Electronic Journal of e-Learning
Volume 4, Number 1
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 13
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ICT and Schools: Identification of Factors Influencing the Use of New Media in Vocational Training Schools
Alexandra Totter, Daniela Stütz & Gudela Grote
In this paper, we analysed teachers' characteristics described in the literature on classroom media use to identify those factors, which can explain teachers' use of new media in classrooms with... More
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Customer-Driven Development for Rapid Production of Assessment Learning Objects
Andrew Adams & Shirley Williams
Customer-Driven Development is a technique from the software development method called extreme Programming (XP) where customers (most importantly including end users of all levels) are closely... More
pp. 1-6
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MyGfL: A Lifelong Learning Platform for Malaysian Society
Zailan Arabee Abdul Salam & Azmi Mansur
MyGfL which stands for Malaysian Grid for Learning is a One-Stop-Center for quality assured online learning content, tools and services with the aim to promote and support the lifelong learning... More
pp. 7-14
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Providing Fine-Grained Feedback within an On-Line Learning System--Identifying the Workers from the Lurkers and the Shirkers
Colin Egan, Amanda Jefferies & Jason Johal
This paper describes a mechanism developed by the authors to gather student feedback from formative revision Multiple Choice Questionnaires (MCQs) within an on-line learning system. The MCQs... More
pp. 15-24
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Delivering What Students Say They Want On-Line: Towards Academic Participation in the Enfranchisement of e-Learners?
Richard Hall
Sustainable e-Learning holds the promise of enabling higher education to meet the needs of a large and diverse market. Central to this is the response of academic staff teams in meeting the needs... More
pp. 25-32
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Outline and Evaluation of a Joint European and Canadian Virtual Mobility: e-Learning Project
Alan Hilliard
The "virtual mobility" project was created as part of a joint Canadian and European Commission funded project to explore cross-cultural clinical curricular developments in the radiation... More
pp. 33-40
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Collaborative On-Line Teaching: The Inevitable Path to Deep Learning and Knowledge Sharing?
Karin Tweddell Levinsen
It is often stressed that the pedagogic models and approaches of Collaborative Online Learning support a learner's shared knowledge building within collaborating groups of learners, the individual ... More
pp. 41-48
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Implementing Courseware to Support Learning through Real-World Erroneous Examples: Students' Perceptions of Tertiary Courseware and Obstacles to Implementing Effective Delivery through VLE
Rachada Monthienvichienchai & Erica Melis
This paper presents a study in a UK university that investigated how first-year (freshman) Information Systems undergraduates perceive learning through courseware containing real-world erroneous... More
pp. 49-54
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Topic Maps e-Learning Portal Development
Kamila Olsevicova
Topic Maps, ISO/IEC 13250 standard, are designed to facilitate the organization and navigation of large collections of information objects by creating meta-level perspectives of their underlying... More
pp. 59-66
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Encouraging Student Participation in an On-Line Course Using "Pull" Initiatives
Paul Peachey, Paul Jones & Amanda Jones
This paper presents an empirical study involving initiatives that encouraged students to log onto online courses in entrepreneurship delivered by the University of Glamorgan. The aim of the... More
pp. 67-78
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Providing "Quality Care" to International Students through On-Line Communication
Chris Perry
This paper evaluates an approach to dissertation supervision, designed to assist international students with their academic writing. It argues that a blended approach to supervision within a... More
pp. 80-87
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Using Software Testing Techniques for Efficient Handling of Programming Exercises in an e-Learning Platform
Joachim Schwieren, Gottfried Vossen & Peter Westerkamp
e-Learning has become a major field of interest in recent years, and multiple approaches and solutions have been developed. A typical form of e-learning application comprises exercise submission... More
pp. 87-94
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Using an Online Games-Based Learning Approach to Teach Database Design Concepts
Thomas M. Connolly, Mark Stansfield & Evelyn McLellan
The study of database systems is typically core in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes related to computer science and information systems. However, one component of this curriculum that many... More
pp. 103-110