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The efforts towards increasing the number of educated people should be prioritized in every society. Due to this influence university education has changed substantially but numerous problems still exist. Plenty of teachers implement into the instructional process self-study methods supported by information and communication technologies (ICT). Having undergone the initial period which was affected...
The study focuses on the relationship users of virtual worlds, such as Second Life, may or may not develop towards the avatar they use. A questionnaire was developed to collect both qualitative and quantitative data from students engaged in a university assignment that required them to use an avatar in Second Life. The findings are contextualized and discussed: The distinction between the avatar and...
Fast technical and technological development, globalization, the need for unlimited access to education for everybody — these were the most urgent reasons which resulted in education supported by information and communication technologies. This paper focuses on e-learning and related research activities within the Czech Republic. And further investigates the theory — and technology-led approach, terminology...
How do historic texts, computers, and Organizational Leadership and Supervision (OLS) students interconnect? As it turns out, the combination is very intriguing and the resulting project is noteworthy. This paper discusses a course project that required leadership students to analyze historical documents based on their own knowledge and understanding of leadership policies and practices to determine...
The study is one of the very few attempts to investigate antecedents and consequences of satisfaction with an Internet-based learning medium. By extending McKinney et al.'s (2002) web-customer satisfaction model, the research model postulates a positive link between overall satisfaction and intention to continue to use an ILM. Data collected from 504 undergraduate students are examined through the...
Open source software has dramatically reduced the cost of computing. Initiatives to replicate this cost reduction in educational software have initially been slow to take off. Here the development and release of open educational resources are considered and the problems of overcoming issues of shared copyright with, and liability of, the institution (i.e. university) are addressed. Solutions for the...
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