Only connect… an invitation to scholarship.

The 463 rd Convocation Address : “ Only Connect : Scholarship , Fellowship , and Survival ”

An Analytical Approach to the Invitation quality of Contemporary Mosques (Case Study: Mosques of Tehran)

There were the glorious examples of the architecture of mosque once in Iran.They were the places for equality between all classes, so they must have qualities for invitation, guidance, and reminder and call the believers and attract other followers of religions as the missionary of Islam. This invitation is not only in the field of vision, but also in terms of audio and other means, such as mul...

Structural Diversity in Social Recommender Systems

Online social networks have become important for sharing, discovery, communication, and networking. Recommender systems are an essential part of any social network. For example, recommending people to connect with is essential for the growth of the network since an online social network is only partially observed and two people might know each other but may not be connected. In this paper, we a...

The Effects of Outcome Expectations on Monetary- and Non-Monetary Rewarded Product Recommendations in Open- and Invitation-only Social Networking Sites: An Empirical Comparison of Facebook and ASmallWorld

Social networking sites experience huge growth in their number of members. For marketing purposes they are very beneficial to spread Word-of-Mouth in terms of product recommendations. A closer view detects that social networking sites can be divided in open(OSNs) and invitation-only social networking sites (ISNs). Their members may behave different in contributing knowledge in terms of product ...

Guidance-Based Teaching Methods; An Up-to-Date Ethical Appendix for the Effectiveness of Islamic Teachings Courses in Universities

One of the most important educational goals in teaching the Islamic teachings is to improve the level of knowledge and faith of the students by providing appropriate educational content. To achieve this goal, various educational methods can be suggested. According to the present writer, “Guidance-based teaching method” as one of the subsets of active teaching methods is one of the most effectiv...