Since their emergence in the mid-90s, online media have evolved from simple digital editions that merely served to dump content print newspapers, sophisticated multi-format products with multimedia and interactive features. In order discover visual evolution, this article conducts a longitudinal study of design by analyzing front pages five general-information Spanish newspapers (elpais.com, el...

This study evaluates two content delivery options for teaching a programming language to determine whether an asynchronous format can achieve the same learning efficacy as a traditional lecture (face-to-face) format. We use media synchronicity theory as a guide to choose media capabilities to incorporate into an asynchronous tutorial used asynchronously. We conducted an experiment with 49 stude...

Security plays a very important role in the day to day life. In order to avoid unauthorized access by individuals authentication is mandatory in various fields such as industry, government sectors, colleges, online banking, military, etc. , The traditional methods such as passwords or ID cards are less secure and forgery is possible. To overcome this, it is efficient to use biometric authentica...

We present results from two treatment / control experiuments in the 8.MReV: Mechanics ReView massive open online course (MOOC) run on edX.org during summer 2014. We compare the efficacy of physics homework problems: (1) traditional physics problems involving many skills, (2) deliberate-practice activities that train individual skills using the drag-and-drop format, and (3) analogous deliberate ...

This paper reports the results of a comparison of academic performance (course grade) in two sections of a principles of managerial accounting course, one held in a traditional format (classes held two days per week in a classroom setting) and one in a hybrid format (one class period held in a classroom setting and one in a webbased environment). After controlling for other factors, academic pe...

We present an interactive CG (Computer Graphics) design system based on virtual woodblock printing, with the stress on an aspect of a tool to enjoy creation in a virtual space. This system is a simulation of real woodblock printing: generating a woodblock, spreading inks on the woodblock, putting a paper sheet on the woodblock, and rubbing the paper sheet with a Japanese squeegee “BAREN” in a v...

A “new model” academic chemistry library is proposed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in which primary access to journals is electronic, replacing traditional print access, binding, and shelving. Print journals will continue to be purchased and archived unbound in a remote storage facility following unbound display and access for twelve months. The new model, initially p...

The purpose of this study was to explore whether the use of mobile technology could better enhance students’ business English vocabulary learning than the employment of traditional print material. A group of sophomores (N=43) from a Chinese university in North China were randomly assigned to two groups: the experimental group (N=23), who worked on a given list of business vocabulary via SMS, an...

Cyber-crime is becoming alarmingly common through the use of anonymous e-mails. Author attribution helps digital forensics investigators filter through a large set of possible authors and focus traditional investigative techniques on the most probable culprits. A recent promising technique is to construct a write-print for each known author and compare it to the write-print extracted from the a...

Technological developments have changed the distribution pattern and access to information from conventional digital media. Hence, journalism has an impact on media industry journalists. The purpose of this research is analyze transformation challenges perspective journalists in Aceh. This uses a desciptive qualitative approach. Interviews were conducted with ten Aceh print, radio, television, ...