Although research on schema has been widely investigated for the past decades, little addressed development of a systematic instructional design theory using principles and processes. This study proposes schema-based model, including general analysis, design, processes techniques evaluating learner’s acquired schema. By synthesizing empirical studies, this comprehensively reviews literature fou...

This paper studies the innovative methodology for developing IT education from the traditional face-to-face model to full capability of distance learning by combining a remote computer laboratory and a distance e-learning environment. There are three approaches presented with different implementations of laboratory technologies and learning models. The design challenge is to address the limitat...

Advances in communications and software technology are driving the Internet to become an open and distributed computing platform able to provide diversified services which can be ubiquitously accessed by many users. Electronic learning-oriented services are well suited to be supported by and delivered through the Internet. They are strategic for enabling virtual universities, enhancing the skil...

This paper outlines the current state of learning, the problems arising and research needed by developers and educators using Virtual Worlds as an intelligent learning environment. Artificially intelligent avatars are required for virtual on-line problem and case based learning. However, the use of AI requires extra supportive frameworks, models and both staff and student goals. Natural simulat...

We present a detailed plan to teach Entity-Relationship modeling in an undergraduate course in Database Systems. The course syllabus fulfills the requirements of a first database course in the IS 2002 model curriculum. It is designed to be offered on-line for self-paced learning within the 15 weeks of a regular term. Our goal is to ensure the scope of coverage and the quality of delivery, and a...

Tissue characterization has long been an important component of Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD) systems for automatic lesion detection and further clinical planning. Motivated by the superior performance of deep learning methods on various computer vision problems, there has been increasing work applying deep learning to medical image analysis. However, the development of a robust and reliable d...

Many would agree that learning on the Web – a highly autonomous learning environment – may be difficult for individuals who lack motivation and self-regulated learning skills. Using a social cognitive view of academic motivation and self-regulation, the objective of the present study was to investigate the relations between students’ motivational beliefs, their perceptions of the learning envir...