Engineering Applications is a hands-on treatment of the subject of optimization. A comprehensive set of problems and exercises makes the book suitable for use in one or two...

Most of firms design products by using several resources such human resources and tools, to sell these products to customers regardless to design the products for learning objectives. Based upon several endeavors realized in the academic and hands-on activities this paper presents the three basic theories underlined to the notion of design for learning and teaching c knowledge, design, and lear...

The use of remote laboratories in courses at university level has been reported in literature numerous times since the mid 90’s. In this article focus is on activities carried out by teachers and students, at the Upper Secondary School Level, using the remote laboratory VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality). The Upper Secondary School, Katedralskolan in Lund, Sweden, cooperate with Blek...

Many educators believe that activities centered on electronic tangibles (ET) and robots are fun and motivating for their students. However, it is often difficult, given the nature of both new hardware and new curricula to tease apart the nature and causes of this excitement. Formally planned educational evaluations can help build a deeper understanding of the effects of the new program on stude...

This paper discusses about educational data integration and processing and how it can be used to improve the functional activities of business of education through students, teachers and the way classes are arranged. A key contribution of this paper is the description of a wide array of course resources, e.g., virtual machines, sample projects, and in-class exercises, and how these resources su...

Remote laboratories have made significant progress during last few years. Their integration in engineering education helps solve many logistical difficulties inherent in conventional labs. In control engineering education, shifting from hands-on experience to remote experimentation completely modifies the learning environment. Also, factors that can compromise the effectiveness of learning outc...

Introduction: The objectives of this project were two-fold, to: (1) implement rapid, simple, and inexpensive test methods enabling the detection of the foodborne pathogens Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella in foods and related samples, for the purpose of establishing basic on-site food microbiology testing capability at the Nunavik Research Centre (NRC) in Kuujjuaq, with the provision of ...

A personalised system is a complex piece of software made of many interacting parts, from data ingestion to presenting the results to the users. A plethora of methods, tools, algorithms and approaches exist for each piece of such a system: many data and metadata processing methods, many user models, many filtering techniques, many accuracy metrics, many personalisation levels. . . In addition, ...

REVIEWER COMMENTS. Previous studies of parental EpiPen administration have reported incorrect use of autoinjectors despite training at the time of prescription. This study suggests that factors beyond parental knowledge are critical for proper administration of this potentially lifesaving medication. The importance of hands-on training to increase caregiver comfort is underscored by this study....

Adopting an Information Communication and Technology (ICT) system in an organization is somewhat challenging. User diversity, heavy workload, and different skill gap make the ICT adoption process slower. This research starts from a condition that a conventional ICT learning through short workshop and guidance book is not working well. This research proposes a model called ICT instruction design...