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In this study is explored the changing path of e-Learning discipline since its appearance to nowadays. E-Learning has evolved in different ways in different sectors therefore it might have different implications in certain periods of time in certain sector. A small number of things have changed in the last half century as much as the way we learn. Consequently, a significant research is going on throughout...
The overload of information can become a significant challenge in relation to information retrieval systems. Often users will need to carry out extensive research to get the information they desire. This issue will only become more challenging as the quantity of data available on the internet increases. This increase shows no signs of slowing down and inevitably demands better solutions. One such...
In order to better understand the emergence of online social networks, researchers usually employ state of the art synthetic topological models which can replicate some of the observed real-world social network characteristics. However, these characteristics rely on the analysis of common graph metrics at a certain point in time, when the snapshot of the real-world data is obtained. In other words,...
Sustainable software is a software that able to work in a constraint environment. For example, a classroom without Internet facilities or unstable connection; a field trips; a meeting room or discussion room with inadequate computer facilities and power and etc. In this case, how to enabling a daily activity within such situations without losing the benefits of computer support? This paper presents...
This study is an implementation of information technology for education, aimed to produce a model of online lab course with a collaborative environment using a desktop sharing application. In the digital electronics lab course, participants were divided into the groups, each of them consists of three members. A desktop sharing application was used to the digital circuit simulator as an offline program...
In this paper, we presenting our proposed recommending hotels for the users based on the userexperience reviews in blog. Usually, hotel recommendation systems recommend hotels based on non-spatial attributes of hotels such as price and rating and do not utilize surrounding environments well. In contrast, we consider the existing of much information in blogs that have a substantial input of surrounding...
A remote environment proposed in the paper enables the study electrical drives via the Web. The active learning concept of the distance education and the set of Internet-based laboratory works open the possibility to learn Basic and Advanced Courses of Electrical Drive providing a lot of benefits for both the learners and the faculty. The remote labs for the bachelor and master students are presented...
Technology skills are critical for workforce readiness and are a key predictor of job success. What does it mean to be workforce ready? To answer this question, definitions of workforce readiness and methods used to measure it are examined. Application of these definitions and methods reveals substantial gaps in the national level of work force readiness. These gaps are manifest when students leave...
In the early 1960s, the time-sharing computer at the System Development Corporation had several messaging commands through which remotely logged in users communicated with one another and with the system operator. These commands were used for system operation and for sending information to remote users. They also permitted collaborative work such as joint debugging of multiauthor programs, an activity...
A Grid system is a promising solution for sharing distributed resources of registered participants to perform tasks whose demands may exceed the capacity of individual participating organization. However, the collaborative aspect of Grids is still underdeveloped as they lack features and mechanisms for human interaction and collaboration. This paper presents a prototype system for collaborative task...
With their wide application in the Web 2.0 era, blogs have drawn increasing attention of educators and teachers in educational circle. More and more teachers use them as a pedagogic tool in instruction. This paper describes how a class blog can be integrated into the study of Comprehensive English Course for English majors in China in an attempt to provide an out-of-class space for language practice...
In this paper we try to determine whether a potential state-aggressor in a recent cyber attack can be identified through an understanding of shared international dependencies between nations. Combining the International Affairs and Systems Science disciplines, we put forth a system dynamics model of cyber conflict which may facilitate the identification of a culpable state or states in a cyber attack...
In this paper a case study of computer-supported cooperative and collaborative learning, between two Greek elementary schools is presented. The schools are located in different regions, far away from each other. To learn and exchange information about the regions they operate and about the life and culture of their inhabitants students used Google Earth, Google maps, Panoramio and Skype. Teachers'...
Since the appearance of learning management systems, establishing a fair and precise mechanism to assess learning activities has been a challenging issue. Evaluation of group's work in blended learning environments which these systems are used can be a more complicated task due to implicit factors affecting result of final group's work, like degree of members' enthusiasm or their social relations...
The paper presents an idea of expansion of the existing modes of collaboration between science with focus on e-science, libraries which services are currently going through a new phase of transformation into services based on use of federated digital information resources and finally, higher education system which seeks quality information resources for their use in the teaching process. All three...
For decades people have been promising that technology was going to radically change education. Despite large investment and much research little deep change is evident at most institutions. This paper will argue that it is not enough just to add new technologies to an existing system; we must completely change the system to one built around a set of new technologies and methods. An initial framework...
Assembly variation is one significant factor that affects quality of assembly product. By allocating proper tolerances, the requirement of assembly variation can be satisfied. However, due to the coupling of tolerances, compatibility of model file, it is still difficult to conduct collaborative and trans-platform tolerance design. In this article, tolerance design condition and variation skeleton...
This article is a report written for the school directors to propose an action plan integrating ICT into education. It discussed the potential benefits of ICT to the school and the difference between modern ICT and previous educational technology, the difficulties that may arise in using ICT effectively and the possible solutions and recommendations to the problems.
Fairy Tales exist for centuries and have intrigued educators who have been utilizing their "magical power of affection", especially when teaching young children. In the current paper, story creation is examined with the perspective of the children as authors. A web 2.0 service, Tikatok, which provides several facilities for creating stories in a book-like format, is utilized in order to...
This paper identifies constraints that shape the use of learning technologies in the developing world. It provides examples of existing hardware and software teaching environments, including some that personalize teaching material based on inferences about students' knowledge, wearable learning materials that teach within more informal environments and systems that support student collaboration. The...
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