In developing and successfully implementing a classroom project on ‘Internetworking’ in secondary education, the author found that there is a need for adequate educational software. Abstract informatics concepts have to be connected to real-life experiences. In this paper the concept of views that support different perspectives on the subject is applied to meet the requirements for educational ...

Learning management systems are simple web based applications that are being used today by various educational bodies and numerous industries. These systems are designed by many industries, educational bodies, etc. according to their needs and requirements. In this paper, some of the characteristics of open sources learning management systems were analyzed to identify the basic characteristics ...

In recent years, the teaching and learning of mathematics through computer-based education applications has grown. In the primary classroom, which in Australia covers Years 1 to 6 (children aged 6 to 11), there are many opportunities for computer-based technology to be used to enhance the teaching of curriculum areas such as English and Mathematics (Lim & Oakley, 2013). However, many studies an...

In educational settings, current digital technologies often work counter-productive because people using them experience separation and isolation. This paper describes a set of multi-touch multimedia interaction applications that especially were designed to enhance co-located collaboration between users. We present the underlying framework for creating such applications. Our applications were c...

This paper describes a course in computer programming that is being offered to freshmen and sophomores in civil engineering at NC State. Visual Basic (VBA in Excel) and MATLAB are being used as the programming languages. Much of the learning occurs through reverse engineering and imitation. Typical civil engineering problems are used to present the programming concepts. Especially in the instan...

Smoking remains the leading cause of preventable, premature death in the UK. Very Brief Advice (VBA) from Health Care Professionals (HCP) can trigger quit attempts, and behavioural support from trained practitioners can assist with these quit attempts. The purpose of the current study was to assess the self-reported content of smoking cessation education, and extent of training, in pre-registra...

Autism is a neurological disorder that affects the growth of mind, causing problematic measure in communicating, interacting, and social behaviour. Outstanding educational practices and rapid intermediation leads to vast improvement, as there is no remedy for autism. The main impairment of children with autism is their difficulty in social interaction. The main research is to recognize the effe...

The growth of education faces a constant evolution, and the adoption of new technologies for education is reflected in the inclusion of virtual courses in the educational process. However, accessibility in cloud-based applications, virtual platforms and online courses has not been widely taken into account in the educational process. In this sense, the inclusion of accessibility features for on...

In education, instructors adopt different instructional modes that correspond to their preferred teaching style: some focus on principles and others on applications; some present the material in a logical progression of small incremental steps, others proceed from the big picture to the detail and so on. On the other side, students are characterized by different learning styles: preferences or ...