This study aims to explore how corpus-based approaches can be used address the distinctions of English near-synonyms effectively. Especially, it collected source data from British National Corpus (BNC) and adopted Sketch Engine (SkE) as an analyzing tool compare near synonymous pair damage destroy commonly misused by Chinese-speaking learners in terms frequencies, genre distribution, colligatio...

There has been a significant amount of research in application of intelligent agent technology in virtual training and pedagogical environments. The characteristics of intelligent agents, such as flexible behaviour, autonomy and socialablity make them highly suitable candidates to overcome the shortcomings of the traditional course management systems, online learning and Web resources available...

This paper describes the design of the learner modelling component of the LEACTIVEMATH system, which was conceived to integrate modelling of learners’ competencies in a subject domain, motivational and affective dispositions and meta-cognition. This goal has been achieved by organising learner models as stacks, with the subject domain as ground layer and competency, motivation, affect and meta-...

There is great interest in educationa l leadership in the early part of the 21st cen tury because of the widespread belief that the quality of leadership makes a significant difference to school and student outcomes. There is also increasing recognition that schools require effective leaders and managers if they are to provide the best possib le education f or their learners . Schools need trai...

Mobile learning (m-learning) is considered the next form of e-learning using mobile technologies to facilitate education for teachers and learners anywhere and anytime. Engaging the m-learning services in the Malaysian higher education could improve the availability of education. This study intends to develop a theoretical model for explaining and predicting student acceptance and use of m-lear...

Although becoming a more racially-integrated society, the legacy of Apartheid still affects learners’ social engagements in and outside their classrooms. Adopting Nussbaum’s (2010) capabilities framework for a socially just democracy, this paper examines 27 pre-service teacher education students’ perceptions of a digital storytelling project and its potential for recognising and honouring capab...