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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...
The present paper shows the Word made to implement of one production cycle of OERs using Social and Semantic Resources into an OCW repository of a high level educational institution which has allowed to prove the proposal of OER's production cycle based on ADDIE instruction design model.
Both the depth and breadth needed in engineering education today can be addressed even before students enter engineering courses. This is particularly significant for English-medium engineering programs in countries where English is a foreign language. This paper describes how, with an ecological perspective, the environment of engineering education can be incorporated in an intensive English program...
Digital Signal Processors is an optional course in the Audiovisual Engineering Degree of the University of Alicante. This year a pilot project on developing a blog for the course has been introduced (http://blogs.ua.es/pds0910). This way, students must complete - working collaboratively- a set of assigned blog entries on different extension tasks related to the concepts taught in the theory sessions...
With the introduction of the Internet, and several new inventions and technologies especially in the communication and computer systems' field, there is a need to enhance teaching and educational methods through the utilization of those technologies which may improve the abilities of educators to present information in an interactive and media enhanced formats relative to traditional methods. This...
Recently, a new age of information has appeared where information and communication technology plays a major role in education and learning society. Consequently, modern learning settings represented by emerging learning strategies have been used in higher education. A primary goal for higher education is to support students and lifelong learners to be independent, self-motivated, and self-regulated...
The International Telematic University Uninettuno organizes an ICT Engineering distance degree course in cooperation with the Helwan University (Il Cairo, Egypt) since 2006. The use of e-learning didactic allows to Egyptian students to study at home or in the Technological Pole of the Helwan University and to take a double degree, one recognized in Italy and all Europe and the other in Egypt. After...
A review of the literature and our own experience is Engineering education reveals the following four major issues in delivering effective instruction: Problems in Content Understanding, Problems in Concentration and Lack of Variety, Need for Multiple Explanations, and Lack of Assistance. Performance-centred approach helps in solving all these four problems. Mobile technology enhanced learning will...
Blended learning based on lecture videos and face-to-face teaching provides good opportunities for students for participation in education, regardless of time or place. This article examines the impacts of blended learning, as it has developed in connection with master studies in information technology, on participation in education and on learning outcomes. The solution is based on face-to-face teaching...
This paper deals with the teaching and learning process based on the detected student's learning style. The teaching process is built on the needs analysis questionnaire which defines students' individual learning style and summarizes their experience in previous foreign language learning. These results are consequently reflected in the teaching methods and approaches to each student. The paper presents...
Computing has dramatically influenced progress in science, engineering, business, and many other areas of human endeavor. Computing is globally pervasive and necessary for the future growth of established and developing countries. Iraq is a part of this competitive world where such changes lead to serious consequences for those who do not quickly and properly adapt themselves to new situations. The...
An experience developed by the authors in the design of educational tools, funded on multimedia support for using in teaching, will be presented. These tools have been used on the subject of Helicopters, http://ocw.upm.es/ingenieria-aeroespacial/helicopteros at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (E.U.I.T. Aeronáutica). Throughout more than ten years, these didactical and educational elements...
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)...
The field of information security (IS) has long been characterized by the challenge of approaching it in a systematic manner as it constantly evolves. Academic institutions offer specialized courses on security, however it is important to have students exposed to the basic security practices regardless of their field of interest. Thus the topic of IS as such is could be, in part, integrated into various...
The use of digital media for improving the effectiveness of teaching methodologies in Universities is increasing. In this contribution the experience performed at University of Roma TRE is presented. Since 2005 an online contest is used in the Multimedia class for improving both knowledge and human interaction. This paper shows the competitive-collaborative learning scheme adopted and it reports the...
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...
Music is an integral part of high school students' daily lives, and most use digital music devices and services. The one-week Summer Music Technology (SMT) program at Drexel University introduces underclassmen high school students to music technology to reveal the influence and importance of engineering, science, and mathematics. By engaging participants' affinity for music, we hope to motivate and...
Many professors and instructors fear (or rejoice) that the Internet will someday make their role as teacher obsolete. While the Internet is an incredible repository of knowledge, it is not a repository of experience. In this paper, I present how instructors can leverage the information on the Internet to empower themselves to apply their experience to better teach students according to what their...
This paper examines the expansion of the Learning Management System (LMS) beyond the Academic Institutions' boundaries. This includes taking advantage of the rapid development of Web 2.0 technologies for advancement of e-leaning in engineering education. The exponential expansion of different internet communication methodologies and its utilisation to facilitate the teaching and learning processes...
The paper explains the effectiveness of flexible learning methodology in engineering courses. This is an attempt to explore the traditional educational methods and to discuss the implications of flexible learning tools in engineering courses. It takes into account the latest application of Web 2.0 and other relevant techniques as well as components of delivery and material and resources needed. The...
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