E-learning

Social Workers Can e-Learn: Evaluation of a Pilot Post-Qualifying e-Learning Course in Research Methods and Critical Appraisal Skills for Social Workers

by Martin Webber

Çobanoğlu, İ., Ateş, A., İliç, U., & Yılmaz, E. (2009). Investigating prospective computer teachers’ perceptions on e-learning. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 1(1), 2009, p. 1460-1463.

by Alev Ates Cobanoglu

Online Social Networks Impact in Secondary Education

by Daniyal Al Ghazzawi

Habib M. Fardoun, Sebastián Romero López, Victor M. R. Penichet, Jose A. Gallud

This paper presents and analyzes the potential uses and motivations of online social networks in education, with... more This paper presents and analyzes the potential uses and motivations of online social networks in education, with special emphasis on secondary education. First, we show several previous researches supporting the use of social networking as an educational tool and discuss Edmodo, an educative online social network. The work carried out during two academic years with senior students of primary and secondary schools is also analyzed. This research has allowed us to see the reality of social network use among young people and identify the challenges of its application to education environment.

Interactive Tools for Mathematics Learning Related to the Cryptography

by Daniyal Al Ghazzawi

Co-authored with T. Salim

Education is very important nowadays. The researches in education are increasing year by year. This enhancement of the... more Education is very important nowadays. The researches in education are increasing year by year. This enhancement of the researches are the important aspect in the development of new educational methods techniques. Nowadays, the information society in our region needs wider educational spaces supported by the internet connection that provides a good tool to use educational technologies using online applications. Indeed, interactive tools give us privileges to have access to a huge amount of information in a multi-sequential way by using specifically suitable tools for the learning of a specific knowledge. These interactive tools have many advantages for learning mathematics. In our case, we present an interactive tool to show the main applications of Modular Arithmetic in a brief theoretical environment.

Education System In The Cloud To Improve Student Communication In The Institutes Of - C-LearniXML++

by Daniyal Al Ghazzawi

Co-authored with Habib M. Fardoun, Sebastián Romero López and Jaime Ramírez Castillo.

This paper presents the evolution of the eLearniXML platform by carrying it into the cloud with “C-LearniXML++”. At... more This paper presents the evolution of the eLearniXML platform by carrying it into the cloud with “C-LearniXML++”. At the same time, we make use of the extensive communication between students in social networks, and capture their attention to insert this communication processes into an educational scope. In this situation, students of all high schools, of an autonomous region, once registered in the system can communicate and perform the learning process in a collaborative way. Students can access and display the common educational content of the various high schools. This relationship gives rise to the students of various high schools to work in a collaborative way and support their peers.

A Novel Password based Multi-Party Key Agreement Protocol on Elliptic Curve

by Daniyal Al Ghazzawi

Key agreement protocol a number of parties involved and communicate over a open public network to generate a common... more Key agreement protocol a number of parties involved and communicate over a open public network to generate a common secret key called session key. This paper proposes an efficient password based multiparty Key Agreement Protocol. Security of the protocol is based difficulty of breaking Elliptic Curve Discrete Logarithm Problem and one way hash function. This is resistant against different attack. The security analysis have been discuss and proved in this article.

Blended Learning in Higher Education: Construction of a Platform for Students of Information Science

by Agnes Mainka

Beutelspacher, L., & Mainka, A. (2012). Blended Learning in Higher Education: Construction of a Platform for Students of Information Science. Proceedings of Ireland International Conference on Education (IICE 2012), Dublin.

The InfoCenter is a learning platform of the Dept. of Information Science at the University of Düsseldorf, Germany. It... more The InfoCenter is a learning platform of the Dept. of Information Science at the University of Düsseldorf, Germany. It consists of elements of face-to-face teaching, of multimedia mediation (text books, slides, classic texts, interactive videos, FAQ lists, video glossaries), e-Portfolios, Web 2.0 tools (wikis, weblogs, social networks, social bookmarking and folksonomies) and of the use of a learning management system (with learning units and tests). The platform was evaluated by its users (university students) by means of SERVQUAL. According to the evaluation, students are satisfied with the InfoCenter and are willing to use it for their exam preparation.

Cultural differences in the perception of a social-constructivist e-learning environment

by Chang Zhu

Zhu, C. & Valcke, M. (2009). Cultural differences in the perception of a social constructivist e-learning environment. British Journal of Educational Technology, 40(1), 164-168.

Bretag, T. & Hannon, J. (2009) Online close and personal: Developing a community of inquiry using computer mediated communication. In Meeri Hellsten and Anna Reid (Eds). Researching International Pedagogies: Sustainable Practice for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, (pp. 221-239).Netherlands: Springer.

by John Hannon

Co-authored with Tracey Bretag

Factors Affecting Usage of Web Based Learning Tools

by Lisa Seymour

Managing tutorials in large classes: a case of using a tutorial system developed from commercial products

by Lisa Seymour

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR IN E-LEARNING: AN EXAMINATION OF TECHNOLOGY AND STUDENT FACTORS

by Mahdi Alhaji Musa

publish in International journal of advances in Engineering and Technology

E-learning is one of the recent trend and major technological advancement in Information technology, reshaping the... more E-learning is one of the recent trend and major technological advancement in Information technology, reshaping the mode of delivery of education in Universities. In light of this, the Universities have to take advantage of using e-learning to deliver education to students. A lot of factors must be put into consideration for any universities that need to venture into e-learning based courses. This paper is intended to examine the e-learning critical success factors (CSFs) as perceived by students. In this study, two main factors related to the e-learning CSFs within a university environment including technological and student factors were examined. The factors were tested by surveying 450 undergraduate students at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. The results revealed that internet browsing speed and instructor participation in discussion groups are most critical factors for e-learning.

