One of the main aims of learning platforms is to guide students towards interaction with learning activities. Pedagogically, these activities should be connected and well-integrated in a coherent environment. Faced with the increasing demand of medical school faculty and for online delivery of course materials, we designed an integrated and generic lesson model. This was implemented in an origi...

The following work focuses on the requirements for a Collaborative Augmented Reality System with the usage of Internet technologies to create new possibilities for collaborative teaching. In most learning environments, learning is imparted through seeing and hearing. In this paper, Collaborative AR Discussion and personal experience are also integrated in order to achieve a quicker transmission...

A great number of Learning Management Systems (LMSs), commercial or open source exists nowadays (e.g. WebCT, Blackboard, IBM LearningSpace, etc.) offering integrated services such as the creation and distribution of on-line learning material, the communication between stakeholders, the management of the instruction process etc., thus providing the basic software platform for supporting web-base...

This work discusses the use of remotely web-based experiments to improve the learning process of automation and control systems theory courses. An architecture combining virtual learning environments, remote experiments, students guidance and experiments analysis is proposed. The experiment is integrated in the learning environment and supports the combination of real equipments with simulated ...

In 2002, along with the integration of a new, integrated curriculum in human medicine, the Virtual Medical Campus Graz was installed. It accompanies the whole curriculum with electronic materials tailored to the needs of the students and the forthcoming examinations. To date, more than 15,000 learning objects have been developed, and students download up to 200,000 learning objects per month. P...

In this paper, we present data management issues faced during the design and development of an open distance learning system for the University of Patras, Greece. In order to handle data eciently, as required in a web tele-training application, for each type of information maintained, di€erent strategies must be deployed according to their behaviour and structure. The diversity and complexity ...

to present a multiple-instructor, active-learning strategy in the undergraduate medical curriculum. this educational research is a descriptive one. shared teaching sessions, were designed for undergraduate medical students in six organ-system based courses. sessions that involved in-class discussions of integrated clinical cases were designed implemented and moderated by at least 3 faculties (c...

WebMathematica is a new web-based technology developed by Wolfram Research that allows the generation of dynamic web content with Mathematica. It combines the computational engine of Mathematica (the Mathematica kernel) with web pages that are written in the HTML language and creates a synergism that is a useful tool for enhancing teaching mathematics and mathematically oriented topics. With th...

Distance-learning engineering courses supporting remote laboratory experimentation, afford a number of critical benefits including flexible access to resources. However, creating an effective and integrated learning environment which allows the access, control and monitoring of embedded devices and instrumentation over the Internet is challenging. Recent advances in web technologies and applica...