Learners have different learning styles, background knowledge, interests and alternative evolution of their learning over time, which makes ineffective offering the same packaged course to each learner. Learning should be a user-centred process focused on learning activities adapted to learner’s needs and preferences. However, authoring of adaptive courses traditionally requires massive customi...

Application of information technologies (IT) in the field of audit is worth studying. Continuous auditing (CA) is an active research domain in computer-assisted audit field. In this paper, the concept of continuous auditing is analyzed firstly. Then, based on analysis on research literatures of continuous auditing, technique realization methods are classified into embedded mode and separate mod...

AIM To set up a programme of internal laboratory audit in a medical microbiology laboratory. METHODS A model of laboratory based process audit is described. Laboratory activities were examined in turn by specimen type. Standards were set using laboratory standard operating procedures; practice was observed using a purpose designed questionnaire and the data were analysed by computer; performa...

We investigate whether using different instructional verbs to codify requirements in auditing standards, and direct auditors meeting those requirements, impacts the level of professional scepticism reflected auditor judgments evidence intend collect. In an experiment, with practicing serving as participants, we test directing higher order (e.g., consider evaluate), rather than lower that are cu...

Database auditing has become a very crucial aspect of security as organisations increase their adoption of database management systems (DBMS) as major asset that keeps, maintain and monitor sensitive information. Database auditing is the group of activities involved in observing a set of stored data in order to be aware of the actions of users. The work presented here outlines the main auditing...