This paper highlights the capabilities and significance of a new e-learning tool developed at Informatics and Process Control research group. The main objective is to facilitate the students in simulating and experimenting different subject concepts in a new e-learning environment. It also aims at teaching students to make use of simple, economical and easily accessible spreadsheet tool like MS...

The monist-project has committed itself to the task of developing recipes for the use of simulations in higher education in neural and cognitive science. The basis of the monist-project is a software package, the monist console, designed for providing compact, ready to use educational simulations with variable application context. The monist console is a client-server application supporting onl...

This paper presents a design research project adapting Elgg, an open source social networking package, for use in graduate education. The modified software represents an alternative model to the traditional course management system, using blogs & wikis to support student collaboration and peer learning. Students found that the application helped them learn from each other, deepen their peer rel...

The article presents steps of constructing a computer-based costing system for a higher education institution. Activity-based costing was chosen as the underlying cost accounting methodology. The structure of the costing model for a hypothetic university was described in the paper. The model was created in an attempt to find out how costly is a process of education performed for a study program...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the health education program in a large Primary Health Care Center, to find out the problems faced by the staff and to suggest the practical and relevant solutions. METHODS This study was carried out at Wasat Abha Primary Health Care Center, Asir region during 1997. The files of diabetics who attended the center were evaluated for health education topics by using a check...

INTRODUCTION Religious orders are one of the educational needs of the postpartum period. This study was conducted to determine the educational needs of postpartum religious orders. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted among 421 postpartum women and 15 specialists. Quota random sampling was conducted from January to March 2014 in Isfahan, Iran. Data analysis was perfo...

The study aimed to establish the frequency of injuries in primary and secondary schools during leisure time and physical education classes in school as well as in group and individual sports. The sample included 2842 pupils from nine primary schools and 1235 students from five secondary schools in Slovenia. The data were processed with the SPSS statistical software package and the frequencies a...

BACKGROUND Graduating medical students enter their internship with varied levels of practical experience in procedural skills. To address this problem, many medical schools have introduced intensive skill training courses immediately prior to graduation. This study examines the impact of a pre-intern (PrInt) education package, consisting of a short intensive course, followed by a one-month clin...

SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory) demand has grown exponentially since the 1980s, as a result of technological factors and new areas of application, particularly concerning communication and consumer electronics. The SDRAM market represented in 2007 c. 20% of the total semiconductor business and is seen as a strategic area, justifying private and public investment in the western ...