Abstract
The 4.0 revolution, the unprecedented AI advances, the cutting-edge technologies have irreversibly shaped the teaching, learning and research contexts to respond to the modern scholars’ and students’ needs and expectations. Interdisciplinary methods have become a requisite for Higher Education stakeholders and are likely to produce faster and more complex knowledge acquisition and research results. Using the literature review method, we set the general framework and highlight the advantages of blended approaches to engage and prepare students and support scholar endeavors. Our case study focuses on the challenges and opportunities arising from the collaborative research carried out within the ROTLA project – the transliteration of 19th century Romanian texts written in transitional (Cyrillic-Latin) alphabet using machine learning. Converting these documents into texts accessible to present day readership aligns with Europe’s digital decade and purpose to offer more innovative products and services especially to Generation Z characterized by technology attachment. The elaboration process of such applications allows teaching computer science students how to deal with enormous datasets processed to retrieve various information, how to integrate digital resources and technologies, or how to turn available information into ready-to-use data formats while familiarizing them with the Romanian language history. To history, linguistics, or translation studies students, it provides a hands-on experience encouraging the attainment of linguistic and IT skills. The outcome presents clear benefits for scholars seeking information on the origins of a discipline and for libraries looking to pairing digital archives with innovative technologies to offer users immediate access to historical documents content.
Presenters
Simina FrincuAssistant Researcher, ICAM Institute for Advanced Environmental Studies, West University of Timisoara, Timis, Romania Manuela Zănescu
Deputy Director, Management, Central University Library "Eugen Todoran" , Timis, Romania
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
Education 4.0, Machine learning, Romanian transitional alphabet, Interdisciplinarity
