Multimodal interfaces allow a smooth human-computer interaction,and connection between real and digital worlds to be entirely transparent to the user. Most current educational applications using this kind of interfaces does not support collaboration and they are not adaptable. Furthermore, few models have been developed for development of these applications. In this paper, we propose a prelimin...

Cloud computing has been regarded as the most potential technology to realize innovative educational services, because it intrinsically provides massive computing and storage capacities. Accordingly, many researchers have noticed that the potential of cloud computing in driving the educational innovative applications. Despite much research on cloud to education, little effort has been devoted t...

The World Wide Web has become purely a hypermedia system these days. Numerous organizations have developed number of commercial and educational Web applications. The development of good quality applications has a high cost, mostly in time and amount of difficulty involved for the developers. On applying measurement techniques to measure the quality of applications and their development process,...

The association between light and psychological states has a long history and permeates our language. LIVEIA (Light-based Immersive Visualization Environment for Imaginative Actualization) is a new immersive, interactive technology that uses physical light as a metaphor for visualizing peoples’ inner lives and relationships. This paper outlines its educational value, as a tool for understanding...

Consider an autonomous teacher agent trying to adaptively sequence material to best keep a student engaged, or a medical agent trying to help suggest treatments to maximize patient outcomes. To solve these complex reinforcement learning problems, we must first decide on a policy representation. But determining the best representation can be challenging, since the environment includes many poorl...

Animation, which is basically a form of pictorial presentation, has become the most prominent feature of technology-based learning environments. It refers to simulated motion pictures showing movement of drawn objects. Recently, educational computer animation has turned out to be one of the most elegant tools for presenting multimedia materials for learners, and its significance in helping to u...

The Linked Open Data Cloud is a goldmine for creating open and low-cost educational applications: First, it contains open knowledge of encyclopedic nature on a large number of real-world entities. Moreover, the data being structured ensures that the data is both humanand machine-readable. Finally, the openness of the data and the use of RDF as standard format facilitate the development of appli...

Until recently virtual environments and videogame applications rarely incorporated any deep cultural or educational principles. Current research in the area of virtual reality applications, clearly indentify that they are extremely motivating for learners and therefore can be employed as an innovative, more accessible framework to deliver education while at the same time entertain the public. O...

Educational technology applications and lessons, such as learning modules, activities, and user-authored systems, face substantial implementation challenges in public schools and postsecondary institutions. The design of technology impacts the willingness of teachers to implement new technology; evaluators examining implementation obstacles can help improve design. In this article, both summati...