this study investigated the role of the principal in managing teaching and learning. it examined how and to whom principals distributed the management of teaching and learning.  it was found that participants thought principals could improve school effectiveness most by engaging in activities that develop a good climate and ensure appropriate resources are available for instruction. there is a ...

as libraries at ferdowsi university of mashhad in iran experienced the transition from traditional libraries to modern electronic libraries, knowledge management (km) was employed as an approach in managing these libraries from 1999-2004. this approach is explained under four headings: organizational knowledge, knowledge presentation, knowledge dissemination, and knowledge application and the o...

background: learning management system (lms) is a web-based system designed to support teaching and learning at an institution. the capabilities of any lms are required to be evaluated to detect the room for improvement. this study aimed at discovering the students’ perceptions of the functions of the lms at iran university of medical sciences (iums).   methods: this qualitative study included ...

accurate prediction of river flow is one of the most important factors in surface water recourses management especially during floods and drought periods. in fact deriving a proper method for flow forecasting is an important challenge in water resources management and engineering. although, during recent decades, some black box models based on artificial neural networks (ann), have been develop...

Purpose – The paper aims to discuss the critical issue of learning and knowledge convergence in knowledge-intensive organizations, and to provide practical guidelines for effective strategies. Design/methodology/approach – The paper brings together previous research in knowledge management and provides a critique for the lack of integration of previous studies with learning, a key process for e...