This paper discusses a new approach to build infrastructures for ELearning systems for Learning Software Organizations on the basis of Web Services. A requirements context is developed to determine which type of ELearning applications that can be Web Service Enabled. This is illustrated with a case study on an Encapsulated Software Teaching Environment. Additional facilities, such as didactical...

As eLearning is becoming more readily available and accessible in formal and informal contexts, more education institutions, including schools, are developing courses virtually. Educators are gradually incorporating elements of eLearning in the discussions on integrating pedagogy and instructional design. Such integration is increasingly important in mathematics as the subject involves thinking...

On September 22-24, 2002, under the auspices of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, a group of twenty – two educators and representatives of the elearning industry met on the campus of the University of California, Irvine to consider the state of the reuse and sharing of learningrelated web-based material. These people were brought together with the notion that reuse and sharing of elearn...

Students can contribute to the design and development phases of eLearning projects, and also learn through the process. This study focused on two projects at a university in Hong Kong (development of Pharmacy eCases, and the establishment of an eLearning Assistants scheme) in which students designed, wrote and developed teaching materials with space to show initiative. Evaluation strategies inc...

This paper presents a semi-automatic framework that aims to produce domain concept maps from text and then to derive domain ontologies from these concept maps. This methodology particularly targets the eLearning and AIED (Artificial Intelligence in Education) communities as they need such structures to sustain the production of eLearning resources tailored to learners’ needs. This paper details...

With the upcoming features of Web 2.0 current eLearning solutions, mostly characterized by single user and centered data-download, change and develop further. The traditional paradigm of classroom teaching and learning is broadened towards sharing experiences and knowledge in word-wide social communities. Furthermore, knowledge capturing in ambient environments gains more importance and the use...

Personalization is the next step in the evolution of eLearning systems. Students can have several cognitive styles, which make the efficiency and efficacy of an eLearning system different with distinct students. The three different viewpoints [21] and evolution in the area of e-Learning are pedagogy (learneroriented educational theories), pragmatic (practical solutions to use of instructional c...