– This paper describes an agent-based system architecture for eLearning applications. The emphasis is on the technical structure and system components but also education-oriented functionality is described. An agent acts as an interface to all functionality in the system. Fundamentally, it is a representation of the user but it also provides interactive guidance similar to the role of the teach...

The changes in Swedish education following the Bologna requirements resulted in the first Master’s programmes in Library and Information Science. Two of them target information professionals working with digital resources and services and seeking to develop and update their knowledge. One programme is oriented to foreign students from all over the world, another to Swedish students. A Venn diag...

VISUM the (VI)rtual (S)ystem for Ed(U)cation in (M)athematics is a fast growing knowledge base containing material about teaching mathematics (URL: http://visum2.uni-muenster.de). The project is funded by German ministry of science and education with 1.6 Million Euro and will cover mathematical as well a didactical content for the education of student teachers from primary to higher secondary l...

In a blended education context, Learning Management Systems (LMS) can be thought to integrate collaborative and interactive learning activities; this, however, requires a strong institutional and sociocultural commitment from all stakeholders. Consequently, an empirical study that aims at identifying learners’ profiles and uses them as an optimization feedback-like process to the LMS towards ef...

Recommender systems have been used in education to assist users in the discovery of learning resources. Unlike product-oriented recommender systems, the goals and behavior of users in education are influenced by their context; such influence may be stronger in formal scenarios such as primary and secondary education since context is highly regulated. Intuitively, we could assume that a biology ...

Technologic and pharmacologic advances have improved school attendance for students with chronic neurological conditions. Supporting the special needs of these students presents challenges for parents, school nurses, school staff, and health care providers. Many school nurses have less confidence in managing some neurological conditions, thus identifying a need for continuing education. Educati...

Three distinct phenomena are currently at play in medical education: (1) the pervasive use of PowerPoint in teaching, (2) the wholesale application of competency models, and (3) the shift from paper reading to screen reading regardless of course, text, or genre. Finding themselves placed at this intersection, students encounter fewer and fewer opportunities to practice some of the very cognitiv...