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The responses to a public crisis has become a concern. Some problems exist in the deficient model of having the government as the single entity followed in China in response to the public crisis. The author will have a study on this issue based on the manegement of the congelation public crisis in Xiuwen County. In dealing with the severe congelation public crisis in Xiuwen County, the theory of network...
In this paper we overview the state-of-the-art in open courseware initiatives worldwide. First, the MIT OpenCourseWare project is surveyed, as it has been the real starting point of the OCW movement. Generally, open courseware refers to a free and open digital publication of high quality university-level educational materials that are organized as courses, and include course planning materials, evaluation...
This paper elaborated many principles of emergency resource management, such as “people-oriented”, efficiency, combination of management and control, coordination, fairness in view of the characteristics of emergency resource management based on the objective to integrate emergency resources scientifically and quickly in order to respond the demands of public crisis resources. It proposed grid management...
When teaching software engineering courses it is highly important to have good text books that are well-founded, up-to-date, and easily accessible to students. However, currently available text books on the market are either very broad or highly specialized, making it hard to select appropriate books for specific software engineering courses. Moreover, due to the rapidly changing subject of software...
This paper describes the concept of a dynamic blocks platform, called ARBlocks, based on projective augmented reality and tangible user interfaces aiming educational activities. In it, the information is displayed by projectors, that exhibit the content only on the blocks using a projector calibration technique and the blocks are tracked through a frame marker. Despite the platform is still under...
Using JSP technology, developed Web-based B / S three-tier network architecture of the CPC in the process data management system and gave details of the system operation framework and key technologies and capabilities to achieve, through examples we demonstrate the feasibility of the system.
A learning environment based on the integration of the LMS and MediaWiki components is suggested to support knowledge sharing among generations of master course students. A case study demonstrates significant raise of motivation and learning efficiency of students with sufficient professional experience as well as communication skills enhancement for all students.
We aim in this project to develop a system for children with intellectual and learning disabilities that supports collaboration, data exploration, communication and creativity. The system offers specific tutorials on basic concepts. It can enhance the communications and learning capabilities of the children. The tutorial contents contains multimedia elements that help the children understand effectively...
This study describes a task-based English learning project based on the framework of WebQuest. A questionnaire was administered to collect students' perspectives on this activity. The results show students indicated positive responses to this web-based inquiry project. They improved their reading ability and viewed the task in the WebQuest as a meaningful tool for language learning. This study then...
Engineering education today is undergoing unprecedented array of challenges, especially in the teaching and learning process. Among other challenges in this area students now require multiple stimuli, they have very low tolerance for monotonous static content, and they are highly mobile. To address some of these challenges, the authors have conducted a pilot study with Learner Agent Objects (LAO)...
Today recommender systems are widely used not only in e-commerce but in e-learning as well. They are actually made use of in the latter environment to suggest resources and learning materials to learners and, thus, contribute in improving the quality of both teaching and learning. In this paper, we put forward a new recommendation system that provides learners with the most appropriate answers and...
Web-based Construction collaboration extranets (CCEs) are adopted for improving information management, communication and collaborative working in the construction industry. Previous studies have demonstrated their development, evolution and implementation. The benefits, barriers and success factors surrounding the use of CCEs are also discussed. However, although the general functionalities of CCEs...
Advances in databases, computational intelligence, and pervasive computing, which allow “anytime, anywhere” transparent access to information, provide fertile ground for radical changes in pedagogy. Cyberinfrastructure leveraging these technological advances can yield improvements in both instruction and learning, supporting a networked curricular model, facilitating collaboration within and among...
We focus on organizations developing products: A product is developed through the development of a model of the product and the model is developed through collaboration among developers. We relate the model in physical and informational spaces. Actual interaction with informational model space has effect on the physical space and vice versa. The collaboration process is supported by a collaboration...
Virtual Reality (VR) models were created in order to help in the maintenance of exterior closures and interior finishes of walls and in the construction of buildings. The maintenance model allows the visual and interactive transmission of information related to the physical behavior of the elements. To this end, the basic knowledge of material most often used in walls, anomaly surveillance, techniques...
The purpose of this paper is to point out that Social Computing in e-learning results in unique and positive experience of e-learners, but not only in the facilitated communication of all participants in this process. Research findings demonstrate that social interaction is the most prominent feature and advantage of e-learning. SC applications enable students to better adapt learning strategies to...
Collaboration across the electronics manufacturing supply chain is now becoming an essential activity to address the future technical challenges of the industry. As research and development budgets contract and outsourcing by the OEMs becomes the norm, engineering expertise is increasingly dispersed throughout the supplier and contract manufacturing base. The need to bring together companies from...
The purpose of this study was to measure the quality of collaborative and individual learning in a virtual learning environment and to further determine factors that enhance or hinder quality of students' learning. This research was based on two similar case studies within the same electronic learning environment. A qualitative approach was taken to the collection and interpretation of the data, as...
This paper analyzes nano-biomedical science in China for the period 2000-2009 via bibliometrics and tech mining. The article identifies trends over time, interdisciplinary of nano-biomedical science and other subjects, journals in which Chinese authors publish their research, major institutional contributions, and international collaborators and collaboration networks in this field. This paper finds...
Through measures of making full use of the limited infrastructure, the introduction of supply chain management and cooperation strategy and information technology, the current construction enterprises can improve their customer service, shorten the production cycle, improve production quality and strengthen its competitiveness. Based on the analysis of supply chain synergy in construction enterprises,...
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