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The 64-bit .NET e-portal applications for e-Learning and e-Science
No full textThis is one of the first comprehensive 64-bit .NET research to be completed in a British University. The objective is to investigate (1) the techniques to develop 64-bit applications; and (2) how 64-bit computing can be used for e-Learning and e-Science communities. This paper is focused on an emerging technology for e-Learning and e-Science communities -- a 64-bit .NET e-portal application, and its functionality, development and technical implementation are described. Currently, additional troubleshooting is required to make .NET Framework 1.1 working in stable ways on 64-bit Windows operating systems. After stabilizing .NET environment, the next step is the application development, which is a dynamic repository with functions such as registration, download, login-logout, product submissions, database storage and statistical reports. The technology is based on Visual Studio .NET 2003, .NET 1.1 Framework with Service Pack 1, SQL Server 2000 with Service Pack 4 and IIS Server 6.0 on the Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 platform with Service Pack 1. The 64-bit .NET e-portal integrates further with Java Web Services, and a demonstration described in this paper can show how different types of services can work in harmony. Furthermore, the interdisciplinary area between e-Learning and e-Science has been investigated and in the process of further integrations. As an example for such integration, the 64-bit .NET e-portal is also an illustration for (1) the methods of technical implementations and (2) cost-effectiveness; and these two issues are also among the current research interests in e-Learning. Finally, the new insights identified by this paper have also achieved the two objectives: (1) learning about emerging technology and (2) understanding how Web Services can complete jobs
"Quando la lingua e' sospesa tra presente e passato. Problemi e ipotesi di traduzione del primo capitolo di Chang hen ge (Canzone dell'eterno rimpianto) di Wang Anyi"
No full textL'analisi linguistico-traduttologica del primo capitolo del grande romanzo di Wang Anyi Chang hen ge permette di identificare una serie di problemi e caratteristiche linguistico-culturali, sottesi alla lingua prescelta dalla scrittrice: una cristallizzazione della cultura cinese espressa attraverso strategie morfo-sintattiche, lessicali e idiomatiche
Chiese Indipendenti nell'Africa Contemporanea. Cambiamento sociale e problematiche di genere
No full textThis article illustrates the numerous original social functions operated by the new religious movements and by the Africam Independent Churches. In particular it illustrates the contex of the contemporary urbanized Africa. Exactly this type of issue has emerged in the most recent publications in thia srea, as the central observational interest. The gender issues demonstrate according to the author, that the potentiality of research in this area can be improved, along with a new orientation of the fundamental problems dealt with in the analysis of movements and churches
Retos de la Antropología aplicada. Num. 35 (2005) Vol. 12 septiembre-diciembre. Cuicuilco Revista de la Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia
No full text- Presentación, por Marisol Pérez Lizaur y Andrés Latapí Escalante - Dossier: - El agua y cultura en la frontera norte: México-USA. La cuenca del Río Grande-Río Bravo, por Tomás Martínez Saldaña - Políticas públicas en tecnologías de la información. La pertinencia antropológica, por María Teresa Márquez Chang y Carmen Bueno Castellanos - Antropólogos aplicados, demandantes y usuarios: la importancia de las relaciones sociales en el planteamiento e instrumentación de los proyectos, por Marisol Pérez Lizaur - Antropología aplicada en un despacho de consultoría: una revisión metodológica de casos aplicados en México, por José Luis García Chagoyán - Enseñanza y aprendizaje de la antropología aplicada en México, por Andrés Latapí Escalante - Miscelánea: - El episcopado mexicano durante el conflicto religioso en México de 1926 a 1929, por Andrea Mutolo - Elucidaciones en torno de una analogía, por David Sámano Chávez - Conocimiento médico-tradicional a través de la ética de un curandero de la Huasteca hidalguense, por Doris Castañeda Abanto y Pilar Alberti Manzanares - Procedencia F10: una momia traspapelada, por Ilán Santiago Leboreiro Reyna - Reseñas: - Espejos de la Guerra Fría: México, América Central y el Caribe, por Pablo Yankelevich - Los que hablan la lengua. Etnografía de los zoques chimalapas, por Andrés Oseguera
Democracia, comunicação e negócio : o crescimento desmesurado da concentração económica
