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Wabwoba, Franklin; Mwakondo, Fullgence M. – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2011
Every year, the Joint Admission Board (JAB) is tasked to determine those students who are expected to join various Kenyan public universities under the government sponsorship scheme. This exercise is usually extensive because of the large number of qualified students compared to the very limited number of slots at various institutions and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Courses, Student Placement
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Debuse, Justin C. W.; Lawley, Meredith – Journal of Marketing Education, 2011
Timely, constructive feedback on assessment is critically important to students and yet is increasingly difficult for time-poor academics to consistently provide. Marketing educators also face pressure to incorporate sustainability into both the curriculum and practices such as assessment. This article outlines the development of an innovative…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Action Research, Business Education, Educational Practices
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Fanning, Elizabeth; Bunch, John; Brighton, Catherine – International Journal on E-Learning, 2011
The purpose of this study was to compare the production processes and approaches for user engagement of virtual environments created for learning or commercial and entertainment purposes, specifically through online games and 3-D online spaces. This study used a qualitative, multiple case study approach based on interviews with developers of…
Descriptors: Advertising, Observation, Virtual Classrooms, Innovation
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Limongelli, Carla; Sciarrone, Filippo; Temperini, Marco; Vaste, Giulia – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2011
LS-Lab provides automatic support to comparison/evaluation of the Learning Object Sequences produced by different Curriculum Sequencing Algorithms. Through this framework a teacher can verify the correspondence between the behaviour of different sequencing algorithms and her pedagogical preferences. In fact the teacher can compare algorithms…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web Based Instruction, Distance Education, Intelligent Tutoring Systems
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Huynh, Minh Q.; Chu, Hung W. – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2011
The field of supply chain management has changed greatly and rapidly. With the advent of enterprise systems, supply chains are now operating with up-to-the-minute information. The value of the information flow is marked by speed, accessibility, accuracy, and most of all relevancy. As it continually evolves, the supply chain management curriculum…
Descriptors: Organizational Objectives, Information Transfer, Educational Technology, Knowledge Management
Smith, Gary – School Business Affairs, 2011
School business administrators have long recognized the need for a workable data recovery plan regardless of cause. Yet many have not reassessed their current data backup and recovery capabilities, perhaps because they have not experienced a catastrophic failure. There are three reasons school business administrators may not realize or recognize…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Computer Security, Technology Planning, School Business Officials
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Terawaki, Yuki; Takahashi, Yuichi; Kodama, Yasushi; Yana, Kazuo – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2011
This paper describes an integration of different Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) of two Course Management Systems (CMS) called Sakai and the Common Factory for Inspiration and Value in Education (CFIVE). First, when the service of CMS is provided campus-wide, the problems of user support, CMS operation and customization of CMS are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Educational Practices, Case Studies
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Cechinel, Cristian; Sanchez-Alonso, Salvador; Garcia-Barriocanal, Elena – Computers & Education, 2011
The continuously growth of learning resources available in on-line repositories has raised the concern for the development of automated methods for quality assessment. The current existence of on-line evaluations in such repositories has opened the possibility of searching for statistical profiles of highly-rated resources that can be used as…
Descriptors: Discriminant Analysis, Educational Resources, Classification, Automation
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Pu, Haitao; Lin, Jinjiao; Song, Yanwei; Liu, Fasheng – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2011
Mobile learning is e-learning delivered through mobile computing devices, which represents the next stage of computer-aided, multi-media based learning. Therefore, mobile learning is transforming the way of traditional education. However, as most current e-learning systems and their contents are not suitable for mobile devices, an approach for…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education
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Byington, Teresa A. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2011
A community of practice provides a forum for professionals to exchange ideas and discuss concerns related to the profession. Within this forum, technology can eliminate many of the constraints face-to-face communities of practice encounter by providing a convenient and highly interactive environment. A description of how to set up an online…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Computer System Design
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Guimaraes, E. G.; Cardozo, E.; Moraes, D. H.; Coelho, P. R. – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2011
The design and implementation of remote laboratories present different levels of complexity according to the nature of the equipments operated by the remote laboratory, the requirements imposed on the accessing computers, the network linking the user to the laboratory, and the type of experiments the laboratory supports. This paper addresses the…
Descriptors: Laboratories, Client Server Architecture, Program Design, Program Implementation
Ahn, Jae-wook – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The new trend on the Web has totally changed today's information access environment. The traditional information overload problem has evolved into the qualitative level beyond the quantitative growth. The mode of producing and consuming information is changing and we need a new paradigm for accessing information. Personalized search is one of…
Descriptors: Internet, Online Searching, Computer System Design, Access to Information
Golden, Elspeth – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In spite of the goodwill and best efforts of software engineers and usability professionals, systems continue to be built and released with glaring usability flaws that are costly and difficult to fix after the system has been built. Although user interface (UI) designers, be they usability or design experts, communicate usability requirements to…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Usability
Breeding, Marshall – Library Journal, 2010
In a year when a difficult economy presented fewer opportunities for immediate gains, the major industry players have defined their business strategies with fundamentally different concepts of library automation. This is no longer an industry where companies compete on the basis of the best or the most features in similar products but one where…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Automation, Library Networks, Electronic Libraries
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Mozgovoy, Maxim; Kakkonen, Tuomo; Cosma, Georgina – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2010
The availability and use of computers in teaching has seen an increase in the rate of plagiarism among students because of the wide availability of electronic texts online. While computer tools that have appeared in recent years are capable of detecting simple forms of plagiarism, such as copy-paste, a number of recent research studies devoted to…
Descriptors: Plagiarism, Alphabets, Internet, Ethics
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