Our paper describes the important role of virtual education in the process of building a unique crossborder educational environment between Finland and Russia. Against a background of the latest trends in international virtual education, we propose a realistic solution for equal collaboration between two different systems. The final model strives at combining the directly applicable features of...

This paper describes session processes occur in the Management and Control Block (MCB) of the e-Management Control and Evaluation System (e-MCES) we have developed for the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech). We present and discuss technical solutions, we have found and implemented within the e-MCES. Based on the MCB component of the system we discuss some essential concepts of building s...

Although many Web-based educational systems are available on the Web, very few of them can share their components with others and building a new system can rarely reuse existing components. Making two components developed in different languages and on different platforms work together requires a lot of work. This paper describes a means for making educational components interoperable and reusab...

Educational partnership becomes a common practice in higher education. This study clarifies the practices of educational partnership in higher education institutions. A model of educational partnership has been built to identify its successful factors. The five determinants to the partnership’s success are the following: commitment to partnerships, curriculum and learning, quality and risk mana...

Technologies have become important part of our lives. The steps for introducing ICTs in education vary from country to country. The Republic of Macedonia has invested with a lot in installment of hardware and software in education and in teacher training. This research was aiming to determine the situation of usage of databases of digital educational materials and to define recommendation for f...

Second Life ® (SL) as the exemplar of virtual worlds has become a new platform for simulating real-life experiences and interactions. Businesses, universities, hospitals, governmental organizations, and individuals participate in SL for a variety of activities and experiences. Increasing participation in range of activities has made SL a suitable environment for creativity and innovation in the...

Progressive efforts have been evolving continuously for the betterment of the services of the Information Technology for Educational Management(ITEM). These services require data intensive and communication intensive applications. Due to the massive growth of information, situation becomes difficult to manage these services. Here the role of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in...

This paper reports the findings from a study that investigated the effects of providing online counselling for undergraduate students with long-term health problems. Issues associated with learning at a distance for such students include fatigue, manual dexterity, academic and social isolation, together with a need for better interactive communication with support agencies (Debenham, 1996a). Th...