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The development of information flow has a major impact on communication, new multimedia technology has develop with incredible speed. For example the Internet has doubled the number of users and services every year since 1988. This is possible due to the fact that it has become less expensive to use and easily accessible. With the help of information and communication technology higher education institutes...
This paper presents a survey of students' opinions about the integration of e-learning in educational process. The results of how students are informed on distance learning and e-learning are presented. By analyzing the results, data can be obtained which clearly show what steps should be taken in order to implement a new methodology of education, e-learning methodology.
Education is recognized as one of the most powerful aspects for human development. Scope of education includes dispersal of knowledge, logical thinking, flourishing skills, refining habits, and sharing values. Accordingly, basic or primary education is a fundamental right for every citizen of a country. Studies provide sufficient evidence that individuals lacking primary education are incapable of...
Networked computers and the internet are among the ICTs initiatives of John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University, Inc. Being one among the maritime university in Asia and the only maritime university in the Philippines, with its commitment on the “development of a culture of excellence in maritime education and training”, the University made advancement on the practical and operational use of...
During the period 1998–2008, there was a 150% increase in the number of students who choose the online courses to carry out part of their credits. In 2013 it is expected that nearly 20% of college students will receive more then 80% of their credits by online courses. This scenario of online courses popularization requires attention to quality issues, as well as the establishment of mechanisms to...
Education and Teacher Training Agency i s a public institution independent regarding its activities and management according to law. It is founded by Republic of Croatia, and seated in Zagreb. Its activities are normalized by Constitution and consider executing professional and advisory acts regarding education, in which an important role plays organizing and conducting training of educational workers...
The interest in distance learning (DL) in agronomic sciences, where students are in a place far from the teacher and communicate with each other via computer and other means of communication is growing fast. Thus distance learning becomes the most flexible and adaptable one to the budget of working people, (mother - raising their children, people living in remote locations, seasonal and timely work...
Some distance education institutions have invested heavily in print-based resources, and learners still show a preference for print; but some concepts and practical or skills based courses, for example science or engineering, do not translate well into the print medium. This paper presents Augmented Reality (AR) as a possible solution and discusses the development and implementation of an AR application...
The goal of personalization is to deliver content relevant to an individual user or a group of users based on what is known about them from their preferences and needs. The idea of personalization is applied and used widely and successfully in the world of e-commerce. The aim of this paper is to personalize student's profiles in an e-learning environment (LMS) using Java Expert System Shell known...
The interactive technical electronic book, TechEBook, currently under development at the University of Central Florida, provides a useful tool for engineers and scientists through unique features compared to the most used traditional electrical circuit textbooks available in the market. TechEBook has comprised the two worlds of classical circuit books and an interactive operating platform that can...
The progress of internet and communication technology has called for changes in College English teaching mode. The traditional teacher centered method can't keep up with the society. The 21st century needs people who are autonomous learners. Consequently, teachers have the responsibility to implement internet and communication technology into their teaching and involve developing student's learning...
We live in a new era known as Information and Communication Age, which is characterized by the use of technology and by the advent of the internet. At this time, the real becomes virtual and the cyberspace emerges. There are discussions about new spatiality. Education is shrouded in this process and there are discussions about its practice and the organization of its spaces. Within this new paradigm,...
The Qualitative Outcome of Learning (QOL)measures the level of attainment in learning efforts through Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome (SOLO)taxonomy. In this work, we attempted to evaluate the QOL of learners in geometry for secondary school children studying under the Central Board of Secondary Education curriculum. The learners are challenged to test their understanding in lessons related...
Online tutoring system is one of the approaches used in today's private education which allows the tutors and students to communicate each other in a real time. However, some of the private colleges are still using the learning process in the classroom with a large number of students. Online tutoring system with objective to upgrade the conventional system to computer oriented learning to students...
The communication that we propose is based on the quality of the care ofthe teaching of transversal matter in the higher education (university) and the impact of e-learning on this issue which is crucial with regard to the teachings fluidity as well as the effect on the quality of the latter. We will try to show the interconnections between these two aspects and the effects brought by the Technologies...
Today, the rapid development of technology and Internet use has become widespread. In addition, the use of internet in education has become mandatory. The advantages provided by distance education, distance learning educational opportunities regardless of time and place has become attractive. Web-Based Training, Distance learning and remains popular. The purpose of this study is to examine the affects...
Motivation has never been so important since the learning environment is evolving into a self-centered, distant learning. In this paper, we introduce a motivational thermostat framework, developed based on theoretically grounded pedagogy and motivation tactics from multiple dimensions. Its mechanism maintains learner's motivational state in between "lose-of-motivation" and "over-motivated",...
This article is based on a study of a sample of students enrolled in a Distance and Open Learning Masters programme on computer applications at the University of Mumbai (IDOL). The students study French language as a compulsory subject in their course. Nurturing autonomous learners is an important goal for language teaching programmes. The article investigates if a distance learning programme helps...
The paper deals with a problem of searching a suitable form of modern language learning for a specific target group. The technical core of the solution should be the usage of information and communication technologies (ICT). The problem is solved from the point of view of the Department of communication and information systems. The starting point of the paper is a characteristic of the specified target...
The distance learning is a teaching mode in which the actors are spatially and/or temporally separated and the educational-didactical mediation in the teaching-learning processes happens with the support of the ICTs (information and communication technologies). The spatial and temporal parting between the agents represents a challenge to be overcome, highlighting as fundamental aspects the strategies...
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