The Infona portal uses cookies, i.e. strings of text saved by a browser on the user's device. The portal can access those files and use them to remember the user's data, such as their chosen settings (screen view, interface language, etc.), or their login data. By using the Infona portal the user accepts automatic saving and using this information for portal operation purposes. More information on the subject can be found in the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. By closing this window the user confirms that they have read the information on cookie usage, and they accept the privacy policy and the way cookies are used by the portal. You can change the cookie settings in your browser.
Despite the growing demand by Brazilian companies for well-qualified professionals in Information Technology (IT), the Brazilian educational system has not been able to meet this demand in a satisfactory way, especially the quality of vocational training question. One way to address this training problem has been the creation of specialized postgraduate courses in IT area focused on students already...
In distance learning platforms the training is adapted to each learner's cognitive profile. It combined between the individualization of course units according to each learner and the collaboration between learners themselves and tutors. However, teachers no longer have direct contact with learners that allow them to assess their evolution. Hence the importance of integrating the tracking of learners...
This paper builds upon theoretical studies in the field of social constructivism. Lev Vygotsky is considered one of the greatest representatives of this research line, with his theory of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). Our work aims at integrating this concept in the practice of a computer-assisted learning system. For each learner, the system stores a model summarizing the current Student...
Ubiquitous learning with context awareness uses contextual information to give a better service to users with a flexible and easy-to-manage way. Context awareness is able to provide suitable services to certain people. There are 10 context awareness parameters in ubiquitous learning; one of those parameters is strategic context. Strategic context is a plan that gives influence or impact towards the...
The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in a cooperative way can give a good improvement in the educational field; in developing countries, especially in Sub-Saharan area. Sustainable technologies and collaborative LMS are investigated in a case study as possible ways to improve, towards distance learning systems, education and towards it, social empowerment and development. A...
E-learning is becoming more and more a strategic choice of modern educational systems in the world. Consequently the requirements of the platforms used are eminent. One of the requirements on which our work has focused is how to make the job of a tutor, automatic and intelligent. Given that the role of a Tutor is reflected essentially by the appropriate decision-making to a critical situation, what...
Evaluation of degree courses has been established by providers of educational services and have advanced to an essential tool for optimization, steering and management of degree courses. Systematic data acquisition of the quality of courses will be a future key and obligatory for further course design and development for all providers of educational services, such as universities. The following paper...
While infrastructure has improved and students state a preference for blended learning, there were few eLearning courses provided by Kenyan Higher Education Institutions in the 2012/2013 academic year. It is unclear what factors impact on the adoption of Technology-enhanced Learning (TEL) techniques in Nairobi Universities. Using semi-structured interviews and purposive and snowball sampling with...
Because collaboration plays a key role in today's society, it is beneficial to prepare people at a young age for collaborative work. However, there is no academic or professional consensus on the most effective approach. To remedy this shortcoming, our research will expand on one promising method: the incorporation of collaborative scaffolding into collaborative educational video games. Although there...
Bearing in mind the new generation of virtual users' increasing demands, it is expected that virtual learning environments hold now a better quality design, from linearity to internationally recommended standards, including presentation aspects, interface and interaction modes, which are principles of technical usability, as a quality attribute that comprises methods to improve ease of use. A research...
The paper starts with an overview of the state of the art in technology mediated service in the e-learning field about payments in the e-Commerce market. With the fast grow of distance learning technologies it is important to think about some innovations in the pedagogic strategies to improve education. The students have different learning styles and the tutor needs to support those needs, to ensure...
This paper examines students' perceptions of their acquisition of various higher order thinking skills as developed through the use of various activities and resources in an entirely online Undergraduate Introductory Statistics course. The results indicate that certain activities and resources contribute more to the perception of the development of certain skills than others, which have implications...
The huge changes concerning the workplace that we are facing, as well the challenges placed by the Information Society and by the globalisation trands, demand new perspectives for education, continuous education and lifelong learning. New methods demand new organisation alternatives that, in turn, require new educational policies and put pressure in curent assumptions of education itself. Distance...
Research on image processing has shown that combining segmentation methods may lead to a solid approach to extract semantic information from different sort of images. Within this context, the Normalized Cut (NCut) is usually used as a final partitioning tool for graphs modeled in some chosen method. This work explores the Watershed Transform as a modeling tool, using different criteria of the hierarchical...
The Technologies of Information and Communication, through the use of softwares developed for specific environment has been helping the education through the search for new technologies that provides to the students the disciplinary contents in a way closer to the real world, as well as on the meaning of seeking for tools that came to expand the current learning ways, making the education to have...
The adoption of project based pedagogy in the traditional learning has always serves to enhance the knowledge of learners and develop their disciplinary and cross-curricular skills. In e-learning field, the use of this pedagogy presents even several challenges to the accomplishment of educational goals, in terms of design, planning, implementation and evaluation of learning. This work provides, at...
In the recent years, after the evolution of Web services and technologies, a huge development of learning environments has emerged. From E-learning to P-learning via M-learning, the learning environments are evolving increasingly in terms of access devices, platforms and learning contents.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Cognitive Affective Interaction (CAI) strategy on novices¡¦ creative performance in game design. There were one hundred and eighty-nine seventh graders participated in the game design project. The CAI strategies, including the visualization and the discrepancy strategies, were administrated and served as the experimental treatment. The visualization...
With the proliferation of smart computing equipment, the range of providing highly intelligent services is widely expanding in an attempt to include the present condition of each individual data source. Furthermore, broadly adopted RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology has led to the widespread application of automatic identification in numerous pervasive computing services including logistics,...
Set the date range to filter the displayed results. You can set a starting date, ending date or both. You can enter the dates manually or choose them from the calendar.