Music information retrieval has started to become more and more important in the humanities by providing tools for computer-assisted processing and analysis of music data. However, when applied to real-world scenarios, even established techniques, which are often developed and tested under lab conditions, reach their limits. In this paper, we illustrate some of these challenges by presenting a ...

While many subject areas lend themselves well to off-campus distance education delivery, there have always been some which do not necessarily adapt well to non face-to-face provision, in particular, those subjects where interpersonal interaction is integral. This paper discusses a course teaching group processes which had been previously offered onand off-campus, and its subsequent redesign for...

A key motive in using gaming for educational purposes is to enhance user motivation and involvement to the subject matter. Within military education, games have always been utilized as a means to think clearly about military operations. However, some research results have shown that gaming, regardless of what the game is supposed to portray, is a meaningful activity in itself, and this can dist...

Nowadays in higher education, the teaching procedures that lead to better learning outcomes (LO) require continuous analysis. Rubrics such as teaching feedback procedures have demonstrated their effectiveness at heightening the reflection of university students on their own practice. The aims were (1) to study the effects of different types of rubric-based feedback [from process-oriented feedba...

Teaching English for Specific Purposes (TESP) has been a controversial issue among EFL teachers and others. The question raised by many is whether the English language instructor or the subject-matter specialist should teach ESP courses. The main purpose of the present study was to re-address this issue. To this end, 60 second-year students majoring in Feqh and Islamic Law at Islamic Azad Unive...

THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE SKIN, 2nd ed. By William Montagna. New York, Academic Press, Inc., 1962. xx, 434 pp. $16.50. In the second edition of The Structure and Function of the Skin. William Montagna communicates his enthusiasm and interest, as well as his broad knowledge of the study of the skin. This edition, as was the last, is divided into six sections, each dealing with separate a...

THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE SKIN, 2nd ed. By William Montagna. New York, Academic Press, Inc., 1962. xx, 434 pp. $16.50. In the second edition of The Structure and Function of the Skin. William Montagna communicates his enthusiasm and interest, as well as his broad knowledge of the study of the skin. This edition, as was the last, is divided into six sections, each dealing with separate a...