Task information support on the Web is not always an easy and straightforward process. Much of the information is inaccurate, biased, out-of-date, or just not thorough enough. The Internet has emerged as an active resource for the average student. It has also provided a universal, yet independent, platform for educators for over a decade now. Conversely, many useful and exciting educational too...

Topic Maps, ISO/IEC 13250 standard, are designed to facilitate the organization and navigation of large collections of information objects by creating meta-level perspectives of their underlying concepts and relationships. The underlying structure of concepts and relations is expressed by domain ontologies. The Topics Maps technology can become the core of an e-learning portal that will integra...

The contents development for distance training (e-Authoring) is one of the main problems which affect the e-Learning research. The multiplicity of e-Learning typologies (Stand-Alone e-Learning, Assisted e-Learning, e-Cooperative Learning, Blended Learning, info-Learning, small-Learning) and the specificity of the related didactic methodologies make the development of contents supporting the dis...

This paper provides an integrative analysis of the drivers of vertical scope, using analytical and computational methods. I propose a model with two vertical segments (upstream and downstream), with firm populations that have heterogeneous capabilities, and an intermediate market subject to transaction costs, where firms can choose whether to be integrated or vertically specialized. By varying ...

the successful adoption of e-learning systems is mainly dependent on the learners’ attitude and willingness to use them. this survey was conducted to investigate agricultural extension workers’ attitudes toward using e-learning for on-the-job training in iran and factors which affect it. using the stratified sampling technique a sample of 379 extension workers were selected from six provinces. ...

introduction e-learning is there to enhance knowledge of patients and  can provide an efficient way to enhance personnel-patient interaction and provide patient-specific education. so the aim of this study was to compare the effect of two educational methods, e-learning (multimedia) and painted booklet on primipar women’s knowledge about neonatal care.methods this was a quasi-experimental study...

E-Learning provides a potentially powerful tool for implementing educational requirements rooted in learning theories. But still, much of the development of e-Learning is carried out without a true understanding of how learning theories can be translated into pedagogical requirements that can be implemented using learning technologies. This is because e-Learning lacks a systematic approach to t...