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Cristobal, Jesus; Merino, Jorge; Navarro, Antonio; Peralta, Miguel; Roldan, Yolanda; Silveira, Rosa Maria – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2011
Purpose: The design, construction and deployment of a large virtual campus are a complex issue. Present virtual campuses are made of several software applications that complement e-learning platforms. In order to develop and maintain such virtual campuses, a complex software engineering infrastructure is needed. This paper aims to analyse the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Engineering Education, Campuses, Programming Languages
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Alonso, Fernando; Manrique, Daniel; Vines, Jose M. – Computers & Education, 2009
This paper presents a novel instructional model for e-learning and an evaluation study to determine the effectiveness of this model for teaching Java language programming to information technology specialists working for the Spanish Public Administration. This is a general-purpose model that combines objectivist and constructivist learning…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Distance Education, Information Technology, Foreign Countries
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Neji, Mahmoud; Ben Ammar, Mohamed – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2007
Based on facial expression (FE), this paper explores the possible use of the affective communication in virtual environments (VEs). The attention of affective communication is examined and some research ideas for developing affective communication in virtual environments are proposed. We place an emphasis on communication between virtual entities,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Cooperative Learning, Affective Behavior, Nonverbal Communication
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Najjar, Mehdi – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2008
Despite a growing development of virtual laboratories which use the advantages of multimedia and Internet for distance education, learning by means of such tutorial tools would be more effective if they were specifically tailored to each student needs. The virtual teaching process would be well adapted if an artificial tutor can identify the…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Virtual Classrooms, Prompting, Teaching Methods