Freeing Teaching from Learning: Opening Up Existential Possibilities in Educational Relationships

Freeing vision from frames

3 Volume 3, Issue 1, May 006 The notion of a ‘frame’ of video data has become so embedded in computer vision that it is taken for granted. This is natural, given that the only available input devices have always been frame-based—from drum scanners and videcon tubes to CCDs (chargecoupled devices) and CMOS (complimentary metal-oxide semiconductor) imagers. Also, frame-based imagers have undeniab...

Time as the Fourth Dimension: Opening up New Possibilities in Chemical Vapor Deposition

Freeing Cooperation from Servers Tyranny

This paper deals with computer supported cooperative work in the context of untethered scenarios typical of mobile environments. The scenario envisions a number of homogeneous peers that are able to provide the same services, disconnect frequently from the net, and perform part of their work while disconnected. The application we choose is Configuration Management (CM), a critical cooperative a...

Applying New Educational Models in ICT Teaching and Learning

This paper presents a group of elements to improve the teaching and learning in technological education, applied to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). These elements are based on some contributions issued from contemporary education models, namely, the thematic approach, meaningful learning, concept maps and the spiral curriculum. Based on a thematic approach, a new way is propos...

Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics - Educational Assistance for Teaching and Learning

Teaching and Learning process of an educational institution needs to be monitored and effectively analysed for enhancement. Teaching and Learning is a vital element for an educational institution. It is also one of the criteria set by majority of the Accreditation Agencies around the world. Learning analytics and Educational Data Mining are relatively new. Learning analytics refers to the colle...