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This research aims to map out possible pedagogical strategies for improve the social relations of elderly in distance courses. Around the world are increasing the number of the old-aged people, at the same time the interest in courses of continued education. The distance education is the one of viable ways for the elders, because allow an increase of best quality of life based in their interests and...
In recent years, we have seen the appearance of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) allowing to spread knowledge on a large scale. These courses create learning opportunities, but also challenges in their design and implementation. This work presents a case study of the design of MOOCs in the health area, more specifically in the training on chronic pain. Principles and design methodologies are applied...
Social Media is a subject that is being very discussed in the present. The increasing availability of internet and the growth of Social Media platforms drove organizations attention to Opinion Mining and Sentiment Analysis. One of the most popular Social Media Platform is Facebook. In this Social Media Platform users/consumers can express their feelings with comments or with emotion buttons. With...
The hospital area is constantly in need of care and attention. Because of its urgencies, it has vulnerabilities and risks that hinder the quality of hospital management. Technological management tools are effective in improving processes and strategic administration because they provide information reliability. The aim of this work is to propose to the Brazilian Federal University Hospitals (FUH's)...
Games development can be considered a constantly evolving area that requires a considerable effort by the developers to create elements that capture the players' attention. Researches indicate that games can produce a high engagement, which indicate their potential as tools for education, training or awareness. Games designed with a primary purpose other than entertaining, such as the applications...
Distributed Software Development (DSD) has become a common approach for many organizations nowadays. This model of work enables better completive advantages, by reducing the overall development costs, shortening the time-to-market and enabling the access to professional resources in a global scale, among others. But there are challenges to be faced in DSD, and Team Motivation is an approach for dealing...
Modeling tools serve to guide and discipline the software development process during the design process. However, such tools are not fully explored from a functional point of view, either the complexity of the subject matter or the usability thereof. This study proposes to evaluate the use of three system modeling tools, through a study using students of the Postgraduate Program in Applied Informatics...
Competitive intelligence (CI) provides information, warning management of market important changes to empower organizations in terms of competitive advantages to navigate turbulent environment. In this paper we present the different phases that compose the CI, establishing a differentiation between various models. It is, also presented a conceptual model, which integrates the various previous studies...
Usability is one of the factors that determine the success of a system. To improve it is necessary to evaluate the interfaces using evaluation methods. Often the results of these evaluations are different when performed by different people, indicating lack of sistematicity and predictability of evaluation results. Questionnaires are methods used to collect opinions of the users about the usability...
The creation of Learning Spaces on the Web, like the exhibition rooms of virtual museums, supported by an ontology that enables a conceptual navigation over the learning objects exposed, is an hard and complex task but of uttermost importance for the success of the knowledge acquisition process. In our opinion, the creation must be systematic and reusable from case to case, based on the query of the...
At present, internet and social networks are most used by teenagers. New on-line conduct and preferences have been generated by positive and negative content and easily accessed in the web without any parenting control. The purpose of this paper is to recall most common risks for teenagers like inappropriate content, pornography, websites with malicious software, contact avoidance with unknown people...
The Integrated Reporting — IR acquires more relevance as a tool for the investor decision about the companies sustainability. An Integrated Reporting provides information concerning risk evaluation and potential future value growth. Therefore, influencing risk management and audit, leading to the need for new assurance frameworks to assure the compliance of integrated information. The motivation of...
OpenStreetMap is a collaborative mapping tool that was created in 2004 by computer student, Steve Coast. The initial idea of the project targeted mapping the United Kingdom region exclusively, however, researchers from other countries became interested and were added as well. Since thousands of users insert new data into the instrument, on an ongoing basis, the quality of that data raises concern...
Security is a real concern for the society and it is not different for software. Vulnerable applications can expose the users to multiple risks. Software disassembling is an interesting approach to discover vulnerabilities. Unmounting an application into Assembly code can reveal multiple characteristics from the software. During the disassembling, technical features can be revealed that enable the...
Programming education has been one of the most complex tasks in higher education over the years. One of the great difficulties that students face when they start a curricular unit linked to programming is to acquire skills which allow them solving real life problems through the use of algorithms. Such skills require the development of the ability to abstract as well as to apply algorithms development...
Given the justified increase in concern with information security and since auditors are simultaneously in a privileged position and responsibility towards it, this article is intended to demonstrate how CAATs can be used for analysing web servers access log files in a security context. Normally reserved to information security experts, this approach allows the non-technical auditor, using tools he...
The assessment methods used in the vast majority of virtual learning environments are not satisfactory for measuring student learning, many of which provide only tools that allow for summative assessment, thus providing incorrect information about learning. Many of these environments are not able to provide responses about student learning and do not provide activities that can be monitored by verifying...
Education professionals are always searching for new ways of promoting learning, either by modifying the pedagogical project of courses or by the adoption of new learning strategies. In particular, this paper presents the results of an effort in order to bridge the knowledge acquired by students within classroom in face-to-face classes with technical skills required in real life situations. The contribution...
This research aimed to apply statistical methods able to survey individuals group into subgroups with similar features on their skills with technology. The sample included the participation of teachers who responded to the online survey of semi-structured survey on the experiences of use and level of knowledge of technological tools to support education. The data collected were organized into tables...
The financial crisis and the growth of Information Technology have led companies to look for innovative ways to achieve knowledge in order to meet the demands of the market. This article presents a synthesis definition of characteristics and behaviors of the companies phase to risks, to design a tool of simulation of competitiveness that is an advantage for the managers. This research was based on...
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