introduction: working in the complex and ever changing healthcare settings forces the nurses and nursing students to be equipped with lifelong learning skills. one of the lifelong learning skills is self-directed learning. this study aimed to explore the m.sc. nursing students’ self-directed learning activities. methods: a qualitative design using conventional content analysis approach was used...

This paper describes the design of a fuzzy controlled autonomous robot, incorporating Genetic Algorithms (GA) based rule learning, for use in an outdoor agricultural vehicle for path and edge following activities which involve spraying insecticide, distributing fertilisers, ploughing, harvesting, etc. The robot has to navigate under different ground and weather conditions offering complex probl...

This paper presents a cross-cultural examination of the trans-contextual model in University education setting. The purpose of the study was to test the effect of students’ perceived autonomy support and in-lecture learning motivation on motivation, intention, and behaviour with respect to after-lecture learning via the mediation of the social cognitive variables: attitude, subjective norm, and...

Background: Relationships are the foundation of human social life. If this relationship is well established in academic environments, educational objectives are more conveniently obtained. The aim of this studyDetermining factors affecting student- professor relationship in performing educational and learning activities from the perspective of male and female  apprentices, interns and Assistant...

One of the fundamental aspects underlying the implementation of the autonomous schools in Malaysia is the School-Based Management (SBM) practices. Previous studies indicated that SBM is viewed as a means of incorporating the voices of parents, teachers and the community in the school management in a formal manner. Thus, the aim of this study is to investigate the level of parents‟ involvement i...

The complexity of foreign language learning and its restricted time to learn in the classroom need proactive efforts from English students outside with full initiative effort. This study tended investigate what extent students’ autonomous activities master (four skills). applied a descriptive quantitative design. It was conducted at state university Majene, West Sulawesi, Indonesia academic yea...

Gregor H.W. Gebhardt Computational Learning for Autonomous Systems, Technische Universität Darmstadt Kevin Daun Computational Learning for Autonomous Systems, Technische Universität Darmstadt Marius Schnaubelt Computational Learning for Autonomous Systems, Technische Universität Darmstadt Alexander Hendrich Computational Learning for Autonomous Systems, Technische Universität Darmstadt Daniel K...

We propose a novel approach to experience collection for autonomous service robots performing complex activities. This approach enables robots to collect data for many learning problems at a time, abstract it and transform it into information specific to the learning tasks and thereby speeding up the learning process. The approach is based on the concept of hierarchical hybrid automata, which a...

Examination of motivational dynamics in academic contexts within self-determination theory has centered primarily around both the motives (initially intrinsic vs. extrinsic, later autonomous vs. controlled) that regulate learners’study behavior and the contexts that promote or hinder these regulations. Less attention has been paid to the goal contents (intrinsic vs. extrinsic) that learners hol...

The educational concept of “Zone of Proximal Development”, introduced by Vygotskij, stems from the identification of a strong need for adaptation of the learning activities, both traditional classroom and modern e-learning ones, to the present state of learner’s knowledge and abilities. Furthermore, Vygotskij’s educational model includes a strong bent towards social and collaborative learning. ...