This paper provides information about the standards that govern accessibility of learning objects, presents an example of an accessible learning object and shows the procedure to operate the Moodle learning platform which has been adapted by the authors to the preferences and needs of the students. The way to operate the Moodle adapted platform takes place in three phases. In the first phase, t...

In recent years, Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) (also known as Learning Management Systems) have become pervasive in Higher Education. In addition, the explosion in social software and Web 2.0 technologies raises learners’ expectations of flexibility and personalisation, and highlights the rigidity and limitations of the VLE. Recognition of these limitations has given rise to the evolution...

This exploratory study investigates the needs Web users have to make annotations for their personal use when they view Web pages. Three forms of annotations observed on printed documents – text selection and emphasis, association building, and document resegmentation – are examined in the Web environment. The study shows that text selection and association building through notes or symbols rema...

Healthcare literature suggests that many nurses fail to address patients' spiritual needs and/or identify signs of spiritual distress. A study was conducted to explore whether nurses in a medical center possessed the knowledge to assess patients' spirituality and design and implement a plan of spiritual care. The Spiritual Care Competence Scale was used to assess competence in spiritual care as...

Last year, we reported (2002 AMIA Proceedings, p 971) on how medical school residents report on their use of personal digital assistants (PDA) or hand held devices. We first surveyed 88 residents in six residency programs representing both generalist and specialist practices (Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Pediatrics, Radiology, and Surgery. Following our survey, we contacted so...

This paper presents a pilot study of a novel context modelling method for capturing an evolving model of information needs during search tasks to assist users in satisfying their long-term needs. Short-term sessions are clustered using terms extracted from explicitly marked search results to create and update aspects of a user profile. The terms that most significantly define the aspects of a u...

The field of personal protective equipment (PPE) has led to several high technology innovations. Indeed, improved protection against the various possible encountered risks is looked for, in particular at the workplace. This has generated the development of new materials and new manufacturing technologies, as well as the introduction of new applications for existing ones. However, the remaining ...

There are exciting new opportunities for mobile learning in structured and semi-structured out-of-classroom activities using inquiry-based or project-based pedagogies.We present ongoing research onmobile access to context-relevant digital library resources using mobile interfaces. This project leverages the Engineering Pathway, a digital library of high-quality teaching and learning resources f...

Adolescence is a life stage in which the development of individuality and self-identity occurs. The recent study of the SIP evaluated the life style in adolescents, highlighting the low participation to continuative sports programs and the high incidence to sports drop out, interesting more than 30% of adolescents. These problems are partially linked to low compliance of adolescents to coaches ...

Health care professionals need information delivery tools for accessing information at the point of patient care. Personal digital assistants (PDAs), or hand-held devices demonstrate great promise as point of care information devices. An earlier study [The Constellation Project: experience and evaluation of personal digital assistants in the clinical environment, in: Proceedings of the 19th Ann...