background and purpose: studies have shown the advantages of e-cme programs. developing case-based e-cme activities, one of the popular formats of e-cme programs, is difficult and time consuming. in this article we describe our experience of performing instructional system design for creating case-based e-cme contents.  methods: we performed a five-step instructional system design (i.e. system ...

E-portfolios are often celebrated as the choice of technology to engage students and trainees in the personal development processes which underpin their academic and professional careers, but the process of portfolio creation cannot work in isolation. Research highlights the importance of feedback, relevance and assessment in engaging users and encouraging the pedagogical processes which can be...

Since the start of the 2002 academic year, the Department of Sciences of Education of the University of Lyon2, in partnership with the University of Rouen and the CNED (Centre National d'Enseignement à Distance ) of Poitiers (France), has put forward a pedagogical plan of action allowing students to prepare a B.SC degree in Sciences of Education. The goal of this article is the presentation of ...

The growing belief among all involved in education— that children and adults should be lifelong learners—has spawned the emergence of interest in the continuous, progressive, and transportable documentation of learning, or e-portfolios. At the same time, technology is opening up new possibilities regarding when and how learning can take place. Consequently, teacher education should aim to incre...

Over the past decade postsecondary education has been moving increasingly from the classroom to online. During the fall 2010 term 31 percent of U.S. college students took at least one online course. The primary reasons for the growth of e-learning in the nation's colleges and universities include the desire of those institutions to generate new revenue streams, improve access, and offer student...

Using unique geo-coded information on the residential address of a representative sample of American adolescents and their friends, we revisit the importance of geographical proximity in shaping education outcomes. Our ndings reveal no evidence of residential neighborhood e ects. Social proximity, as measured by similarity in religion, race and family income as well as in unobserved characteri...

Higher educational institutions have been compelled by market forces to be more responsive to the needs of their students as well as the demands of different stakeholders government, industry, professional bodies, and community. The inclusion of WIL (Work-Integrated Learning) curriculum in Australian university programs has become a common strategy to address increasing demands for more practic...

In the paper, some interesting findings related to the introduction and use of e-classroom at the Faculty of Management (FM) is presented. The course was carried out in the e-classroom for fulltime and part-time students. The blended learning approach was used as an e-learning model. The teacher’s assessments were based on students’ weekly activities and achievements. Differences between groups...

the production, distribution, and consumption of information are the most important development indices of any nation. plenty of opportunities were created by e-learning which have overall paved the grounds for and enriched the presentation of learning materials through advanced audiovisual educational facilities. such learning environments are by and large flexible and provide more appropriate...