This paper presents an exploratory study that created a Virtual Reality Environment (VRE) to stimulate motivation and creativity in imaginative writing at primary school level. The main aim of the study was to investigate if an interactive, semi-immersive Virtual Reality (VR) world could increase motivation and stimulate pupils’ imagination in the context of a writing task that is part of norma...

This paper is about implementing and using intelligent reusable user interface components. Motivation for such components is provided. A standardized approach for constructing and using them using X11, OSF/Motif and C++ is introduced. A sample implementation of the paradigm is introduced. The sample implementation has recently been adopted as the standard method for creating and using reusable ...

Methods: First, we constructed a questionnaire based on the descriptors collected from various sources in order to elicit university teachers’ views on the importance of these descriptors. A revised version was produced based on the feedback from the initial questionnaire survey. In order to further investigate what level or levels these remaining descriptors would fall into, 35 university teac...

Writing a book can seem like a daunting prospect. However, with the right idea, motivation, and effort, it is entirely possible. In this "How to" article we demonstrate and explain how one can take their book idea and successfully deliver it to publication.

The advent of multi-core processors has brought parallel programming to the mainstream. Memory ordering plays a fundamental role in writing efficient and correct parallel programs. This talk will discuss the recently released Intel 64 architecture memory ordering. We will discuss the motivation, and the guarantees provided by this ordering. We will also discuss how it relates to language level ...

Web 2.0 technologies are having a considerable influence on the learning industry. Constructivist learning processes, such as collaborative writing, have emerged as a result of the development of Web 2.0 technologies. We define the term “mandatory collaborative writing” to describe a writing task where the group has a firm deadline. This article focuses on how a wiki can fully support mandatory...