HEIS (Higher Education Information System) is a project funded by the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports started in the year 2001. HEIS is a comprehensive information system that provides support for education related processes taking place within a higher education institution. As a part of the project, a data warehouse was developed to provide reporting and analytical features...

The aim of the current has been based on explaining the introduction of hidden and apparent factors in the context and ground of architecture, which can be influenced by it in the process of audience’s educability from a new aspect; therefore, the “data-based theory”, which is one of the newest qualitative research methods, was applied and in order to demonstrate its efficiency, Yazd Faculty of...

Improving customer satisfaction degree is important in e-Education. This paper describes a new approach to adaptive e-Education taking into account the full spectrum of Web service techniques and activities. It presents a multi-agents architecture based on artificial psychology techniques, which makes the e-Education process both adaptable and dynamic, and hence up-todate. Knowledge base techni...

this paper seeks to investigate a new definition for architecture by unifying the three vitruvian principles of firmitas, utilities, and venustas via a phenomenological approach in the interpretation and analysis of their role in defining architecture. the paper is composed in two main sections. the first section investigates the nature of architecture based on the mentioned principles, where a...

We discuss the characteristics of portals defined as web-based interfaces to applications. In particular we focus on portals for either education or computing which we assume will be based on technologies developed for areas such as e-commerce and the large Enterprise Information Portal market. Interoperable portals should be based on interface standards, which are essentially hierarchical fram...

This paper addresses the challenge and potential of online higher and continuing education, of fostering and promoting, in a global perspective across time and space, democratic values working for a better world. Such values include mutual political and intercultural understanding, collaboration, and tolerance to cultural and ethical diversity, and they are mediated through collaborative dialog...

The challenge facing TeleLearning and Distance Education is to support the essentially autonomous knowledge building process by the learner, while at the same time, emphasizing the very important collaborative dimension of learning. This challenge cannot be met without information technology and without the integration of all the useful synchronous and asynchronous technologies in a coherent ar...

This paper presents an architecture and functional design of Uni-Grid P&T, a toolkit for building customizable Grid portals for different application domains in a typical university environment in China. Based on a layered architecture, the functions of the toolkit are designed on top of the new Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA) and based on the standards of Web services. We particularly a...

Birth of technology and its entry to various fields, especially into education systems has its own pros and cons. but the important issue, here, should to acquiring the impact of this presence in order to enhance benefits and reduce drawbacks on educational systems. Digital software has opened a new era into designers and students of art and architecture. Understanding and learning the rules of...

The massive proliferation of affordable computers, Internet broadband connectivity and rich education content has created a global phenomenon in which information and communication technology (ICT) is being used to transform education. Therefore, there is a need to redesign the educational system to meet the needs better. The advent of computers with sophisticated software has made it possible ...