Traditionally, higher academic education has favored the acquisition of individualized conceptual knowledge over context-independent procedural knowledge. Applied degrees, on the other hand, favor procedural knowledge. We present a conceptual model for classifying a business curriculum. This classification could inform discussion around the difficulties associated with issues such as assessment...

This paper presents an application based on Adobe Flash and SCORM within a MOODLE learning environment, which provides individualized assignments for students who learn digital systems. The assignments are evaluated automatically and the result is reported to the MOODLE platform. Since the tasks are solved by the students remotely and unattended, each student needs to get his or her personalize...

In this presentation, we discuss the use of information technologies in the area of special education for teaching individuals with learning disabilities. Application software which was developed for this purpose is used to demonstrate the applicability of a database integrated information processing system to alleviate the burden of educators. The software allows the preparation of individuali...

BACKGROUND The development of self-assessment and self-directed learning skills is essential to lifelong learning and becoming an effective physician. Pediatric residents in the United States are now required to use Individualized Learning Plans (ILPs) to document self-assessment and self-directed learning. A better understanding of resident and faculty attitudes and skills about self-assessmen...

Today, Nigerian Universities feel pressured to get a portal up and running – dynamic, individualized web systems have become essential for institutions of higher learning. As a result, most of the Nigerian University portals nowadays do not meet up to standard. In this paper, ten (10) Nigerian University portals were selected and their design evaluated in accordance with the international best ...

Learning management systems (LMS) can be defined as a suite of services designed to deliver, track, report on and administer learning content, student progress and student interactions. Current LMS are based on courseware tools that mainly use Internet and the Web as learning platforms. However, they use proprietary/closed information technologies and formats such as HTML that are not adequate ...

The idea of utilizing computer games for educational purposes is not new and grounds on the simple fact that playing is one of the most natural forms of learning. Advantages of digital games are that they offer a meaningful context, rich visualizations, and interactivity. Successful educational games, however, require a subtle balance between learning and gaming as well as challenge and ability...

Distributed Internet-Based Performance Support Environment for Individualized Learning (DIPSEIL, http://env.dipseil.net/v3 )software model and software architecture. This paper describes the model, software architecture and integration with remote labs for building distributed information learning environment from several servers spread all over Europe with educational content, based on perform...

Open Learner Models (OLM) are believed to facilitate students’ metacognitive activities in learning. Inspectable student models are a simple but very common form of OLM that grant students opportunities to get feedback on their knowledge and reflect on it. This paper uses individualized surveys and interviews with high school students who have at least three years experience learning with the C...

The National Adult Learning Survey and the 1970 British Cohort Study have pointed to considerable differences by level of educational qualification in attitude to and participation in adult or ‘lifelong’ learning. They suggest that graduates are more likely than other groups to engage in adult learning, generally, and to be motivated to do so by the intrinsic interest of the subject matter. How...