Society is in strong need to change the way which energy produced and consumed. To cope with this complex challenge, integration of knowledge from different disciplines needed. This paper shows how an interdisciplinary educational approach called networked learning combined sustainability transition theories can help groups engineering students address pressing societal challenges such as trans...

Adaptive and intelligent Web-based educational systems (AIWBES) provide an alternative to the traditional “just-put-it-on-the-Web” approach in the development of Web-based educational courseware (Brusilovsky & Miller, 2001). AIWBES attempt to be more adaptive by building a model of the goals, preferences and knowledge of each individual student and using this model throughout the interaction wi...

This volume contains the proceedings of four workshops organized in connection with CAiSE'03, the 15 th instance in the series of Conferences on Advanced Information Systems Engineering. The workshops tradition has always been very active in CAiSE, the aim of workshops being to debate traditional topics in specialized sectors related to advanced information systems engineering, as well as promo...

History and Education, and Doctorate in Education. She has taught Post-Graduate classes for 25 years. She completed four major projects funded by University Grants Commission, Govt. of India. Twelve Research Scholars have obtained Doctorates and six more are pursuing their Doctorates under her supervision. She has authored two books, two scales (Parent Involvement Scale) and got forty one resea...

For more than a decade now robotics in education has gained a lot of attention from teachers, researchers, politicians, authorities and other stake holders. During the years a great number of methodologies, courses, projects, initiatives and competitions had been developed. With the present position paper the authors who have been active in different educational robotics initiatives for several...

This paper stresses the importance to students and residents of committed and competent teaching by residents who nationwide provide 20% to 70% of the clinical teaching for medical students. The obstacles to teaching effectiveness by residents are the lack of: (1) sufficient role modeling by faculty; (2) time (and money); (3) knowledge of the principles of adult learning and teaching techniques...

BACKGROUND Limited studies have looked at factors that lead to successful implementation of team-based learning (TBL). The purpose of this study was to identify contextual factors associated with implementation of TBL with a larger pool of individuals. METHOD The authors administered a questionnaire who had implemented TBL via the Web to participants who attended TBL workshops; 297 of 594 res...

Nurse educators have identified lack of end-of-life content as a serious deficit in undergraduate nursing education. TNEEL, a new software program with tools for teaching end-of-life topics, was created to help educators overcome this problem. The authors implemented an experiential workshop to help educators learn how to use TNEEL's wide variety of educational tools. Trainers provided informat...

OBJECTIVE This article describes an innovative 8-h training program that provides clinicians with the competencies necessary to conduct efficient, effective, and compassionate advance care planning discussions throughout the trajectory of life-limiting illnesses. METHOD The Advance Care Training Program (ACare) includes 6 h of group workshops and 2 h of one-on-one faculty-learner interaction....

Men's preventive health and wellness is largely neglected in rural Nicaragua, where a machismo culture prevents men from seeking health care. To address this issue, a men's educational group appointment model was initiated at a rural health post to increase awareness about hypertension, and to train community health leaders to measure blood pressure. Men's hypertension workshops were conducted ...