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The Fourth International Conference on e-Learning (ICEL2013)
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CYBERLAB FOR CYBERPHYSICAL SYSTEMS: REMOTE LAB STATIONS IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING CURRICULUM
This paper discusses remote laboratories for cyberphysical systems, in the context of labs in other disciplines and cyberphysical systems curriculum. First, the rationale fo such labs is given, and ...Authors: Janusz Zalewski
Year Published: Jul. 2013 | 1-7 | ICEL2013 -
FUZZY ALGORITHM FOR SELECTING STUDENTS FROM LOW INCOME FAMILY
This research introduces a new algorithm to select students from low income family using fuzzy approach. It focuses on the refinement and modification of certain variables in selection process. The ...Authors: Zamali Tarmudi, Nasrah Naharu, Tammie Christy Saibin, Ling Ling Ung
Year Published: Jul. 2013 | 8-13 | ICEL2013 -
A QUALITY FRAMEWORK TO MEASURE COURSE OBJECTIVES
An ongoing goal in higher education is to provide quality education programs and to produce high quality graduates. While much of the attention to quality matters is focussed on outputs, there is ...Authors: Neville I. Williams
Year Published: Jul. 2013 | 14-25 | ICEL2013 -
BEYOND TRAINING: THE IMPACT OF LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (LMS) ON EMPLOYEE TURNOVER
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact Learning Management Systems have on employee turnover and explore the respondents’ perceptions about the benefits of the Learning Management ...Authors: Tony F. Fuller
Year Published: Jul. 2013 | 26-37 | ICEL2013 -
LEARNING STIMULATING EFFECTS OF COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF GAMES
Playing games to support learning is an old concept that has got a revival today in the widespread use of computer games. To insert educational content into various types of computer games is a ...Authors: Mats Wiklund, Peter Mozelius
Year Published: Jul. 2013 | 38-44 | ICEL2013 -
KEEP OUR MEMORIES: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS CO-DESIGN GRADUATION ALBUM VIDEOS USING GOOGLE+
This paper describes an across-classroom participatory design. The students, as stakeholders, shared photos, participated in discussions and group-designed their graduation album videos using Google+ ...Authors: Chien-Yuan Su, Tzone-I Wang
Year Published: Jul. 2013 | 45-54 | ICEL2013 -
LEARNING CONTENT IN A NON-NATIVE LANGUAGE: A CASE STUDY OF BLENDED LEARNING MODULES
This paper presents the results of a survey conducted among students of the Cracow University of Economics who were studying in a non-native language. The main goal of this survey was to examine ...Authors: Grazyna Paliwoda-Pekosz, Janusz Stal
Year Published: Jul. 2013 | 55-63 | ICEL2013 -
BUILDING AN UBIQUITOUS AND SOCIAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR THIRD LEVEL EDUCATION
This paper presents an ubiquitous learning system, the “Personalised Ubiquitous Learning Platform” (PULP), which integrates collabora-tive and social learning for the enhancement of the third ...Authors: Olapeju Latifat Ayoola, Eleni Mangina
Year Published: Jul. 2013 | 64-71 | ICEL2013 -
DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADAPTIVE LEARNING SYSTEM APPLYING HOWARD GARDNER’S MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
This study developed an adaptive learning system applying Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences. It supports adaption and reinforces individual learning. Existing learning systems provided with the same ...Authors: Jaemu Lee, Kyoungsan Oh
Year Published: Jul. 2013 | 72-80 | ICEL2013 -
ASSIMILATION OF 21ST CENTURY SKILLS IN TEACHER-EDUCATION COLLEGES IN ISRAEL’S PERIPHERAL ZONES
Since 2012, the Israeli Ministry of Education has administered a program to prepare the education system for the requirements of the 21st century, beginning in the state’s peripheral regions. The ...Authors: Batia Riechman, Eitan Simon
Year Published: Jul. 2013 | 81-93 | ICEL2013 -
TEACHING BY MEANS OF PRACTICAL PROBLEMS SOLVING WITH A SOLUTION GUIDE
The content of the subject Application Software at VŠFS (University of Finance and Administration) includes three basic applications MS Word, MS PowerPoint and MS Excel. The paper deals with the new ...Authors: Jan Lansky, Hana Hoffmannova, Renata Hajkova
Year Published: Jul. 2013 | 94-105 | ICEL2013 -
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ICT SKILLS BY USING A NOVEL FRAMEWORK FOR A LAB-BASED LEARNING MODULE
