System Expertise Training Courses In Private Sector: Can They Be Given Online?

Effects of Banking Facilities on Private Sector Investment, Given the Specifications of the Iranian Banking System

In this research, a model is designed to assess the effect of banking facilities over private sector investment. In this model, private investment is a function of non-oil GDP, and with a time lag, of import of capital goods, investment of public sector and the real facilities granted by the banking system to the private sector. The effects of the model indicate a meaningful effect of the ...

The ABET “ Professional Skills ” – Can They Be Taught ? Can They Be Assessed ?

In developing its new engineering accreditation criteria, ABET reaffirmed a set of “hard” engineering skills while introducing a second, equally important, set of six “professional” skills. These latter skills include communication, teamwork, and understanding ethics and professionalism, which we label process skills, and engineering within a global and societal context, lifelong learning, and ...

Two Courses of Expertise

Learner Interaction Monitoring System (LiMS): Capturing the Behaviors of Online Learners and Evaluating Online Training Courses

The Learner Interaction Monitoring Systems (LiMS) is a web-based application that can interface with any web-based course delivery platform to transform the online learning environment into an active observer of learner engagement. In this paper we describe how the LiMS ‘event capture model’ collects detailed real-time data on learner behavior in self-directed online learning environments, and ...

How well can completion of online courses be predicted using binary logistic regression?

This article uses binary logistic regression to create models for predicting course performance. The data used is the data-trail left by students activities on a discussion forum while attending an online course. The purpose of the study is to evalute how well models based on binary logistic regression can be used to predict course completion. Three sets of data was used for this. One set colle...