The urgency of the problem distance education development is caused by fact that in modern conditions requirements for specialists are radically changing. At same time, central place not use previously acquired knowledge, but generation and implementation new ideas, which dictates training. In this regard, lifelong learning becomes increasingly necessary, acquires forms meanings. Today, advance...

Although compelling assessments have been quite frequently examined in recent years, more studies are required to yield a better understanding of several Distance Learning (DL) methods where Learning Management Systems (LMSs) significantly affect student learning process. Most studies in this area do not consider the effect of varying web-facilitated DL application tools. To address these drawb...

This paper analyses the effects of implementing an Enterprise Resource Planning system (ERP) upon management control in two multinational organisations. How ERP was configured in each corporation created different forms of distance and relations between headquarters and the scattered subsidiaries. The construction of spatial and temporal separations (i.e. distance) and how they were understood ...

Difficulty in monitoring the flat-tailed horned lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii) has led to controversy over its conservation status. The difficulty in detecting this species has discouraged large-scale estimates of abundance and led to uncertainty over whether the species exists in population sizes of sufficient size for long-term persistence. We incorporated detection probability into monitoring o...

In distance education, communications among students, educators, and administrators have been one of the most important problems. The distance education programs in The Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK) span not only Hong Kong but also many cities over a large area in China. To improve and monitor the quality of communications among students, tutors, and staff, we propose a communications man...

Customary management systems (i.e., management systems that limit the use of marine resources), such as rotational fisheries closures, can limit harvest of resources. Nevertheless, the explicit goals of customary management are often to influence fish behavior (in particular flight distance, i.e., distance at which an organism begins to flee an approaching threat), rather than fish abundance. W...

Two distance learning (DL) courses ”Up-to-date construction management” and ”Business planning and investment analysis” were developed and successfully carried out by Vocational Renewal Centre ”Management and Computer Technologies” in 1999-2001 within the projects partially supported by grants of Eurasia foundation (www.eurasia.msk.ru). The major part of students (150 in total) present St.-Pete...