This paper describes the design of a novel pedagogical framework for a computer programming module. Generally the school-based learning (SBL) and laboratory-based learning (LBL) activities are ...Authors: Aisha Othman, Crinela Pislaru, Ahmed Impes
Year Published: Jul. 2013 | 106-113 | ICEL2013 -
THE EVALUATOR’S ASSESSMENT LEARNING USING STUDENT’S REPORT AT CLASSROOM
In this research, the learner learns from evaluator's assessment for another students report on collaborative evaluation. Our system (evPoints) relate to moodle, that enable to report posting and ...Authors: Atsushi Tsubokura, Nobuto Matsubara, Toshihiro Hayashi, Hajimu Adachi, Kazunori Nishino
Year Published: Jul. 2013 | 114-118 | ICEL2013 -
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ONLINE LAB CLUSTER FOR NETWORK EDUCATION
This paper reviews the complex system implemented for teaching the network design and management course, taught at Vilnius University. The special stress to solidify practical skills is foreseen in ...Authors: Feliksas Kuliesius, Evaldas Ousinskis
Year Published: Jul. 2013 | 119-122 | ICEL2013 -
ATTITUDES OF LIBYAN STUDENTS TOWARDS ICT’S APPLICATIONS AND E-LEARNING IN THE UK
The use of virtual learning technology has increased rapidly in university teaching. The introduction of e-learning has led to rapid change which has impacted both the learners and the educators. The ...Authors: Aisha Othman, Crinela Pislaru, Thuraya Kenan, Ahmed Impes
Year Published: Jul. 2013 | 123-129 | ICEL2013 -
STATE-OF-THE-ART OF M-LEARNING USABILITY AND USER EXPERIENCE
This paper starts with a literature review of the mobile learning usability contributions in various conferences and journals during 2002-2010. This review helps us to identify the user-centred ...Authors: Amir Dirin, Marko Nieminen
Year Published: Jul. 2013 | 130-139 | ICEL2013 -
E-FACILITATION OF QUR’AN AND ITS SCIENCES
Providing a Conversional, Animated Qur’an Memorizer on modern smart phones will allow young generation technology savvies to be able to immerse themselves inside Qur’an and its sciences. Using ...Authors: Ahmed Sameh
Year Published: Jul. 2013 | 140-153 | ICEL2013 -
USING E-READERS AND TABLETS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE
E-Readers have been firmly established in the consumer sector for some time now and are becoming increasingly available in universities. In today’s fast paced world, students need educational ...Authors: Mark Van Heerden, Jean-Paul Van Belle
Year Published: Jul. 2013 | 154-166 | ICEL2013 -
INTEGRATING THE LEARNING CYCLE AND THE VARIATION THEORY FOR ENHANCING CONCEPT COMPREHENSION IN WEB-BASED COURSES
Concept comprehension is an important foundation for more complex thoughts and deliberations. To enhance concept comprehension, in classroom lectures teachers have been using instructional strategies ...Authors: Tzone-I Wang, Chih-Chao Hsu
Year Published: Jul. 2013 | 167-176 | ICEL2013 -
“WHAT IS NOT TO DISCUSS?” – BEST PRACTICES FOR USING DISCUSSIONS IN ONLINE PEDAGOGY
Online group discussions are an integral part of ensuring and assessing group work in online classes. The authors with a combined experience of 12 years teaching online courses discuss the pedagogy ...Authors: Sue Norton, Abey Kuruvilla
Year Published: Jul. 2013 | 177-183 | ICEL2013 -
PERSONALIZING AND IMPROVING E-LEARNING SYSTEM USING ROULETTE WHEEL SELECTION ALGORITHM, REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AND CASE-BASED REASONING APPROACH
Despite the ever-increasing practice of using e-learning in educational institutions, most of the applications perform poorly in motivating students to learn for many reasons and varied factors. ...Authors: Melvin Ballera, Ismail Ateya Lukandu, Abdalla Radwan
Year Published: Jul. 2013 | 184-193 | ICEL2013 -
PEER-TO-PEER DATA MINING: EXAMPLE OF APPLICATION IN DIGITAL LIBRARIES
Distributed data mining (DDM) consists of mining data using distributed resources. DDM has emerged as a hot research area. Careful attention in the usage of distributed resources of data, computing, ...Authors: Mohammed Ammari, Dalila Chiadmi
Year Published: Jul. 2013 | 194-199 | ICEL2013 -
USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS WITH SIMULATION IN VALUE BASED ROUTING IN CONTACT CENTERS
Customer contact centers, usually handle several types of customer service requests (calls). Customer service representatives (Agents) have different skills to handle different requests. Contact ...Authors: Ehsan Mohammady, Shahriar Mohammadi
Year Published: Jul. 2013 | 200-207 | ICEL2013