The paper discusses the development of a first course in control engineering and its support using the simulation package Dynast. The work, which has several partners, was supported by the Leonardo Agency in a more extensive project DynLAB on web based education. Examples and virtual reality experiments in Dynast support the learning of the control analysis and design methods. Copyright © 2005 ...

OBJECTIVE Tailoring stroke information and providing reinforcement opportunities are two strategies proposed to enhance the effectiveness of education. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of an education package which utilised both strategies on the knowledge, health and psychosocial outcomes of stroke patients and carers. DESIGN Multisite, randomised trial comparing usual care with an e...

BACKGROUND Adolescents with intellectual disability often have poor health and healthcare. This is partly as a consequence of poor communication and recall difficulties, and the possible loss of specialised paediatric services. METHODS/DESIGN A cluster randomised trial was conducted with adolescents with intellectual disability to investigate a health intervention package to enhance interacti...

We prove a conjecture of Micha Perles concerning simple polytopes, for a subclass that properly contains the duals of stacked and crosspolytopes. As a consequence of a special property of this subclass it also follows that, the entire combinatorial structure of a polytope in the subclass can be recovered from its graph, by applying our results recursively.

Most of the elderly have difficulties with computer technology. They lack computer literacy, and at the same time, have physiological changes that are associated with impaired perception, cognition, and other social aspects. These limitations can be lessened using multimedia elements to assist in their interaction with computers. One of these multimedia elements is 3D animation. We have incorpo...

OBJECTIVES To collect the views of experts to inform the development of an education package for multidisciplinary adult specialist palliative care (SPC) teams caring for young people with life-limiting conditions. METHODS A modified online Delphi process collated expert opinion on format, delivery and content of an education package to up-skill adult SPC teams. Round 1 participants (n=44) an...

Sternberg, Grigorenko, and Zhang (2008) have presented a creative model for the application of research on intelligence and personality to education. There are many positive aspects of their effort. These include the coordination of individual differences in cognition and personality and their extension of the concept of intelligence beyond skills that can be tested in the normal testing paradi...

conclusions the pregnancy adaptation training package increased the adaptation and maternal-fetal attachment scores in pregnant women with a history of baby loss. results before the intervention, there were no statistically significant differences between the study and control groups in terms of maternal-fetal attachment (p = 0.280) and adaptation to pregnancy (p = 0.883). however, following th...

Recent trends in the design of educational interactive multimedia (IMM) have tended to move away from instructivist approaches and towards constructivist designs. Problem-based learning (PBL) is one of a number of constructivist approaches to educational design, best known for its use in medical education. Application of PBL as a design framework for design of educational IMM (IMM-PBL) has been...

In England decisions made by the current government will lead to significant change within the higher education sector, which will also have wider UK implications. The government’s proposals focus on promoting a shift towards a more student-centred system by increasing competition and choice, improving transparency and information for students, and placing greater emphasis and significance on t...