The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have been successfully used to transform either partial/total face to face or distance learning education [1]. Educational software systems aid the teaching/learning process, promoting the development of a lot of Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs), improving the assimilation of the content presented in the class. Using mechanisms such as Hard...

Julie Mitchell is Managing Librarian for the Chapman Learning Commons in the Irving K Barber Learning Centre at the University of British Columbia, e-mail: [email protected]; Nathalie Soini is Learning Commons Coordinator at Queen’s University, e-mail: [email protected]. © 2014 Julie Mitchell and Nathalie Soini, Attribution-NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) CC B...

Since 2000, research in the broader service-learning field has included partnerships and community voice, but this research trend has received little attention among engineering education scholars. This study aims to fill this gap by developing a richer understanding of community-university partnerships in engineering service-learning programs by exploring the perspectives of advisors and commu...

Introduction: In-service training of nurses plays an indispensablerole in improving the quality of inpatient care. Need to enhancethe effectiveness of in-service training of nurses is an inevitablerequirement. This study attempted to design a new optimal modelfor in-service training of nurses.Methods: This qualitative study was conducted in two stagesduring 2015-2016. In the first stage, the Gr...

We examined the effects of a gerontology course and an intergenerational service-learning project for people with dementia (PWD) on three dimensions of students' attitudes including attitudes toward older people, community service for older people, and working with PWD. Data consisted of a combination of pretest/posttest survey and review of journals that students maintained during the service-...

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the design of a highly flexible, electronic market place for learning resources called UNIVERSAL Brokerage Platform (UBP). Integrating learning resource related data in a semi-automatic way demands a flexible data model. The main components of an educational brokerage platform are learning resources, agents, intellectual property rights, and delivery s...

This article examines the rise of programs in higher education that award certificates, minors, and/or majors in service-learning. Using Vaughn and Seifer (2008) as a foundation, this study documented and analyzed a total of 31 academic programs that had service-learning at its academic core. Findings from this study suggest that there is indeed a coherent (though far from stable) “field” of se...