In this time of Internet delivery, learning through Internet will be popular and enhance the efficiency of teaching. This paper presents an Internet-based distance learning system for English learning through multimedia database and Internet technologies, it is called "multimedia English corpus". It includes two major learning functions. One of them provides Articles, Dialogs, and Videos databa...

Argument maps as schematic representations of arguments and their logical and evidential relationships are effective diagrams for instruction in education as well as in L2 development. However, their use for teaching L2 writing in EFL contexts has not been adequately studied. Therefore, this study investigated the effect of argument mapping instruction on Iranian EFL learners’ writing achieveme...

The recently published Survey of the State of the Art in Human Language Technology does not spend a single word on computer-aided language learning (CALL). Indeed, present-day CALL systems hardly employ Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques. Reasons for this state of affairs are not hard to find. First of all, current language teaching methods tend to emphasize oral language skills, espe...

To process enormous multimedia data, we have designed a VLIW (Very Long Instruction Word) processor called FLOVA (FLOating-Point VLIW Architecture) exploiting the ILP (Instruction-Level Parallelism) in multimedia programs. FLOVA executes four instructions simultaneously in one cycle and supports 136 instructions including 35 media instructions to accelerate multimedia programs. This paper prese...

Multimedia presentations are suitable for instruction delivery. In a distance learning environment, multimedia presentations are lecture materials to be broadcasted among a number of workstations connected by networks. In order to manage these course materials efficiently, a multimedia database management system (MDBMS) is essentially important. We propose a MDBMS, which has five layers. Attrib...

The new developments in computer technology are changing the way training professionals look at computer-assisted instruction (CAI). Nursing educators and practitioners can plan on CAI capabilities that will be both possible and economical as well as within the reach of most organizations. Health care delivery may not be in a position to forego multimedia training as part of its repertoire. In ...

The use of online learning tutorials to provide instruction in schools of nursing is growing in popularity; however, the outcomes associated with this method of instruction are not well documented. The focus of this experimental study, conducted at 2 universities in northern California, was to determine the effectiveness of an online interactive multimedia-learning tool versus text only, text a...