The aim of this paper is to assess the possibility of constructing a European identity under the premise of nationally protected educational systems. Starting with theoretical lines of social legitimacy and identity creation the argumentation follows the historical-political role of curricula in relation with nation-building in the 19 century. The paper will continue to reflect upon the efforts...

Computer-supported learning and knowledge building play an increasing role in online collaboration. This paper outlines some theories concerning the interplay between individual processes of learning and collaborative processes of knowledge building. In particular, it describes the co-evolution model that attempts to examine processes of learning and knowledge building by working on wikis. We r...

Handheld devices are becoming more and more popular in education. Educational simulation and modelling are not new soil, but for handhelds they are still much under explored. Due to the difficulties teachers usually face in developing computer models and simulations and the lack of adequate tools for building them, we developed an authoring-tool for handheld educational simulation and modelling...

Lack of quality textbooks and good educational resources is a wellknown problem in developing regions. In this paper, we describe the design of CollectiveTeach, a web platform that aims to integrate rich educational content into an inquiry-based framework, viz. the 5E learning model, for generating web-annotated lesson plans for school and college teachers in developing countries. Given the wea...

The digitalisation of educational communities has increased rapidly in the last decade. Modern technologies transform the way educational leaders such as teachers, tutors, deans and supervisors view and manage their educational communities. More often, educational leaders offer a variety of gateways, guiding the e-learners in their search for finding and understanding information. A new type of...

Despite the momentum of the open courseware movement around the world, no quality criteria and metrics for evaluation of open courseware or open educational resources’ repositories are available yet. Therefore, learners and instructors have no support and guidance in their quest for locating the most suitable learning resource that fulfills their educational aims. The same is true for developer...

Traditional education is developed by building up connections between specific ideas and related skills through repeated practice and positive reinforcement. All that has no sense in virtual learning environments because the new information and communication technologies. NICT, have induced a new space concept in society and a new dimension space for the culture. Thus the traditional learning e...

There are many works in TEL literature aiming to support learners and educators in their educational tasks. A current trend in this field is to develop expert systems and agents able to retrieve the most appropriate educational material. Such systems are great when handling pools of resources specifically designed for education, where the material is associated to educational data about the cha...

Banberz, Banbor, and Sabziabad neighborhoods are three residential districts on the peripheryof Ilam city, and are facing a lot of problems namely social, economic, and physical, particularly in housing sectorincluding low quality, poor housing, limited-quantity housing. In order to assess the sustainability of housing, 75indicators and to rank districts, SPSS software (exploratory factor analy...