This paper reviews research on learner and tutor interaction in asynchronous computer-mediated (ACM) conferences used in distance learning. The authors note claims made for the potential of ACM conferences to promote higher order critical inquiry and the social construction of knowledge and argue that there is a general lack of evidence regarding the actual achievement of these aims in such con...

Association rule induction is a powerful data mining method. It is used to analyze the regularities in data trends by finding the frequent itemset and association between items or set of items.There is a great deal of overlap between data mining and statistics.In fact most of the techniques used in data mining can be in a Statistical frame work.In this paper an algorithm can be proposed for the...

Web-based Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) have been widely recognized as a mean for supporting and assisting online learning practices. A PLE is a set of services customized by the student. Among these services, resource (either digital or human) recommendation is a crucial one. The paper briefly reviews existing approaches for recommending resources in PLE. Then it describes a novel appr...

3-D virtual worlds are increasing in popularity as a medium for higher education. In this research, we assess the efficacy of two instruction strategies in a virtual world environment, Second Life, and their effects on interactivity, social presence, and perceived learning. The two instruction strategies are direct and interactive instruction strategies. Our findings suggest that the interactiv...

This study addressed the reforming of an online civic education tutorial at the Indonesia Open University or Universitas Terbuka (UT). Several contemporary literatures were reviewed to determine best practices, including social constructivism and a democratic form of teaching. Constructed from the review of literature, the paper proposed a new model of pedagogical approach to the existing pract...

Twitter users are harassed increasingly often by unsolicited messages that waste time and mislead users into clicking nefarious links. While increasingly powerful methods have been designed to detect spam, many depend on complex methods that require training and analyzing message content. While many of these systems are fast, implementing them in real time could present numerous challenges. Pre...

Animated interface agents have been proposed as a more natural way for the user to interact with computers. Such agents are frequently used in pedagogical and program help applications. While many aspects of social agents have been investigated, that of keeping an appropriate social distance seems to have been overlooked. This ability is coupled with an understanding of when advice is and is no...

This article applies the concept of classroom community to asynchronous learning networks (ALNs) by taking on the issue of how best to design and implement a course that fosters community among learners who are physically separated from each other. The following factors that can influence sense of community among distant learners are examined: student–instructor ratio, transactional distance, s...

Dear editor-in-chief, The Future of Medical Education Journal The emergence of new theories of learning and education and a paradigm shift from being teacher-centered to student-centered alongside with advancement of novel communication technologies have set the grounds for modern human to use new methods of teaching-learning and free himself of the chains of time and place and keep on learning...

This paper focuses on an extensive market analysis done under the framework of the Peach coordination action, a project funded by the European Union Future Emerging Technologies unit. The analysis identifies, classifies, reports and further elaborates on which areas presently benefit from Presence technologies. Taxonomy of these markets is also derived in this document, describing how and why P...