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Addressing the challenges of training for regulatory compliance with LCMS
Steven Shaw
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 3908–3910
Compliance is a major challenge for organizations, especially those operating in highly regulated industries such as health and pharmaceuticals, finance, transportation or energy. This paper addresses how key challenges related to training for...
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Current and Future Developments In Learning Content Management Systems
Steven Shaw
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 3129–3132
This paper addresses emerging trends in LCMS technology and in learning content management strategies. The different drivers for these changes are discussed, and the overall position of learning content management systems in elearning strategy is...
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Third Generation LCMS: the foundation of enterprise “learning environments”
Steven Shaw
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) p. 824
Third generation LCMS: what are current state-of-the-art LCMS capabilities, and what is the trajectory of the technology's evolution? We are now on the brink of third-generation systems. These are platforms which will serve as the core of emerging...
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Distributed Content Models -- A new innovation in Learning Content Management Systems and Strategies
Steven Shaw; John Hudson
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 1694–1698
This paper describes an innovation in learning content management systems (LCMS) and learning content strategy: the distributed content model. The model is defined as a scheme in which a number of virtual or actual repositories are linked through...
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Shifting the Unit of Analysis from the Individual to Action: Socio-cultural Approaches to Computer-mediated Communication
Steven Shaw; Eva Bures
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 1246–1249
Socio-cultural approaches to research and design in computer-mediated communication and education suggest a unifying framework. Overall, research and practice in the area has suffered from a lack of coherency and usability, despite brilliant...
Topics: Culture, Communication
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Reusable Learning Objects: Critique & Future Directions
Steven Shaw; Sarah Sniderman
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 2154–2157
The concept of reusable learning objects is at the heart of current thinking in the field of e-learning. Despite the promise of RLOs, actual examples of successful deployment of RLO technology are thin on the ground. There are several explanations ...
Topics: Standards, Learning Objects
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Considering The Current Status Of CMS In Terms Of Technology Life Cycle And From A User-Centered Approach
Dai Zhang; Steven Shaw
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 1091–1096
Abstract: Given its increasing important role in higher education, Course management systems (CMS) have attracted a lot of attention from scholars and experts. The development of CMS calls for systematic planning, design, and development...
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Topic Maps as Indexing Tools for E-Learning: Exploring Graduate Learners’ Academic Self-Regulatory Processes
Vivek Venkatesh; Steven Shaw
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 6634–6643
There is a paucity of research on the use of topic map (ISO 13250, 2002) technologies in the educational field. This paper reports on the conception, development and implementation of a topic map-based index for a neo-corpus of instructor-annotated...
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Multimedia Search Technologies
Marie-Claude Lavoie; Steven Shaw
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 2307–2313
One of the most ubiquitous activities related to learning in the digital age is "search". In recent years, computers have rapidly evolved from numeric and text processing to include multimedia, specifically audio, video, and images. However, there...
Topics: Educational Technology, Multimedia, Audio
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Mobile Learning: A Review of Implementations
Angela van Barneveld; Steven Shaw
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 980–985
Mobile learning is 'au courant', a term applied to almost anything that has no wire and fits in to a pocket. It is a term applied to devices designed for communication, rather than pure learning, yet the claim is learning. Studies that attempt to...
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Enabling access to information and knowledge: A report on new tools – Enable and Unify – for conducting federated search of distributed content, extraction and management of metadata, and development of user-centered views of content
Steven Shaw; Marie-Claude Lavoie
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 3745–3751
Current thinking concerning individual and organizational performance questions the ability of conventional, formal training strategies to address gaps, given the volume and rate of change in modern business environments. Increasingly, there is an...
Topics: Learning Management Systems
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Activity Theory as a Lens to Structure the Analysis of Instructional Design Experience with Course Management Systems in Higher Education
Dai Zhang; Johannes Strobel; Steven Shaw
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 963–966
There is a need for a proper methodology to understand user experience with CMSs to improve the innovation. Activity Theory provides a framework for studying human practices as development process, with a focus on the interaction of human activity...
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Computer Assisted Instruction with Deaf Children: Panacea, Placebo or Poison?
Jeffery P. Braden; Steven R. Shaw
American Annals of the Deaf Vol. 132, No. 3 (1987) pp. 189–93
A review of 287 references describing computer applications with deaf children found 74 percent concerned academic applications, 7 percent were psychological investigations, and 19 percent were about general education. Analysis of the academic...
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Embedding Instructional Design Supports in Course Management System - Implications from Literature Review
Dai Zhang; Steven Shaw; Johannes Strobel
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 880–887
Current CMSs have limited capabilities of supporting instructional design for online delivery. They are criticized for lacking proper pedagogical affordances and having limited content management capabilities. In this paper, the authors review...
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Designing curriculum to shape professional social media skills and identity in virtual communities of practice
Jeanette Novakovich; Sophia Miah; Steven Shaw
Computers & Education Vol. 104, No. 1 (January 2017) pp. 65–90
A broad range of professional communicators employ social media as a professional practice; however research indicates that it has yet to become a prevalent component in professional writing courses. Additionally, the competencies surrounding social ...
Language: English
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The eLearning Practice: Issues to Consider
Roline Malan; Bob Swift-Hill; Leigh Ann Empey; Steven Shaw
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 1699–1700
The ability to remain competitive in business hinges largely on how well employees are trained to meet today's challenges. A systematic and well-planned rollout of eLearning strategies and learning interventions will have a positive impact not only...
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An Empirical Evaluation of Topic Map Search Capabilities in an Educational Context
Dennis Dicks; Vivek Venkatesh; Steven Shaw; Gretchen Lowerison; Dai Zhang
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 1031–1038
Our investigations focus on improving the reliability and efficiency in current database-oriented search-and-retrieval mechanisms through the use of topic map technology (ISO/IEC 13250). This paper reports on the development, implementation and...
Topics: Educational Technology, Evaluation, Students
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Search-and-Retrieval Tools in E-learning Applications: An Empirical Comparison of Search Engines and Topic Maps in an Educational Context
Steven Shaw; Vivek Venkatesh; Gretchen Lowerison; Dennis Dicks; Dai Zhang
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 435–442
This paper reports on an investigation focusing on improving the reliability and efficiency in current database-oriented search-and-retrieval mechanisms in e-learning applications through the use of topic map technology (ISO/IEC 13250). The...
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Cultural Differences in Using Search-and-Retrieval Technologies in E-Learning Contexts: An Exploratory Study of Arab and North American Learners’ Use of Topic Maps
Vivek Venkatesh; Roukana Sanjakdar; Steven Shaw; Dennis Dicks; Gretchen Lowerison; Dai Zhang
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 4694–4699
This paper follows up on studies reported in Dicks et al.(EdMedia 2004) and Shaw et al. (ELearn 2004), both of which focused on improving the reliability and efficiency in current database-oriented search-and-retrieval mechanisms in e-learning...
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Topic Maps: Adopting User-Centred Indexing Technologies in Course Management Systems
Vivek Venkatesh; Steven Shaw; Dennis Dicks; Gretchen Lowerison; Dai Zhang; Roukana Sanjakdar
Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 18, No. 3 (July 2007) pp. 429–450
This article provides an empirical evaluation of an indexing technology, topic maps (ISO 13250), in the context of an academic task in a higher education context. Topic maps are a form of indexing that define and display the interrelationships...
Topics: Evaluation, eLearning, Cognition, Educational Technology, Computer Sciences