The AgentLink III Technical Forums: Introduction to the Special Issue

The Community of Inquiry Framework Ten Years Later: Introduction to the Special Issue

It has been 10 years since Randy Garrison, Terry Anderson and Walter Archer (2000) first introduced the Community of Inquiry (CoI) model. As recounted in the first article in this special issue, the CoI framework was developed to help them make sense of issues confronting their new online graduate program, a program in which computerbased discussion forums played a central role. Because the ped...

Increasing the Effectiveness of Russian Language Teaching for Special Purposes (to the Problem of Integration of Language Training with Information Technology Courses)

The article is devoted to the problem of increasing the efficiency of language teaching for the special purposes of foreign students in studying Russian at a technical university. Particular attention is paid to the training of foreign students in the skills of working with information using the latest computer technology. The conclusions of the work are based on the analysis of the results of ...

An Introduction to Recommendation Systems in Software Engineering

Software engineering is a knowledge-intensive activity that presents many information navigation challenges. Information spaces in software engineering include the source code and change history of the software, discussion lists and forums, issue databases, component technologies and their learning resources, and the development environment. The technical nature, size, and dynamicity of these i...

Modelling and Meta-modelling Issues in Agent Oriented Software Engineering: The AgentLink AOSE TFG Approach

AgentLink III is a coordination action for agent-based computing funded by the European Community; it aims at providing support for the network of European researchers and developers with a common interest in agent technology through the organization and support for a large number of events aimed at industry outreach, standardization issues, as well as providing support for academic disseminati...

The AgentLink III Technology Diffusion Model