A methodology has been developed for modelling physical infrastructure life cycle development and management. It is based on a combination of flowcharting and analysis techniques, and maps infrastructure life cycle processes over time using a data flow approach, in which these processes are divided, over the infrastructure life cycle, into modules connected by information flows. This methodolog...

Ironically, while automated programming has had a long and varied history in Artificial Intelligence research, automating the creative art of programming has rarely been studied within Computational Creativity research. In many senses, software writing software represents a very exciting potential avenue for research, as it addresses directly issues related to novelty, surprise, innovation at p...

John Richardson, the 1996/97 OCLC Visiting Distinguished Scholar, is a professor in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA; e-mail: [email protected]. The reference transaction can be understood as a system and modeled as such. By adopting a problem-solving paradigm other than the one traditionally used in this area (i.e., flowcharting), a systems analysis of the quest...

Various forms of robotic technology are currently moving from the confines of the research labs and into the hands of teachers. One area of robotics that is readily available for technology integration into elementary and middle school science and technology classrooms is produced by LEGO (Mindstorms for SchoolsTM). Such technology offers the possibility to teach various scientific, mathematica...

Much research has been devoted over the years to investigating and advancing the techniques and tools used by analysts when they model. As opposed to what academics, software providers and their resellers promote as should be happening, the aim of this research was to determine whether practitioners still embraced conceptual modelling seriously. In addition, what are the most popular techniques...

Developing multimedia-based courseware can be a very positive experience for students as members of a student development team. The roles of the student development team would be many. They would develop a contract with the content expert. They would develop a time line of activities and a production finish date. Development activities include organizing, flowcharting, story boarding, and autho...

Abstract There have been few studies on students’ difficulty in the computer curriculum of African senior secondary schools. This study attempts to fill this gap by investigating concepts students find difficult Ghanaian and Nigerian science influence career interests these perceived concepts. The is important extent that our understanding “where shirt tights” regarding topics will guide teache...

Sustainability is a difficult topic, and education systems are generally complicated, including multiple levels as well diverse organizations actors. This dual complexity, which affects both sustainability higher systems, poses great challenges for research. Although there has been growing interest in adopting sustainable practices within HEIs, few studies have focused on the integration of con...

Value Stream Mapping technique involves flowcharting the steps, activities, material flows, communications, and other process elements that are involved with a process or transformation. In this respect, Value stream mapping helps an organization to identify the non-value-adding elements in a targeted process and brings a product or a group of products that use the same resources through the ma...