Presented at the PRHE (Pedagogical Research in Higher Education) Conference 16-17 June 2008., This paper highlights aspects of our experience as “exploratory practitioners” researching
the use and the value of two modes of assessment (web-based discourse and sketchbook
learning journals).…

Many college students and their families are concerned about the high costs of textbooks. A company called Flat World Knowledge both gives away and sells open-source textbooks in a way it believes to be financially sustainable. This article reports on…

Virtual and remote laboratories(VRLs) are e-learning resources which enhance the accessibility of experimental setups providing a distance teaching framework which meets the student's hands-on learning needs. In addition, online collaborative communication represents a practical and a constructivist method to transmit…

Despite integration of advanced functions that enable Femto Access Points (FAPs) to be deployed in a plug-and-play manner, the femtocell concept still cause several opened issues to be resolved. One of them represents an assignment of Physical Cell Identifiers (PCIs)…

Objective – The primary objective of this study was to gather quantitative information on the need, development, acquisition, and application of pedagogical knowledge by academic librarians with teaching responsibilities.

Design – Online survey questionnaire.

Setting – Higher-education…

El principal objetivo de este estudio es entender la relación entre un conjunto de dimensiones propuestas en el modelo customer- based brand equity, o cbbe (por sus siglas en inglés): conocimiento, relación y actitud hacia la marca, así como preferencia…

This paper presents an ontology-based software process assessment tool which was developed to support data collection phase of process assessment and to track conformance of software processes to CMMI as the process reference model. Ontology-based CMMI Mapping and Querying Tool…

This article considers factors that limit or exclude civil society involvement in the regulatory process for nanotechnologies by critically examining an attempt to mount a public-interest legal challenge against the UK Health and Safety Executive for failing to properly enforce…

El futuro genera sentimientos y establece patrones de comportamiento organizacional que son realizados por las pequeñas y medianas empresas; estos comportamientos ya han sido investigados en lugares como Michigan o Australia. El propósito de este artículo es aportar en el…

The role of social presence as defined by the community of inquiry (CoI) framework is critiqued through a review of recent literature. Evidence is presented that questions the actual extent of knowledge co-construction that occurs in most higher education settings…