The aim of this study was to assess the impact of an educational course on knowledge and attitude of students regarding HIV/AIDS prevention in Tabriz, Iran. The study was conducted by self-assessment technique among university students before and after an educational training programme. The findings showed that the knowledge of students increased significantly (P<0.05). The attitude to the prob...

the article presents new educational course dedicated to Agile Software Development. The course consists of theoretical and practical parts. Theoretical part gives an overview of classical agile methodologies, widely accepted by industry practices and some important programming principles and patterns. The second part of the course includes several labs, aimed for practical usage of agile devel...

With the recent emergence of open source course management systems, learning support infrastructures have received increased attention. More and more organisations adopt these systems to provide their educational services. Often, existing, locally developed learning support software – ranging from delivery support to multimedia content – have to be integrated into these new systems. We will rep...

Philosophy of medicine, narrowly defined as ontology and epistemology of medicine, is a well developed research field, yet education in this field is less well developed. The aim of this paper is to present an educational development in philosophy of medicine-an introductory course in philosophy of medicine. Central features of the course are described. Participants (medical undergraduate stude...

Abstract Using field experiments, I investigate if provision of (social) information can increase incoming university students' attendance in a voluntary remedial math course. In Intervention 1, treated students receive an invitation letter with or without about past sign-up rate for the 2, among those who signed up course, reminder letters including excluding on how helpful course had been eva...