Learning analytics should go beyond data analysis and include approaches and algorithms that are meaningful for learner performance and that can be interpreted by teacher and related to learning outcomes. Assessment analytics has been lagging behind other research in learning analytics. This holds true especially for peer-assessment analytics. In this paper we present a mathematical model for p...

Team project-based learning is reputed to be an appropriate way to activate interactions among students and to encourage knowledge building through collaborative learning. Peer evaluation is an effective way for each student to participate actively in a team project. This article investigates the issues that are important to students when evaluating their peers in team project-based learning. A...

background and purpose: studies have shown the advantages of e-cme programs. developing case-based e-cme activities, one of the popular formats of e-cme programs, is difficult and time consuming. in this article we describe our experience of performing instructional system design for creating case-based e-cme contents.  methods: we performed a five-step instructional system design (i.e. system ...

In this paper, we describe the heterogeneous peer-to-peer infrastructure for sharing learning object. The POOL project builds on the three types of nodes: SPLASH is a freely downloadable application which allows individuals to create metadata and maintain their collection of learning objects, PONDs are bigger repositories of learning objects connected to the peerto-peer network and POOL Central...

Objective: To determine the perspective of PAL tutors regarding effectiveness in promoting knowledge and skills among undergraduate students using small group discussions an integrated module. Methodology: A prospective qualitative method study was conducted at Rawal Dental College, Islamabad, from April to June, 2021, for 12 weeks. Students second year BDS (n = 50) were divided into five group...

By means of its policy and supportive tools, the European Commission has undertaken numerous initiatives to increase innovativeness agricultural sector, with overall aim making Eu...

This position paper supports a conversational and social view of future e-Learning activities on the GRID. This evolution of the Web seems to be nicely synergic with current developments in Agents and Agent Communication Languages. Exactly what e-Learning needs in order to go over from a multimedia-based, passive or at best retroactive view of e-Learning resources to a proactive, peer-to-peer a...

The successful operation of a peer-to-peer network depends on the resilience of its peer’s communications. On the Internet, direct connections between peers are often limited by restrictions like NATs and traffic filtering. Addressing such problems is particularly pressing for peer-to-peer networks that do not wish to rely on any trusted infrastructure, which might otherwise help the participan...