by Dr. Yan | Dec 22, 2021 | Civilization, Culture, Pedagogy
In informal conversations, the Bulgarians use “Merci” more often than “Благодаря (Blagodarya)” to say “Thanks”, and “Ciao” more often than “Довиждане (Dovizhdane)” to say “Bye”. In Italian,...
by Dr. Yan | Dec 19, 2021 | Culture, Pedagogy
The project topic in a project-based learning (PBL) course is important as it determines what skills are needed, if the students will be inspired to work on them, and what equipment should be prepared. I enjoyed seeing what the students have done for the touch-less...
by Dr. Yan | Dec 14, 2021 | Pedagogy
When I blogged about Accelerated Learning, proposed by a Bulgarian educator, Georgi Lozanov, on July 20, 2021 before I set foot in Bulgaria, I was only focusing on my agreement with his idea to create an immersive learning experience for the students to learn through...
by Dr. Yan | Oct 28, 2021 | Pedagogy
It’s been a month since my Project Based Learning (PBL) course started at TU-Sofia. The students are mostly from two programs (Industrial Engineering taught in English and Electronics) and they are from all year-standings from freshmen to seniors. The course...
by Dr. Yan | Sep 27, 2021 | Culture, Pedagogy
I can only speak for myself but I have to say that I am truly blown away by the kindness and professionalism of many Bulgarian when I need their help the most. I have mentioned it a few times before that my colleagues at TU-Sofia and the staff at the Fulbright...
by Dr. Yan | Sep 9, 2021 | Culture, History, Pedagogy
The 10th Automatics conference organized by TU-Sofia was during last weekend in Sozopol, a coastal town by the Black Sea. I left the Fulbright orientation in Sofia early and went to Sozopol to catch the latter part of the conference. Due to COVID, this conference had...
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