Introduction. The article considers the educational failure of students as a social problem. Its relevance is due to growth educationally unsuccessful and need overcome this phenomenon. aim present was analyse nature influence context on students. Methodology research methods. based interdisciplinary methodology, which integrates principles sociological, psychological, socio-psychological, econ...

The purpose of this article is to introduce the thematics of my doctoral dissertation research. The study is a part of national KASVA -graduate school (2003-2006) which is funded by Finnish Academy. The aim of the research is to study teachability of the teaching material contents in higher engineering network-based mobile education (NBME). Teachability will be studied in authentic educational ...

Virtual environments in which users can navigate freely through spatial representations, pick up and examine objects, and “converse” with virtual characters, can play a role in transferring information and knowledge for both training and education. This paper discusses design issues encountered when creating such an environment for grade-five primary school students. Résumé: Les environnements ...

This paper presents the design and implementation of the context-aware educational system for smart classrooms. We outlined the design features for such a cost-effective system and report its deployment scenarios. The systems have three main management components that deal with various elements of this educational environment: (1) online course material and classroom hardware status management,...

Students‟ demand for rich, multimedia content to be incorporated into their learning process has driven teachers to use online resources. With its accessibility and explosive growth of content, the NSDL repositories are in a prime position to provide the quality material teachers and other knowledge seekers need. Still, teachers are dissatisfied with this resource. They are frustrated with the ...