Planning, or making decisions for the evolution of the European air traffic management system (EATMS) involves a careful evaluation of alternative scenarios, from various perspectives: technical, operational, economic, or even environmental. This assessment is often carried out through experimentations, in which modeling and simulation contribute significantly, by reducing the turn−around time ...

Learning objectives (LOs) are statements of intent that describe what a student will know and be able to do at the end of a course. However, the definition of well-formed LOs is a challenge in instructional design. This paper describes a competency-based approach to support the integrated definition of LOs in learning, education and training systems. This approach is based on a system-wide defi...

Military networks constantly evolve to accommodate state-of-the-art technological developments across both military and commercial systems. Operating and maintaining such complex networks is no longer a trivial task. This paper presents a policy-based network management system for military networks which allows non-technical personnel (e.g. the military commander) to guide the network to behave...

As Chinese medicine (CM) has increased in popularity globally it now becomes imperative to investigate ways in which safe, efficient, effective and evidence-based approaches might be adopted into CM practice. In the case of western or more traditional healthcare delivery practice, IS/IT is often adopted and employed to assist in this regard and thus this paper examines how IS/IT might be used t...

An ongoing trend of e-learning systems is to not only concentrate on the management of learning materials and other information, but instead to focus on learning processes. Thus a stronger focus is put on the people engaged in learning activities: the learners which shall be served by an e-learning system and the teachers who instruct and guide the learners. The Conceptual Content Management (C...

Digital age (information/computer age) offers many opportunities. Many transforms and changes have been made in public and private sectors. It is clear to say that education is one of the most important areas that has been trying to use IT tools. Today, e-learning is an important way of removing time and place constraints between students and instructors. In addition, it is the best way to make...

Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) uncovers a new learning space for students to start their learning in multidisciplinary subjects and provides an enormous storage for different types of learning materials. This brings not only the ease and flexibility to our learning, but also the challenges in organizing, managing, and controlling of information which is indispensable to the design of an eff...

This paper presents the results of an empirical study conducted with a set of students using an online learning environment (OLE) to follow a distance education program. The aim of the study was to find whether students could perform well in examinations using only the Learning Management System (LMS), whether they could use it in an efficient way and whether there was a relationship between st...

A brief look at the evolution of the public management system in New Zealand shows the need for further reform. Two periods in its history are highlighted: the emergence of a classic bureaucratic model in the early 20th century, followed by the managerial reforms in the 1980s and 90s. They laid the groundwork for future development, but also show the current constraints against which public ser...

Fallbasiertes Lernen hat in der Medizin eine zentrale Bedeutung. Daher sind für die Bereitstellung von eLearning-Angeboten im medizinischen Bereich fallbasierte Systeme sowohl für die studentische Ausbildung als auch für die ärztliche Weiterbildung sinnvoll. Fallsammlungen lassen sich nicht nur in der Lehre nutzen, sondern können auch als Referenzfälle dienen, die von Ärzten zur Diagnose herang...