The technological evolution, especially the World Wide Web provides new options to disseminate educational material. The usual collection of separate computer based courses is replaced by a comprehensive information space holding interrelated lecture material as well as other study related information. This paper discusses our experience in setting up such an information space and using it for ...

The rapid evolution of Media through the introduction of digital technologies, the multimedialization of computer hardware and the development of new network technologies have generated the need for new profession profiles responding to the rapid changes in this fast evolving branch. In the new Media, arts and humanities are tied to rapid technological development to create new markets and new ...

This paper is an exploratory study into student approaches to learning at a multicultural university. It is particularly relevant to higher education today, which is taking on a more global perspective, especially in the developing world where this university is situated. The instrument used to measure student approaches to learning is the revised Study Process Questionnaire (SPQ) and the resul...

BACKGROUND University students are especially vulnerable towards substance abuse AIM To describe and compare drug consumption in students of a Chilean university who attended first and fourth year of studies, according to gender and faculty. MATERIAL AND METHODS A representative, stratified and proportional sample of 305 students was randomly chosen by faculty, career, grade and gender duri...

Th is paper is an exploratory study into student approaches to learning at a multicultural university. It is particularly relevant to higher education today, which is taking on a more global perspective, especially in the developing world where this university is situated. Th e instrument used to measure student approaches to learning is the revised Study Process Questionnaire (SPQ) and the res...

Interprofessional education (IPE) is the basis for interprofessional collaboration (IPC) in health care systems. It has beneficial effects for both patients and health care professionals. IPC is paramount for adequate care of patients and their families, especially in pediatrics. To determine the attitudes of medical doctors (n=121), nurses (n=15), psychologists (n=14), and social workers (n=19...

This paper discusses the theoretical framework and the process-oriented model guiding the introduction of Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) at the Faculty of Education, University of Malta. The Programme in TEL (PiTEL) evolved from the previous ‘Programme for the development of Resources in ICT Education’ that promoted the acquisition of a range of competences in use of ICT applications, espec...

Using 1990 Census microdata, we explore ethnic, racial and immigrant differences in private school attendance. We find high rates of private school attendance among white natives, white immigrants, and Asian natives. In contrast, we find low private school rates among black and Hispanic natives and immigrants, Asian immigrants, and other natives. Variations in income per capita and especially p...