Participants: N. Vijaykrishnan, Prof. of Computer Science and Eng. Dept. K. Ünlü, Prof. of Mechanical and Nuclear Eng. Dept. Y. Xie, Prof. of Computer Science and Eng. Dept. M. J. Irwin, Prof. of Computer Science and Eng. Dept. Ramakrishnan Krishnan, Ph.D. student at Electrical Eng. Dept. Rajaraman Ramanarayanan, Ph.D. student at Electrical Eng. Dept. S. M. Çetiner, Ph.D. student at Mechanical ...

this survey research was conducted to investigate the professional facilitation competencies of agricultural extension experts. the statistical population of the study consisted of all extension practitioners working in different provincial extension departments of the ministry of jihad-e-agriculture. using cochran's formula, 232 extension practitioners were selected as sample using multi-...

The use of discussion forums in education has long been a hot topic in tertiary education. Discussion forums’ activities help learners to share and gain knowledge from each other. However, setting up discussion forums does not ensure that learners interact with each other actively and grading of discussion forum participation is done to ensure qualitative learner participation. Currently, a maj...

In order to follow a discussion in a forum, mediators and learners must check conference development regularly once it is not possible to know when other participants will send their messages. Forum mediators, particularly, must be in attendance on discussion progress even more promptly to promote quality learner participation in the discussion as well as intervene if necessary. Mediators also ...

As asynchronous discussion forums become more prevalent in online and flexible-delivery modes of teaching, understanding the role that instructors play in student learning in these forums becomes an important issue. Whether the instructor chooses to lead discussions or to keep a low profile can affect student participation in surprising ways. In this study, we investigate how instructor partici...

the general purpose of this article is to identify the influencing factors on rural women participation inagricultural extension programs in mazandaran province. therefore, using multi-stage sampling, 300 ruralwomen were selected randomly. the research instrument was a semi-structured questionnaire. results showthat rural women participation in agricultural extension programs is at average leve...

Online policy discussion forums can be construed as a social network where citizens interact and collectively deliberate on policy issues. It is believed that citizen participation in such forums can help in the formulation of well-deliberated policy solutions. A key concern for governments is to promote participation in such forums. Social network literature reveals that the evolving interacti...

Online community is an important source for latest news and information. Accurate prediction of a user’s interest can help provide better user experience. In this paper, we develop a recommendation system for online forums. There are a lot of differences between online forums and formal media. For example, content generated by users in online forums contains more noise compared to formal docume...