We have been experimentally developing a web-based learning (e-learning) system for remedial courses of science and technology in higher education over last four years. We have improved several functions of the LMS and created more than 3000 contents, for practical use in educational institutions. In 2005, 12000 Japanese users including the learners in 80 secondary education institutions use ou...

The area of software applications for teaching (teaching applications for short), whether for distance teaching or for traditional presence teaching, is characterized by a multitude of different requirements and expectations. A corresponding multitude of different teaching applications have been and continue to be implemented, most of them sharing parts of their functionalities that tend to be ...

The practice of transportation engineering and planning has evolved substantially over the past several decades. A new paradigm for transportation engineering education is required to better engage students and deliver knowledge. Simulation tools have been used by transportation professionals to evaluate and analyze the potential impact of design or control strategy changes. Conveying complex t...

1 Lobo, José Eduardo M., University of São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Computer and Digital Systems Engineering, [email protected] 2 Becerra, Jorge Luis Risco, University of São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Computer and Digital Systems Engineering, [email protected]. 3 Brust, Matthias R., University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, [email protected] 4 Rothkugel, Steffen, University of Luxembou...

background: governance is one of the main functions of health research system (hrs) that consist of four essential elements such as setting up evaluation system. the goal of this study was to introduce a new web based research evaluation model in iran. methods: based on main elements of governance, research indicators have been clarified and with cooperation of technical team, appropriate softw...

Distributed software systems would benefit from autonomous fault management capabilities, but current practice is only based on handling exceptions without attempts at identifying causes for them. This paper is a step toward Web Services with autonomous diagnostic capabilities. It provides a novel context of application for modelbased diagnosis, a context which motivates a decentralized approac...

background: one way of developing nursing education is using of new teaching methods. one of this student based method that has been introduced recently is case-based teaching method. so the aim of this study was to assess the opinion of nursing student about case-based teaching method and comparison with lecture in zanjan faculty of nursing and midwifery in 2011.   methods: this is a quasiexpe...