Full text linkNeste artigo passa-se em revista a evolução da concentração das indústrias culturais e comunicativas que, ao longo do tempo, foram adquirindo um maior protagonismo na vida política, cultural e económica das sociedades, especialmente das mais desenvolvidas. A interrelação que se deu entre os regimes democráticos e os meios de comunicação, sobretudo desde o século XIX nos países liberais (embora com uma democracia mais restringida do que a actual), entrou em crise. Em traços largos, a crescente mercantilização da actividade cultural, comunicativa e de entretenimento coloca a questão de saber se os actuais macro ou mega grupos comunicativos e multimédia não têm um protagonismo excessivo, que de alguma maneira conviria controlar por parte dos Estados democráticos. Embora com uma visão geral, procurou-se utilizar exemplos do caso espanhol.In the present article, the author reviews the evolution of cultural and communication industries’ concentration. Such industries have reinforced their protagonism in the political, cultural and economic life of societies, particularly the most developed. The connection between democratic regimes and the media, established mainly since the 19th century in liberal countries (boasting, nevertheless, a more restricted democracy than current trends), is in crisis. Generally speaking, the growing commercialization of cultural, communicative and entertaining activities confront us, in actuality, with the issue of a possibly excessive protagonism on the part of macro or mega communicative and multimedia corporations which should somehow be controlled by democratic States. Although from a generalist perspective, the author draws on multiple examples from the Spanish situation as cases-in-point
Measuring and analyzing German and Spanish customer satisfaction of using the iPhone 4S Mobile Cloud service
Full text linkThis paper presents the customer satisfaction analysis for measuring popularity in the Mobile Cloud, which is an emerging area in the Cloud and Big Data Computing. Organizational Sustainability Modeling (OSM) is the proposed method used in this research. The twelve-month of German and Spanish consumer data are used for the analysis to investigate the return and risk status associated with the ratings of customer satisfaction in the iPhone 4S Mobile Cloud services. Results show that there is a decline in the satisfaction ratings in Germany and Spain due to economic downturn and competitions in the market, which support our hypothesis. Key outputs have been explained and they confirm that all analysis and interpretations fulfill the criteria for OSM. The use of statistical and visualization method proposed by OSM can expose unexploited data and allows the stakeholders to understand the status of return and risk of their Cloud strategies easier than the use of other data analysis
L'editoria scolastica e la ricerca storica : il caso italiano.
No full textL’articolo propone una rassegna degli studi italiani di storia dell’editoria scolastica, condotti negli ultimi trent’anni in risposta a diverse sollecitazioni, spesso provenienti dall’estero. Tra queste, il rinnovamento in chiave interdisciplinare degli studi di storia della pedagogia e della didattica, ma anche l’evoluzione della storiografia del libro e dell’editoria e il conseguente incremento dell’attenzione nei confronti dei prodotti editoriali a larga circolazione e del loro apporto alla storia sociale e culturale. Dopo aver proposto una definizione dell’oggetto di ricerca che tenga in considerazione gli inevitabili intrecci tra manuale scolastico e letteratura per l’infanzia, l’a. passa in rassegna i contributi (repertori, monografie, cataloghi storici) realizzati da studiosi di diversa formazione; il panorama delineato consente di formulare riflessioni sul metodo e proporre nuove piste di ricerca che mettano a frutto il lavoro svolto sinora.The article offers a survey of the Italian studies on schoolbooks publishing in the last three decades and their development as a consequence of multiple influences, especially from abroad. In particular, researches in the field of education and didactics history have benefited from an interdisciplinary approach. Moreover, the evolution of book and publishing history has caused an increasing interest towards wide circulation publications and their contribution to cultural and social history. Having defined the research field by paying attention to the relationship between textbook and children’s literature, the review of the contributions (repertories, research monographs, catalogues) by scholars from different backgrounds allows the author to formulate some method remarks and to put forward new research tracks, aiming at making the most of the research conducted up to now
How to encourage educators to create and share reusable eLearning materials
No full textA reusable learning object (RLO) is a web-based multimedia digital resource based on a single learning objective, comprising a stand-alone collection of presentation, activity, assessment and links (Leeder et al, 2002, 2003), the advantage of which allow instructional designers to build small instructional components that can be re-used a number of times in different learning context (Wiley 2001). Reusable e-learning materials (REM) are known as the e-learning resources generated in the form of RLOs that utilise a wide range of multimedia components such as assessments and activities (Leeder tl al, 2003). REM offers a competitive advantage over interactive multimedia due to its cost effectiveness, reusability and scalability (Leeder et al, 2003, 2004; Muzio et al, 2001). Maximising learners’ engagement and motivation in the process of learning is critical towards learning outcomes (Alexander 2001). The integration of REM and face-to-face learning, known as interactive learning (IL), has been proposed in order to achieve this (Katzy, 2000; Sloman, 2001; Chang, 2002, 2003). There are problems involved during the integration, and technical problems often become the centre of attention (Grudin 1994). However, focus on the needs of educators and demands of their teaching and learning practice are ignored but important aspects in IL (Katzy, 2000; Sloman, 2001; Chang, 2002, 2003). Engaging educators in the creative