Tools such as Gopher and WWW have been developed largely to facilitate sharing of technical and corporate information at colleges, universities and research institutions. But very quickly, potential educational applications of these technologies became apparent, especially for open and distance learning. In this regard, WWW has more appeal, because of its hypermedia foundation. Its use is growi...

PURPOSE To assess functional activities of the upper extremity of young adults with cerebral palsy (CP) and to determine their relations with participant characteristics and participation. METHOD Assessment of functional activities of the upper extremity was performed on 103 participants (aged 16-20 years) with the Melbourne assessment and the Abilhand Questionnaire. Participation was measure...

This paper presents the case study of the Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. The study reflects results of the research conducted at the institution to discover learners ́ preferences in higher mobile-assisted education. Particularly, it focuses on two didactic questions: (1) whether all students, not only of those enrolled in IT study programmes...

Conventional regression analysis is typically used in educational research. Usually such an analysis implicitly assumes that a common set of regression parameter estimates captures the population characteristics represented in the sample. In some situations, however, this implicit assumption may not be realistic, and the sample may contain several subpopulations such as high math achievers and ...

The attention to learners with special needs, in particular those with intellectual disabilities, is an area of continuous development. It is considered important to develop adaptive educational solutions for the integration of people with educational difficulties according to their needs. Digital games provide an attractive and direct platform in order to approach students of every intellectua...

The current study sought to evaluate the effectiveness of an Australian centre-based early intervention program for children with autism. Outcomes for 10 children with autistic disorder aged between 32 and 65 months of age participating in the AEIOU early intervention program were investigated. Measures of educational, cognitive, and adaptive skills as well as autism symptoms were administered....

Conventional regression analysis is typically used in educational research. Usually such an analysis implicitly assumes that a common set of regression parameter estimates captures the population characteristics represented in the sample. In some situations, however, this implicit assumption may not be realistic, and the sample may contain several subpopulations such as high math achievers and ...

PURPOSE Exploring which variables are related to work status in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP), classified according to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). METHOD Ninety-two patients with CLBP filled out questionnaires inquiring after health status, impairments in body functions/structures, limitations in activities of daily living (ADL), ...

Due to time and financial restrictions in an educational laboratory, we are making compromises, using experimental setups in which limitations and uncertainties are important. In these cases we should pay particular attention to the role of different factors that affect our experiment, in order to achieve the best possible educational outcome and to avoid misconceptions. In this paper problems ...

The purpose of Adaptive Educational Hypermedia Systems is to define methods and techniques to deliver personalized learning support. Even their benefits and potentialities for educational contexts are clear, their use in real learning contexts is still rare. Reasons for this include the complexity of their development, their use of exclusive methods for defining adaptivity and educational eleme...