This paper discusses problems of Integrated Leaning Environments (ILE) creation. Architecture for ILE is suggested. An approach to learning management organization in such environments is described. The paper considers in details the situations, when the student does not achieve enough success in educational problem solving. In these cases the system sends him/her back to a hypertext textbook t...

It has also been generally recognised that content is a major concern for effective e-learning. And, not surprisingly, a lot of the effort is focused on content development. Internationally too, content is a major focus area in e-learning and its variants. The topic of content design from the perspective of designing effective content is also one of serious research interest. RC Clark's work in...

Changing power relations and the shift in control have been some of the key issues driving the discussion in Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) in the last years. As opposed to deterministic approaches to designing learning, such as the system approach in instructional design, emancipatory approaches, such as Personal Learning Environments (PLE), emphasizes the shift of control and ownership fr...

The feature map represented by the set of weight vectors of the basic SOM (Self-Organizing Map) provides a good approximation to the input space from which the sample vectors come. But the timedecreasing learning rate and neighborhood function of the basic SOM algorithm reduce its capability to adapt weights for a varied environment. In dealing with non-stationary input distributions and changi...

This paper provides an overview of the work of the Connexions Kent Guidance P.A.s and considers their needs in terms of knowledge maturing and development. It goes on to examine why a PLE could assist in this process and outlines the different functions of a PLE. Then a scenario is outlined illustrating the possible use of the PLE. Finally, a Mashup approach to developing the PLE is considered ...

background: educational clinical environment has an important role in nursing students' learning. any difference between actual and expected clinical environment will decrease nursing students’ interest in clinical environments and has a negative correlation with their clinical performance.   methods : this descriptive cross-sectional study is an attempt to compare nursing students'perception o...