The convergence of information technology developments, together with instructional and pedagogical developments, is creating opportunities for new paradigms of learning and teaching. New concepts of postgraduated university education and of university continuing education will emerge, where new roles for individuals and institutions will be available and where new requirements will shrink. The...

Two technological advances support new sophistication in sound capture; namely, high-quality lowcost electret microphones and high-speed economical signal processors. Combined with new understanding in acoustic beamforming, these technologies permit spatially-selective transduction of speech signals several octaves in bandwidth. Spatial selectivity mkigates the effects of noise and reverberatio...

ISSN 1932-8540 © IEEE Abstract—Quality assurance is one of the most critical aspects of e-learning. This challenge is even more demanding when related to an initiative promoted by a public administration – the regional government of Galicia, Spain – targeted to continuing education in a rapidly evolving economical sector. Can we assess that our course portfolio matches the needs of our audience...

Climate-health literacy is the ability to find, access, understand, interpret, evaluate, and communicate information about impact of climate change on human health make decisions act accordingly that information. Climate affects people's in numerous ways, both directly indirectly, e.g., by increasing risks cardiovascular disease, infections, depression, anxiety d...