Academically dishonest behavior, such as cheating and plagiarism, presents a challenge on college campuses, exacerbated by new technologies which have increased the ease of academic dishonesty. The first section below provides material for promoting academic integrity in higher education. The second section focuses on resources for preventing and dealing with plagiarism in on-campus and online ...

Background Communication between primary care and the Emergency Department is in most cases provided through written referrals. The quality is very important to create coherent clinical courses, treatment of high quality and high satisfaction among patients. 95% of all admissions from primary care are delivered as EDIFACT, which is a secure way to send electronic post and to ensure immediate de...

Software development and application has become a dominant feature of business and engineering activity in the 90’s. This trend has significantly effected current approaches to engineering education, with computers, software development and applications being applied pervasively in undergraduate courses. In many respects, however, formal software development sits uncomfortably in the traditiona...

This paper presents an approach for teaching and learning dc-dc converter design using MathCAD. MathCAD provides advantages that greatly improve teaching and learning process especially when long and complicated design equations are involved such as those found in dc-dc converters. A design example using Excel is presented and then compared with the same example using MathCAD. Experience learne...

Academically dishonest behavior, such as cheating and plagiarism, presents a challenge on college campuses, exacerbated by new technologies which have increased the ease of academic dishonesty. The first section below provides material for promoting academic integrity in higher education. The second section focuses on resources for preventing and dealing with plagiarism in on-campus and online ...

The concept of a virtual school or university is one that excites the imagination—a linkage of the best in teaching with the newest and most powerful information and communication technology (ICT) interventions. When the vision of online education is linked to the extensive global efforts to alleviate the “Digital Divide,” the case is more urgent: to deliver a crucial capability to those in des...

This paper discusses the approach to improve the preparation of graduate students in Electrical Engineering for projects in the electronics industry by introducing the graduate course: Electronic Systems Design and Integration. The course emphasizes the understanding and skills necessary for students to achieve competencies at the system and sub-system level of electronic project design, test, ...

The problem and the solution.Although technology is being used to support learning through electronic versions of traditional instructional programs, its most direct effect on work performance is through interactive tools that structure work processes and provide links to supporting resources. Human resource development professionals charged with enhancing performance and learning must examine ...

Online and interactive television courses are, and will continue to be, implemented in most college and university settings. When reviewing educational literature, one is inundated with articles on educational technology and electronic instructional models. Articles addressing distance learning around the globe, within the military, in business and industry, the introduction of 'virtual' univer...

The University of Muenster is working on an ongoing project involving the development of an elearning system called „eXtreme e-Learning eXperience“ (XLX), which is mainly used in support of the exercise portions of technically oriented university courses (e.g., database systems, database implementation, computer networks, workflow management). XLX is part of our “blended learning strategy” that...