The IMS Project uses the notion of competency to model educational objectives. In the AulaNet learning environment competency management is used to form subgroups that, in the case of this article, are assigned to generate new educational content for the Information Technologies Applied to Education course. The purpose of this course is to get learners to learn to work with information technolo...

OBJECTIVES Foundational elements of problem based learning (PBL) are triggers, tutors and students. Ineffective triggers are important issues for students' inability to generate appropriate learning issues. The objective of this study was to evaluate PBL triggers and to determine similarities of students' generated learning issues with predetermined faculty objectives. METHODS It was a retros...

The article describes the basic skills and phases necessary for the successful engineering and development of educational software. In the course of the analysis, the basics of software development are laid, including the objectives of the audience and the program, hardware and software limitations are determined, content resources are defined and auxiliary management tools are considered. Effe...

Accountability of educational institutions is a current trend in academia. Outcomes assessment provides a method of evaluating educational programs to ensure they are meeting their objectives. This paper presents an overview of outcomes assessment and describes its relationship to and integration with program evaluation. It also describes the implementation of an outcomes assessment program at ...

Currently there is an increasing interest in data mining and educational systems, making educational data mining as a new growing research community. This paper surveys the application of data mining to traditional educational systems, particular web-based courses, well-known learning content management systems, and adaptive and intelligent web-based educational systems. Each of these systems h...

Background: Educational advantages of simulation have been widely reported. Pre-briefing and debriefing support simulation methods. However, few detailed accounts of how the learning activities surrounding simulation are implemented exist. Objectives: This case example provides a detailed description of learning activities surrounding a simulation experience with a deteriorating cardiac patient...

Curriculum and syllabuses are all affected by different schools of thoughts. Those related to art are not an exception either. The purpose of this study is to introduce the idea of behavioral objectives and show how they can be of great effect on art curriculum, syllabuses and material development. Behavioral objectives provide a framework which has led to some progress in the design of educati...