An approach for e-learning/b-learning dissemination in a higher education institution using pivot faculty

by Gonçalo Cruz Matos

Cruz, G., Maia, A., Pessoa, T., Barroso, J. & Morgado, L. (2011). An approach for e-learning/b-learning dissemination in a higher education institution using pivot faculty. In T. Bastiaens & M. Ebner (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2011 (pp. 714-719). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

This paper presents a preliminary approach for implementing e-learning/b-learning pedagogical practices at the... more This paper presents a preliminary approach for implementing e-learning/b-learning pedagogical practices at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), North-eastern Portugal. It is a low-resource, middle-out approach, based on the creation of “pivot” teachers at each UTAD subunit, supported by consultancy services. It was initiated in September 2010 and scheduled for one year, with the ambition to serve as a basis to extend e-learning and b-learning practices to the overall organization.

Obstáculos encontrados no apoio a docentes do ensino superior para integração de abordagens de e-learning e b-learning nas sua práticas pedagógicas

by Gonçalo Cruz Matos

Maia, A.; Cruz, G.; Barroso, J.; Pessoa, T.; Morgado, L.(2011). "Obstáculos encontrados no apoio a docentes do ensino superior para integração de abordagens de e-learning e b-learning nas sua práticas pedagógicas". In: Dias, P. & Osório, A. (org.) Proceedings of the VII International Conference of TIC in Education – Challenges 2011 (CD-ROM) (ISBN: 978-972-98456-9-7)

A Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) encontra-se a desenvolver um projecto-piloto para implementação... more A Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) encontra-se a desenvolver um projecto-piloto para implementação do e-learning/b-learning nas práticas pedagógicas dos seus docentes.
O suporte técnico, aspectos motivacionais, organizacionais e competências tecnológicas dos docentes são factores determinantes para o sucesso da inclusão das tecnologias no processo de ensino-aprendizagem. A diversidade de características dos docentes e respectivas expectativas face às tecnologias determinam as estratégias metodológicas a adoptar para atingir os objectivos pretendidos.
Esta comunicação vem apresentar as estratégias inicialmente adoptadas pela equipa de consultoria pedagógica, que integra o projecto da UTAD, dando resposta às expectativas e necessidades dos docentes, de modo a ultrapassar as dificuldades encontradas na primeira fase do projecto.

Student’s Perceptions of Time Management and Deadlines: A Special Challenge in E-Learning-based Cross-Cultural Education

by Thomas Richter

Richter, T. (2012). Students’ Perceptions of Time Management and Deadlines: A Special Challenge in E-Learning-based Cross-Cultural Education. In: Proceedings of the World Conference on Educational Mul-timedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2012, Chesapeake, VA: AACE. (forthcoming in June 2012)

This paper addresses the students’ cultural understanding of time management. In our study, which was conducted... more This paper addresses the students’ cultural understanding of time management. In our study, which was conducted between 2010 and 2012 and mainly took place in the academic context of Germany and South Korea, we found out that the students’ perception of time management is strongly related to their culture. When edu-cation takes place in cross-cultural settings, which related to Internet-based education in future will be the stan-dard-setting, this particular difference can lead to major frustration as well for the learners as also for the educa-tors. Particularly in the e-Learning scenario, where learners rarely communicate upcoming conflicts, and where ongoing motivation needs to be understood as a crucial condition to succeed (Richter & Adelsberger, 2011a, p.1600), this issue needs to be targeted. In this paper, after introducing the relevant theoretical background, we first present our study setting and finally discuss the results.

When Old Languages Go Online: Latinum electronicum, a Latin Course on the Web

by Stefano Tardini

Tardini S., Burch I., Hiltscher S. (2004). When Old Languages Go Online: Latinum electronicum, a Latin Course on the Web. in: L. Cantoni, C. McLoughlin (eds), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2004, AACE, Norfolk, pp. 2292-2299.

Generation Y, Digital Learners, and Other Dangerous Things

by Stefano Tardini

Cantoni L., Tardini S. (2010). Generation Y, Digital Learners, and Other Dangerous Things. In L. Cantoni & S. Tardini (eds.), "Generation Y, Digital Learners, and Other Dangerous Things", Special issue of QWERTY - Interdisciplinary Journal of Technology, Culture and Education, 5(2), pp. 11-25.

eLearning in a bank setting: the case of BPS (Suisse)

by Stefano Tardini

FOSLET 07 - Workshop on Free and Open Source Learning Environments and Tools

by Stefano Tardini

NON-CONVENTIONAL DEVICES IN TRAINING: USING A PSP IN A BANK SETTING

by Stefano Tardini