The success of urban spaces is proportional to the extent in which that space is being used and to human presence. In fact, architecture and urban planning should attempt to enhance social interactions and human solidarity rather than differentiation and separation. However, today what is witnessed in most of urban spaces is reduction of relationships and social participation of those residing ...

This study examined students’ learning strategies to engage in quality interactions in asynchronous online discussions via computer conferencing. Quality interaction in this study was defined as students being able to construct knowledge by engaging in active interactions with others and deep information processing. This study used a mixed-method design and two data sources: observations of onl...

background: emotional intelligence (ei) helps humans to perceive their own and others’ emotions. it helps to make better interpersonal communication that consequently leads to an increase in everyday performance and professional career. teaching, particularly teaching in the clinical environment, is among the professions that need a high level of ei due to its relevance to human interactions. m...

ABSTRAK Manajemen coaching dalam penyelenggaraan Tridharma Perguruan Tinggi, khususnya bimbingan akademik bertujuan mendorong inisiatif, memberikan penghargaan, dan menstimulasi kreativitas mahasiswa. Tujuan penelitian: mengetahui efektivitas model manajemen terhadap indeks prestasi (IP) Metode: Desain penelitian quasi experiment . Sampel dipilih dengan tehnik purposive sampling sejumlah 30 ora...

This research investigates the methods for improving the quality of IT services (electronic services) in the Melli Banks branches in Mashhad province, where QFD and ANP models were operated. To this concern, three-dimensional, usability, service interaction and information quality to improve IT service quality were examined. The results of the analysis of the opinion of Melli Bank Customers ind...

The present study on politeness is an attempt to examine (dis)agreeing strategies utilized by EFL learners while chatting on the internet. Subjects of the study were forty male and thirty-three female Iranian natives whose internet relay chat (IRC) interactions, composed of 400 excerpts, were collected between December 2007 and September 2008. Data analysis was based on the general taxonomy of ...