Today e-learning systems become more and more social and have tendency to include web 2.0 software. A number of online tools and resources give a new adaptive and integrated environment for educational purposes. The Long Tail Learning phenomenon promotes a better motivation and involves students in learning. But all these benefits miss a component of the concept knowledge about a studied domain...

There are numerous benefits associated with integrating hypermedia applications into teaching and learning environments. However, simply adding a hypertextual component does not ensure increased success in teaching or learning. Various issues can transform hypermedia into a constraint rather than an enabler of learning. For instance, problems occur when users are new to either hypermedia enviro...

In this paper we examine the problems of synchronous collaboration of users in web-based learning environments. It is a strong challenge to develop efficient synchronous groupware systems which provide transparent collaboration of existing applications whereas participants may start at different points in time. Existing collaboration systems either provide transparency or the accommodation of l...

In Hungary, a lot of electronic-based syllabuses have been developed during the last 8-10 years at a most considerable cost. However, not much has been heard of their success or efficiency, as would be supported by scientific testing. First, the present study is to provide a survey of our project, which aimed at creating an integrated electronic learning environment. The processing of an educat...

In this paper we present an application which is used for cloud computing infrastructure management. The application is based on web services and it is integrated with an existing e-learning system. Main users of the applications are teachers and students and the application consists of two main parts which are web application and mobile application. The application is successfully implemented ...

Virtual and distance laboratories extend the application area of the web. This leads to an openly integrated environment which facilitates the sharing educational material, and also hardware and software resources. This paper investigates distance learning with particular attention to experimental work. The PEMCWebLab provides the user with a practical experience in electrical engineering educa...

We develop new algorithms for learning monadic node selection queries in unranked trees from annotated examples, and apply them to visually interactive Web information extraction. We propose to represent monadic queries by bottom-up deterministic Node Selecting Tree Transducers (Nstts), a particular class of tree au-tomata that we introduce. We prove that deterministic Nstts capture the class o...

This paper investigates two aspects of the growing trend towards collaborative learning (CL) and self-regulated learning (SRL) in higher education by examining students’ computing skills in a blended learning environment. The author redesigned a course and adopted web-enhanced CL and SRL to develop undergraduates’ computing skills of web page programming and website building. Three classes with...

Nowadays the web can serve as a perfect technological environment for personalized learning which is suggested by educators and based on interactive learning objects. While a range of technological solutions for the development of integrated e-learning environments already exists, the most appropriate solutions require further improvement of the implementation of novel learning objects, unifica...