In their article ‘The inconsistency of the h-index’ Ludo Waltman and Nees Jan van Neck give three examples to demonstrate the inconsistency of the h-index. As will be shown below, a little extension of their examples just illustrate the opposite, a stable feature of the h-index. For starting authors it, the h-index that is, focusses on the number of articles; for experienced authors its focus s...

This paper describes the evaluation of an online course in Neonatal Medicine, which involved medical practitioners across Europe. It focuses on analysis of the discussion groups. The project aimed to develop an online course for practitioners and included the development of 4 modules. Delivery was achieved using hybrid technology via distribution of course materials on CD ROMs accompanied by an...

This paper details the evaluation of human modelling software, which provides visual access to dynamic biomechanical data on older adult mobility to a new audience of professionals and lay people without training in biomechanics. An overview of the process of creating the visualisation software is provided, including a discussion of the benefits over existing approaches. The qualitative evaluat...

This paper reports on strategies 26 Year 3 students used to solve a range of division word problems in a oneto-one interview, following the participation of half of the group in a teaching experiment. The focus here is on the strategies used by case study students to solve equivalent groups and times as many division tasks. Results suggest that young children are capable of solving complex divi...

Universities face increasing numbers of students leading to increasingly large lectures, and decreasing interaction and collaboration, which are important factors for learning success and satisfaction. The use of IT can help overcoming this challenge by increasing the interaction in large-scale lectures without massively increasing the workload of lecturers. In this research-in-progress paper, ...

Success in college is not simply a matter of students demonstrating academic ability. In addition, students must master the ‘‘college student’’ role in order to understand instructors’ expectations and apply their academic skills effectively to those expectations. This article uses data from focus groups to examine the fit between university faculty members’ expectations and students’ understan...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically examine how social augmented parameters impact on the effective adoption of Information and communication technology (ICT) by small scale agribusinesses operating in Southeast Nigeria. The relevance of incorporating social imperatives in scholarship focused on technology adoption is due to its role in sustaining the process of adoption and diff...

In face-to-face conversation, participants often give the floor, or the voice, to nonpresent participants – virtual participants. These are made present in the conversation by actual speakers quoting them, voicing them or referring to their opinions. In this paper, we examine instances of such virtual talk. Data are drawn from focus group discussions and public meetings about genetically modifi...

Wiki system has been deployed in many collaborative learning projects. However, lack of motivation is a serious problem in the collaboration process. The wiki system is originally designed to hide authorship information. Such design may hinder users from being aware of task conflict, resulting in undesired outcomes (e.g. reduced motivation, suppressed knowledge exchange activities). We propose ...