This paper introduces the Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies (CPBIS) in the context of the paper industry business environment that prevailed at the time of its establishment. The principal objective of CPBIS is to create an academic community that understands the paper industry. In doing so, it aims, through research, to create knowledge that will be of practical benefit to the ind...

A medical educator has needs that are specific to educators and needs that are common to all medical faculty members. An educator needs time to perform educational duties; space to carry out educational activities; and money to buy time, space, and other resources. Just as important as time, space, and money are to the success of an educator is having an infrastructure that supports the educato...

This paper presents a model for the implementation of educational activities involving musical improvisation that is based on a review of the literature on the psychology of music. Psychology of music is a complex field of research in which quantitative and qualitative methods have been employed involving participants ranging from novices to expert performers. The cognitive research has been an...

INTRODUCTION Control of Acinetobacter baumannii is a challenge. METHODS A survey was conducted on the control measures introduced against A baumannii in 30 Spanish hospitals. RESULTS We found significant differences in the application of contact precautions, active surveillance, hygiene of colonised patients, environmental cleaning, and educational activities. Hospitals with a written contr...

The study reported in this paper, examines the effects of a rigorously designed introduction of Twitter in the educational process. In specific, it examines the relation between the students’ use of Twitter in the context of well-organized educational activities and their grades in an academic course. The results demonstrated a significant correlation between the use of Twitter by the students ...

This review will focus on the current level on chemistry research, education, and visualization possible within the multi-user virtual environment of Second Life. We discuss how Second Life has been used as a platform for the interactive and collaborative visualization of data from molecules and proteins to spectra and experimental data. We then review how these visualizations can be scripted f...

At the core of adaptive learning systems is an adaptation engine which decides the adaptations based on the learner’s profile, educational activity, infrastructure and/or environment. This paper presents a model for adaptation engines. Then it presents 17 criteria for the evaluation of an adaptation engine.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Information on the effect of students' class attendance on examination performance in a problem-based learning medical curriculum is limited. This study investigates the impact of different educational activities on students' academic performance in a problem-based learning curriculum. METHODS This is a retrospective cohort study conducted on the cardiology block at the Co...

E-learners are generally adults with work and family constraints who get involved in the virtual campus looking for temporary academic flexibility. However, they are often confronted with collaborative learning activities which lead to additional organizational efforts by reducing their individual time flexibility. In this paper, we argue that time is a major variable in Computer Supported Coll...

This document, presents a synthesis of the pedagogical methodological work done within the framework of the KP-LAB (Knowledge Practices Laboratory) project, which, together with a consortium of 22 research institutions from different European countries, has been investigating the concept of trialogical learning for the past four years. We begin with a description of the underlying approach of t...