of virtual social structures that emerge in the process of education. The social world and the relative position of the individual members and cliques within the social network is investigated and described, based on empirical data for ... The present study is focused on the social network analysis and its opportunities for identification and analysis of virtual social structures that emerge in the process of education. The social world and the relative position of the individual members and cliques within the social network is investigated and described, based on empirical data for online interactions (private messages and postings in course forums) between 901 actors (including 14 teachers, 2 administrators and 885 students) emerging in the learning environment of the elective course “Business communications in foreign language”. This can help in better understanding and managing of their behavior in the process of collaborative learning.

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  EVALUATION OF THE STUDENTS INFORMATION NEEDS IN “D. A. TSENOV” ACADEMY OF ECONOMICS

  Progress of society is in strong connection with generation, accumulation and sharing of knowledge. Leading role in this process should have the educational institutions. The quality of higher education is influenced by such factors as: the student’s potential, competence and motivation of the faculty, quality and quantity of the equipment. This ... Progress of society is in strong connection with generation, accumulation and sharing of knowledge. Leading role in this process should have the educational institutions. The quality of higher education is influenced by such factors as: the student’s potential, competence and motivation of the faculty, quality and quantity of the equipment. This study is focused on the third component, in particular, on the equipment of educational process with modern information technologies. Emphases in the study are two: (a) structuring the needs of internet resources of students in the D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics and (b) evaluating the potential spread of wireless internet among the student community. Results indicate that students are among the most active users of internet, mobile computers and wireless internet technologies. Students’ satisfaction with the internet resources, supplied in the Tsenov Academy of Economics is relatively low. The main recommendation for increasing the level of satisfaction is expanding the existing wireless internet network, thereby ensuring more reliable, more stable and faster data traffic.

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  SURVEY SYSTEM FOR THE STUDENTS’ SATISFACTION FROM THE EDUCATION QUALITY IN “D. A. TSENOV” ACADEMY OF ECONOMICS, SVISHTOV

  The necessity of the complete system for measurement, estimation and analysis of the students’ satisfaction of the quality of education in Tsenov Academy of Economics is dictated by the fact that only through the creation of reverse link with the students can the high school define the degree of completion of her goals and her main priorities. ... The necessity of the complete system for measurement, estimation and analysis of the students’ satisfaction of the quality of education in Tsenov Academy of Economics is dictated by the fact that only through the creation of reverse link with the students can the high school define the degree of completion of her goals and her main priorities. The students’ satisfaction is important indicator, which influences both the expectations and perceptions of the other students. After the satisfaction is measured and estimated it can serve as an indicator for the future students’ satisfaction and to major degree generates the students’ marks. The cycle of the students’ satisfaction can be represented as: expectations – performance – experience – perception and evaluation – expression and satisfaction – new expectations. The main goal of the project ¹37 at ISR at Tsenov academy of economics is to survey this problem by the creation of the unified system for the measurement, estimation and analysis of the students’ satisfaction from the quality of the education.