02201nas a2200193   4500008004100000245014800041210006900189300001300258520143500271100002101706700001901727700001501746700002201761700001901783700001501802700001401817700002001831856015601851       1998                        eng d00aResults and experience from the application of a common methodology for Users Requirements Specification in Distance Education using Telematics0 aResults and experience from the application of a common methodol  a 61 - 743 aThe cooperation of the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) and the Educational communities, is
recognised as a necessity that must result in the adaptation and tuning of the education processes in terms of
pedagogical methodologies, school infrastructure, human resources development and organisational restructuring, in
order to efficiently absorb and utilize technological developments. The ICT community has to realize the significance
of the users’ needs, the difficulties of the intervention to an old and traditional process. And the need to view their
technology applications not only as a technical exercise. The initial phases of the TRENDS project, which are
described in this paper, resulted in an agreed common methodology for carrying out the necessary investigation of
the user needs in secondary education. This methodology, which was followed more or less in all participating
countries, produced answers to questions concerning the role of the educators and their basic training, their
familiarity with technology, education policies from a trans-European perspective, the content, forms and aims of
further training, the distance training of teachers in the use of new technologies, the motives, incentives and
organisational schemes for enhancing re-education, the needs of the educational environment and technology-based
training, the needs of the educators in practical didactic methods, etc.1 aBouras, Christos1 aSpirakis, Paul1 aLampsas, P1 aTsakarissianos, G1 aGarofalakis, J1 aAntonis, K1 aKastis, N1 aKontogiannis, S  uhttp://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/results-and-experience-application-common-methodology-users-requirements-specification?language=el01631nas a2200205   4500008004100000245010300041210006900144260001700213300001300230520089300243100002101136700001901157700001501176700002201191700001901213700001501232700001401247700002001261856014401281       1997                        eng d00aConclusions on the Analysis of User Requirements concerning the use of ICT in the Didactic Process0 aConclusions on the Analysis of User Requirements concerning the   c14 - 19 June  a 13 - 183 aThe co-operation of the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)
and the Educational Society, is deemed necessary for the adaptation and tuning of the
didactic process in terms of pedagogical methodologies, school infrastructure, human
resources utilisation and organisational restructuring. The use of ICT in the classroom
should be viewed as a highly influencing tool that will support the educators’ effort for
interaction with their students, rather than as a technical exercise. The initial phases of the
TRENDS project, which are described in this paper, resulted in a widely accepted common
methodology, that complies with the international standards for determining the User
Requirements in the Secondary Education. The major results emerged from this survey are
presented here, as well as some common axes that deal with the application of ICT in the
didactic process.1 aBouras, Christos1 aSpirakis, Paul1 aLampsas, P1 aTsakarissianos, G1 aGarofalakis, J1 aAntonis, K1 aKastis, N1 aKontogiannis, S  uhttp://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/conclusions-analysis-user-requirements-concerning-use-ict-didactic-process?language=el02056nas a2200169   4500008004100000245007200041210006900113260001600182300001500198520143800213100002101651700002301672700001901695700002201714700001401736856013601750       1996                        eng d00aTRENDS: Training Educators through Networks and Distributed Systems0 aTRENDS Training Educators through Networks and Distributed Syste  c8 - 10 July  a 195 - 1993 aThe TRENDS project aims at the in-service, distance training of 2,400 school teachers in Secondary Education,
and the use of Information Technology and Telematics in the learning process, by six countries (Greece, Italy,
Spain, Portugal, France, and United Kingdom). The training process will be implemented by flexible and
distance learning methods, through the development and use of an in-service school-based training system,
which will be based on multimedia telematics and existing mature network technologies, and the establishment
and operation of a European Teacher’s Training Network, consisted of six interconnected National Sites
(Training Centre, schools and teachers per country). Each Training Centre in the Network will act as service
provider to the schools and the teachers. The major aspect of the project is to provide the educator and their
trainers, with various services including : e-mail contact with other educators and trainers, access to multimedia
information, forums for the discussion and debate on educational projects, access to curriculum-related
information for the educators, and multimedia teletraining for the conduction of lessons over the network. Due
to the nature of the planned services and applications, the network infrastructure that will be used for the
realization of the TRENDS, must offer high speed, multicasting, trans-European interoperability and certified
quality of services.1 aBouras, Christos1 aKapoulas, Vaggelis1 aSpirakis, Paul1 aTsakarissianos, G1 aKastis, N  uhttp://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/trends-training-educators-through-networks-and-distributed-systems?language=el