dear editor program directors need to evaluate educational programs to ensure their quality (1). the results of a survey conducted in tehran university of medical sciences (tums) in early 2012 showed that program evaluation was not an established process in the majority of schools. it was at best a stand-alone project focusing on a single course or a particular component of it with no structure...

Groupware that provides a distributed shared workspace is becoming more and more common. However, it is often difficult in these systems to maintain awareness of other people’s actions and activities. One reason for this difficulty is that people’s representations in groupware are neither as noticeable nor as expressive as their bodies in the real world. The hypothesis in this research is that ...

In the context of a Language Massive Open Online Course (LMOOC), teacher interventions have to be designed into the course, since personalized teacher feedback actions are impossible due to the large number of participants. Learner autonomy, peer-feedback and task design are crucial in this course design. This paper presents a study on the task design effect on participants of a tandem MOOC (En...

Popularity of massive online open courses (MOOCs) allowed educational researchers to address problems which were not accessible few years ago. Although classical statistical techniques still apply, large datasets allow us to discover deeper patterns and to provide more accurate predictions of student’s behaviors and outcomes. The goal of this tutorial is to disseminate knowledge on elementary d...

The human genome knowledge base (GENOMA-KB) platform integrates a variety of linguistic resources in a unified environment, independent from the origin and nature of the data it retrieves, thereby offering the visitor one sole access point for different heterogeneous sources of information. GENOMA-KB platform has been developed by Serveis i Plataformes Orientades al Coneixement (SPOC) in order ...

The effective implementation of Massively Open Online Courses poses fascinating challenges. We address two such challenges using an agent based approach, employing formal specifications to articulate an agent design which can later be used for software development. The challenges addressed are: 1) How can a learner be provided with a personalised learning experience? 2) How can a learner make b...

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are a recent development in online education aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the Web. They are a potentially disruptive technology, changing how education is delivered and funded around the world. MOOCs are relevant to software researchers and practitioners, not only because they will increasingly receive lifelong education through MOOCs ...

Design in Education is the object of in-depth study and it has opened many doors for action by the designer, reaffirming the interdisciplinary vocation of this area of knowledge. This study intends to present Design as a field that can contribute effectively towards the creation of educational artifacts and cultural inventions, important aspects in human's cognitive development. This topic is o...