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The work presents our experience as designers, developers and administrators of an e-Learning system (LMS) used by the Faculty of Economics of the University of Trento. The system started its work in the late 90s and was then rewritten under the increasing need of the users to promote new more collaboration-oriented forms of teaching / learning, compared to traditional ones. Currently we are managing...
There are a number of internet-based models of learning in use by educationalists. Pedagogical approaches vary. Some reflect a traditional distance learning approach whilst others have been developed to embrace the use of Web 2.0 and build on the potential offered by state of the art technological tools. The exponential growth of the use of social networks and online communities offers the potential...
Based on existing researches about interaction analysis, this paper designs an interaction analysis coding system to study the level of knowledge construction in web-based interaction. Methods of content analysis and social network analysis are used to analyze the interaction content of a web class on Moodle, which provides a web-based learning platform for a national level excellent course named...
This paper is about a framework that would promote distance education in the Philippines. Its focus is on the development of reading comprehension among primary elementary school age Filipinos in the remote barrios where access to free education is not available. Modern technology such as mobile or satellite phones, solar power and internet will make this framework work in rural areas. Another important...
Virtual Learning Community provides a learning environment, which break through the constraints of time space in study. However, it still has the problem like lack of the virtual learning community participation and the life experience degrees etc. Currently, to construct a Web3D-based virtual learning community performs its feasibility. In this paper, through literature analyzes, it describes the...
According to the OECD classification of knowledge the study focus on the network learning process from the view of knowledge, dissemination intermediary and object. Proposed process-oriented rather than task-oriented open-learning process model and key variables, which Wish to provide ideas to construct open- learning environment.
E-learning has played an increasingly important role in supporting the economic and educational growth of industrialized nations. It also offers opportunities for developing nations to enhance their educational and economic development. There is growing demand for teachers who have the skills to prepare students to be successful in a technology-infused, knowledge-based society. E-learning can play...
With the ever-growing enthusiasm for new technological tools as a means to deliver instruction to everyone everywhere, it seems that the past promises regarding Online Distance Education (ODE) are coming to fruition. But the present socio-economic situation occurring in the western world could have a greater impact on future ODE development than the sole popularity of the Internet or other pedagogical...
This work illustrates the methodological approach followed in the Province of Orellana, Eastern Ecuador, for the realization of a telecommunication network infrastructure between the capital of the Province, the city of Puerto Francisco de Orellana (also known as El Coca), and some peripheral communities located in the surrounding of the tropical moist forest. The project has been implemented in one...
The keyword which describes in the most effective way Twenty-first century Higher education is suggested by Daniel et al. (2009) and it is ??expansion??. More and more people will invest in their own education and in this process higher education is on the front line. The need for education and training, though, cannot be generic, what nowadays society wants cannot be identified in static knowledge...
We have developed and deployed T-Buddy system which is a social networking platform that significantly enhances the students' comprehension of the class material by promoting collaborative learning outside the classroom setting. T-Buddy system includes an online forum for posting comments on specific research topics posted by the students as well as a socializing medium that allows students to add...
Blog presents some real advantages and opportunities for collaboration and communication. Collaborative learning , as an important principle in constructivist learning theory, is an important instruction mode for open and distance learning systems. Under the direction of the constructivist learning , a constructivist collaborative learning system based on blog is proposed in this paper. The system...
With the development of information technology (such as computer network, etc.) and the renovation of education ideology, the network course already became an important constituent of the distance learning resources, also the network collaborative learning has become a hot research area in contemporary education. But the study efficiency is to be low in network cooperates on the present, the learner...
Along with China's economic and social development, there are more and more disharmonies within rural and urban areas, but the root of them is the poor trained rural labor force. Thus in order to completely build a learning society, rural area is the most important stronghold of this strategy. At the same time how to construct a learning platform in rural areas is the problem that need be considered...
Using the Internet to enhance e-learning has become a trend in modern higher education institutes. E-learning systems are increasingly becoming an important part of the strategy for delivering online and flexible e-learning. The main advantage of e-learning is the opportunity for students to interact electronically with each other and their teachers during forums, on discussion boards, by e-mail and...
Transformation literacies required in the new economy characterized by changes in social, political, economic and civic life that have come in the wake of globalisation in the 21st century, demand Malaysians to possess new literacies to help them cope with the enormous changes. New literacies include e-literacy which consists of awareness of the IT and the information environment, confidence in using...
During the past years the design and development of web-based educational systems for special groups of learner has attracted the attention of technology-enhanced learning community. However, although a number of e-training systems are designed to meet accessibility needs and preferences for those groups, most of them anticipate special-purpose training material and keep their training activities...
The success of Web 2.0 technologies in providing support for social interaction in educational spaces depends on how learning environments benefit from the affordances of Web 2.0 services. These services can be combined with the management of learning activities as done by IMS Learning Design (IMS LD) compliant systems. In this paper, we analyze the ability of an integrated system (blog, forum, and...
Online learning communities are gradually altering the traditional learning style of people because of the pervasiveness of the Internet. The environment of the online learning community has been formed gradually as more and more people join Web sites and learn from each other. A total of 436 senior high school students in Taiwan participated in this research. To test the hypotheses of this research,...
Web 2.0 tools and social software are changing the way in which formal and informal learners expect to work with learning resources. In response, educational providers may open up access to existing courses by providing them as free to use open educational resources (OERs). The OpenLearn initiative of The Open University established a "LearningSpace" for learners to access OERs from the...
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