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Educational institutions increasingly need to assess and enhance their activities, in order to improve research effectiveness and measure future capability as well as past performance. Research effectiveness is, among others, an important indicator of the quality assurance process in Higher Education. This study examines the research collaboration structures within a Higher Education academic unit,...
This paper explores the current literature of collaborative information seeking in academic level. The most important elements of collaborative information seeking are being analyzed in order to explain the whole process. Additionally, a conceptual model is being formed in order to show the impact of cultural dimensions theory in the activities of collaborative information seeking groups.
The group discussion will actively involve participants in an exploration of innovative Mobile App Technology (MAT) as a tool to support teaching and learning, and as a method to bridge the gap between formal and informal learning in the 21st century. Participants will discuss MAT and its ability to empower informal learning. Unresolved questions emerging from the scholarly and practitioner communities...
Indigenous knowledge is the basis for many remote, rural, and marginalized communities in society and as such, is an important component in the educational development of members within these communities. Due to many reasons, including colonization, a lack of understanding by hegemonic societies, and disparate knowledge systems (for example, orally based), there is a risk of this knowledge disappearing...
We present a learning model labeled "conversational learning" which roots are based on education theory fundamentals. We develop a classroom environment based on a set of profiles that facilitate the deployment of conversational learning patterns. We formalize design patterns as conversational learning guides based on standard learning design principles to facilitate a creation by reuse...
Indigenous knowledge is the basis for many remote, rural, and marginalized communities in society and as such, is an important component in the educational development of members within these communities. Due to many reasons, including colonization and a lack of understanding by hegemonic societies, there is a risk of this knowledge disappearing from many communities. Additionally, many of these communities...
Web-based technology assisted teaching project was initiated at our Institute to overcome difficulties experienced due to increased number of enrolled students at the institute. We demonstrate that the pilot project initiated to improve teaching methods used for Computer Science and Information Technology degree programs at Faculty of computing, Information Systems and Mathematics have been running...
Along with the changes in the realm of language teaching and learning in 1960s from the previous teacher-centered methodologies and the subsequent emergence of social-constructivist approaches, learners came to be considered as the key in the field. As a result, learner-centered approaches were developed and special attention was given to sociological dimensions of second language learning. Due to...
Technology can help persuade people to change their attitudes or behaviors. Elderly population is not familiar with information technology but e-Health services can help people maintain a healthy lifestyle. In order for the elderly to get benefits from e-Health services, they need to change their attitudes or behaviors. To make this change, it is necessary to persuade the elderly to embrace the use...
This article presents the results of an investigation into public perceptions of the relationship between demographic factors and levels of awareness towards child abuse. The research objectives are to identify the level of awareness towards child abuse amongst the public, to ascertain the relationship between demographic factors and levels of awareness towards child abuse and to determine the differences...
Design education is one of the most creative topics and themes in Higher Educations and Trainings. Students of the design education course also need to learn both of knowledge and techniques, the former is necessary to design some objects and the latter are essential to utilize tools as well as equipments. It is important to provide not only knowledge but also techniques in efficient and effective...
Because of customer misbehavior's universality and significantly negative impact on fellow customers, employees and service companies, researchers have paid attention to the antecedents of customer misbehavior to discuss how it happens. This paper reviews existing literature of antecedent research on customer misbehavior in terms of customer traits, services cape characteristics and their interaction...
How can the CS education community shift to teach more parallel and distributed computing (PDC) soon enough to prepare its graduates for their careers? The CSin Parallel project implements strategies that would accomplish such a shift. An Early Adopter project to correlate CSin Parallel materials and NSF/TCPP Curricular Recommendations is described. Citing research on scalability of innovations, such...
Recently, many forms of e-book readers such as iPad and Kindles are becoming widely-spread. However, simply adopting e-books readers does not necessarily guarantee the improvement of reading process. Educators advocate that learning to read should not be a solitary activity. Instead, it should be a participatory learning activity that engages learners in active reading process. However, due to the...
21st century education is challenged to provide individuation, self-direction, and applicability to practical life situations. Responses include learning by doing, learning by making, and learning by teaching, and also rethinking education as a process of being and becoming. Game based learning is presented as a complement or alternative to traditional formal education, highlighting engagement, which...
People interact in a variety of ways, and often choose what media to use based on the relationships they have with their interlocutors. Similarly, there are different ways through which people are associated in socio-technical networks or "online communities." This paper reports a study that characterizes how the associations between members of a socio-technical network--the Tapped In network...
Obesity is a costly condition that can reduce quality of life and increase the risk for many serious chronic diseases and premature death. The rising rates, high prevalence, and adverse consequences of obesity call for the development and testing of new and innovative approaches that address weight loss barriers and bring help to those most affected by obesity. In this article, we examine the effectiveness...
In this paper we explore a combination of social technologies and their use within higher education. Our research builds atop ongoing design science research looking to expand an existing online learning community (OLC) used at our university. Our new design implements the latest version of Elgg, an online social learning platform and integrates it with the popular microblogging site Twitter. The...
The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has grown substantially over the past few years. However, a portion of the world's society has not been able to keep up with these technological advances. For this purpose, we present a serious game with a multi-touch interface envisioned to encourage and teach digitally excluded people on how to use the Portuguese Automated Teller Machine...
Universities around the country are working in a challenging fiscal environment to find ways to make college affordable while increasing educational quality, outcomes, and accessibility.
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