Along with growing technology, the flipped learning model has emerged as an alternative to conventional teaching methods. The present study attempted to investigate the students' perceptions of a flipped learning classroom experience contrasted with those of a non-flipped or conventional classroom. To this end, 23 Iranian EFL learners were assigned to two groups. During the first ten weeks, non...

This research paper explores the effectiveness of using mobile technologies to support a blended learning course titled Scientific Research Methods in Information Science. Specifically, it discusses the effects of WhatsApp mobile learning activities guided by activity theory on students' knowledge Management (KM). During the 2014 academic year, the researcher adopted an experimental approach-ba...

Emotions are fundamental to human experience, influencing cognition, perception and everyday tasks such as learning, communication and even rational decision-making. Humancomputer interaction (HCI) systems capable of sensing user affective state and giving adequate affective feedback are, therefore, likely to be perceived as more natural, persuasive and trustworthy (Cassell & Bickmore, 2000). A...

hStreams is a recently proposed (IPDPSW 2016) task-based target-agnostic heterogeneous streaming library that supports task concurrency over heterogeneous platforms. We share our experience of enabling a non-trivial machine learning (ML) algorithm: K-nearest neighbor using hStreams. The K-nearest neighbor (KNN) is a popular algorithm with numerous applications in machine learning, data-mining, ...

Dyslexia is one of the most common learning disabilities experienced by children and adults. A large amount of research is currently being conducted in exploring the benefits of using Information & Communication Technologies as a learning platform for individuals and especially children with such learning difficulties. Given the potential benefits, we focused on developing a mobile application ...