Discussion board systems are often used in teaching-learning settings to support discourse between students and instructors. However most existing discussion board systems are generic and built to be used in a variety of domains. They do not cater for the specific needs of teaching-learning settings. One significant shortcoming is that they do not recognize that in a teaching-learning setting t...

1 Ronei Marcos de Moraes, Department of Statistics Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cidade Universitária s/n, 58090-900, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil, [email protected] 2 Izabel Alcântara de Souza, Department of Statistics Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cidade Universitária s/n, 58090-900, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil, [email protected] 3 Liliane dos Santos Machado, Department of Informatics Univer...

The curriculum of the dental faculty at the University of Bergen, Norway, was revised and a new curriculum implemented in 1998 based on the principles of holistic teaching and patient-centered treatment. The first candidates graduated in 2003. The change of curricula, experience gained, and lack of an evidence base for holistic teaching justify a general discussion of all relevant aspects assoc...

This paper examines the learning outcomes associated with implementing discussion forums and blog writings using pseudonyms in blended learning. Although anonymity or masking one’s identity has been used as a teaching strategy designed to induce higher writing production and lowering anxiety in face-to-face writing instruction, little research has been reported investigating whether this strate...

B-Course is a web-based interactive tutorial on Bayesian modeling, in particular dependence modeling. Alternatively it can also be viewed as a powerful free data analysis tool with a very comprehensive step-by-step tutorial interface. B-Course is an attempt to offer a multivariate modeling method that can also be understood by applied practitioners and encourages users to use their own data as ...

Urban Nulden and Christian Hardless Goteborg University, Sweden INTRODUCTION Teaching, tutoring and assessing students becomes radically different in a virtual learning environment than in a traditional classroom (Harasim, Hiltz et al., 1995; Hiltz and Wellman, 1997). The more activities that are ‘net-based,’ the more technology-based support is required for the educator. Computers free educato...

This article describes the rationales and thoughts behind LENO, which is a tool for production of web-based teaching materials. The actual tool, and the characteristics of the materials produced by the tool, are first briefly described. Following that, the why and wherefore of a number of key properties are discussed. This discussion is relevant for users of LENO teaching materials. The discuss...