The transformation of our society into a knowledge society has made lifelong learning and education in general the predominant topics. Various education initiatives and statistics initiated by politicians emphasize the necessity of sustainable knowledge management. The global labour market also confronts people with completely new challenges. The technological progress and short half-life of kn...

background: electronic learning (e-learning), is the use of electronic technology in education via computer and the internet. despite its slow adoption by faculty members, e-learning provides several benefits to individuals and organizations. this study was conducted to determine the factors influencing the adoption of e-learning by faculty members in tabriz university of medical sciences.    m...

Computational simulations and thus scientific computing is the third pillar alongside theory and experiment in todays science. The term e-science evolved as a new research field that focuses on collaboration in key areas of science using next generation computing infrastructures (i.e. co-called e-science infrastructures) to extend the potential of scientific computing. During the past years, si...

E-Learning is the topic related to the virtualized distance learning by means of electronic communication mechanisms, specifically the Internet. They are based in the use of approaches with diverse functionality (e-mail, Web pages, forums, learning platforms, and so on) as a support of the process of teaching-learning. The Cloud Computing environment rises as a natural platform to provide suppo...

From the educational point of view, the most widespread method in developing countries is on-site education. Technical and economic resources cannot support conventional distance learning infrastructures and it is even worse for courses in universities. They usually suffer a lack of qualified faculty staff, especially in technical degrees. The literature suggest that e-learning is a suitable so...

Software agents of educational automation procedures consist of pieces of software that deal with human characteristics, so as to facilitate efficiency and increased effectiveness in social learning. When software agents are integrated with learning processes (in adaptive e-learning environments) then they are known as interface agents. When learning processes are integrated with learner requir...

E-learning is related to virtualised distance learning by means of electronic communication mechanisms, using its functionality as a support in the process of teaching-learning. When the learning process becomes computerised, educational data mining employs the information generated from the electronic sources to enrich the learning model for academic purposes. To provide support to e-learning ...

The evolution of the Web to a place for semantic data integration and the development of Linked Data infrastructures offer new possibilities and promise better and more effective ways of interaction, adaption, data sharing and re-use of data between applications. E-Learning and Web-based education have become essential building blocks of education in general, delivering course material over the...