We are reporting on the recent description published1 in this journal that describes the interesting perspective for previous descriptions2 of the fresco Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants of the Michelangelo Bounarroti (1475-1564). However, we have a slightly different perspective, in relation to the optic nerves. According to this description1, the nerves would be represented by the heels/f...

Yesterday, I engaged in no small amount of deconstruction. My aim, however, was not to belittle the laws of physics. Obviously, their formulations stand among the crowning achievements of the past three centuries. I did argue, however, that they are not the totalizing, all encompassing constraints that so many in science regard them to be. Their ontological status is usually exaggerated. There ...

In this paper, we describe a system called Nehovah that generates neologisms from a set of base words provided by a user. Nehovah focuses on creating “good” neologisms by evaluating various attributes of a neologism such as how well it communicates the source concepts and how “catchy” it is. Because Nehovah depends on the user to weight the importance of various attributes of the neologism and ...

This paper reports on an effort to use Stagecast Creator as a means for developing modelling skills among undergraduate students taking an introductory course in science that took place in a virtual learning environment (WebCT). An inquiry-based curriculum was implemented, which guided students working in small groups to collect and study moon observations and construct a series of successive m...

Information search relevance is a key challenge for information systems researchers. We propose a framework for development of a new architecture for search, collaborative indexing, employing the collaborative thinking of informed individuals to develop indices. Creator circles of individuals will mark pages of relevance to a topic, or pages that usefully answer questions, through interaction w...

The Centre for Electronic Arts was formed in 1985 when 'Computer Art' was dominated by photorealism. The trend has been to user controlled, rather than creator specified artworks. At an intermediate stage, artists took broad control, with detail completed by computer systems. Partial control was sometimes passed to the observer, who became creator and participant. In the age of interactive medi...

This paper presents our ongoing work for designing and implementing a web-based Lesson Plan Creator for pre-service credential candidates in special education programs. To help reduce the workload of credential candidates as well as improve their professional teaching skills, we have designed a lesson plan creator system with the idea of shortening the amount of time required for creating sound...

Presents the results of a study into the effectiveness of Dublin Core metadata for retrieval. The metadata from twenty Australian government and educational organisations was analysed. The metadata was assessed for its capacity to facilitate title, creator/publisher, and subject access. From the results, it emerged that title metadata added little value, that creator/publisher access was flawed...