This study protocol proposes an adaptation of the participatory and iterative process framework for language (PIPFLA). The adapted model follows five dimensions a cross-cultural equivalence model: semantic, content, technical, criterion, conceptual. Iterative adaptations were conducted through Delphi technique expert consultation that comprised nursing professionals from academic, administrativ...

The modern world greatly depends on information systems and the software that governs them. architecture defines designs holistic structure will have, its components, interaction between them all development is done around it. purpose of this systematic literature review (SLR) to analyse architectures used in educational websites, methodologies, technological components empirical results. searc...

Free (as in freedom) and open source software have attracted more and more the society attention, specially in academia. The free software idea encourages the cooperative work and it is a strategic factor for scientific development. Under this philosophy, the users have the right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. This foundation (based on freedom) gives a great de...

Thermal comfort studies have been developed all around the world by many authors and some adaptive comfort models have been proved specifically for warm climates. An educational software developed some years ago for temperate climate, ACT (Program for the Evaluation of Thermal Comfort), by Isalgué and Serra, has been proved and used successfully by students in the Mediterranean climate of Barce...

This paper presents an experiment concerning the relative effectiveness of computer assisted comprehension practice and production practice in the acquisition of a second language. Two computer programs were developed: (a) an input-focused program providing students with explicit grammatical instruction and comprehension exercises and (b) an output-focused program providing the same grammatical...

Our extensive research has indicated that high-school teachers are reluctant to make use of existing instructional educational software (Pollard, 2005). Even software developed in a partnership between a teacher and a software engineer is unlikely to be adopted by teachers outside the partnership (Pollard, 2005). In this paper we address these issues directly by adopting a reusable architectura...