process of REM content development is a recommended way for motivating educators and also allowing them to understand the benefits of using technology for teaching, learning and sharing purposes. (Leeder et al, 2002). By making “human factor” at the centre of practising e-learning, reuse of learning resources is further encouraged from active participation, feedback, peer sharing and IL, thus maximising learners’ engagement and motivation. In order to effectively create REM, a virtual learning environment (VLE) is often adopted at the heart of learning activities. But one such a disadvantage is the expectation of high quality materials required due to its principle of self-directed learning. However, a place for providing a forum for circulating ideas and resolving both technical and pedagogic problems is a solution (Leeder et al, 2003). This offers different educators and learners a collaborative environment face-to-face and in VLE, thus encouraging educators creating and sharing REM. User feedback on the use and effectiveness of REM delivered in the VLE is also an important step, since the peer review process can reflect REM evaluation (Leeder et al, 2003). This provides essential information for (1) knowing whether REM is helping to create and share REM and (2) knowing the extent of acceptance, adoption and uses of REM among educators. If the outcomes of (2) are not up to the expectation, providing practical workshops is a key factor, since this offers educators hand-on experience in creating, discussing and sharing REM, thus increasing their interests and enthusiasm in using REM. Finally, the active involvement of an organisation for providing learning assistance, workshops, consultancy, VLE and a series of interactive learning, is critical for maintaining momentum for encouraging educators in creating and sharing REM. This is an ongoing process that requires a strong collaboration and support between educators and this organisation, which can act as (1) a centre for learning, training and sharing and (2) a centre for providing recommended ways of practicing REM that suit individual cases, thus delivering the most effective REM by maximising the adoption of REM
Brain Segmentation ? A Case study of Biomedical Cloud Computing for Education and Research
No full textMedical imaging is widely adopted in Hospitals and medical institutes, and new ways to improve existing medical imaging services are regularly exploited. This paper describes the adoption of Cloud Computing is useful for medical education and research, and describes the methodology, results and lesson learned. A working Bioinformatics Cloud platform can demonstrate computation and visualisation of brain imaging. The aim is to study segmentation of brains, which divides the brain into ten major regions. The Cloud platform has these two functions: (i) it can highlight each region for ten different segments; and (ii) it can adjust intensity of segmentation to allow basic study of brain medicine. Two types of benefits are reported as follows. Firstly, all the medical student participants are reported to have 20% improvement in their learning satisfaction. Secondly, 100% of volunteer participants are reported to have positive learning experience
The role and effectiveness of e-learning: key issues in an industrial context
No full textThis paper identifies the current role and effectiveness of e-learning and its key issues in an industrial context. The first objective is to identify the role of e-learning, particularly in staff training and executive education, where e-learning (online, computer-based or videoconferencing learning) has made significant impacts and contributions to several organisations such as the Royal Bank of Scotland, Cisco and Cap Gemini Earnst Young. With e-learning, staff training and executive education provides more benefits and better efficiency than traditional means. The second objective of this research is to understand the effectiveness of e-learning. This can be classified into two key issues: (1) methods of e-learning implementations; and (2) factors influencing effective and ineffective e-learning implementations. One learning point from (1) is that centralized e-learning implementations may prevail for big organizations. How-ever, more organizations adopt decentralized e-learning implementations due to various reasons, which will be discussed in this paper. From the research results, a proposed way is to retain the decentralized way. The second learning point is about interactive learning (IL), the combination of both e-learning and face-to-face learning. IL has been making contributions to several organizations, including the increase in motivation, learning interests and also efficiency. The popular issues about IL are (a) how to minimize the disadvantages of IL and (b) the degree of interactivity for maximizing learning efficiency. One learning point from (2) is to analyze the factors influencing effective and ineffective implementations, which reflect the different focuses between industrialists and academics. In terms of effective e-learning implementations, factors identified by both groups can map to particular cases in industry. In contrast, factors causing ineffective implementations rely more on primary source data. In order to find out these factors and analyze the rationale behind, case studies and interviews were used as research methodology that matched the objective of the research
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