The purpose of this research is to apply the principle of constructivism to the design of Web-based training systems for teachers and learners. Several issues will be addressed in this paper including the development of an Integrated Learning Graphics System (ILGS) to create a better learning environment. In this paper, we have developed a web-based learning system to simulate and adjust comput...

Following constructionism and the learning by doing approach of Papert in our university web design course students are given the task of building a personal blogs. Students thus practice selected Web technologies. The task is supported by a dedicated web-based integrated development environment. Their blogs are interconnected and communication is available. Students are also encouraged to publ...

This literature review study explores 43 empirical research studies that report on the integration of Web 2.0 tools into language learning and evaluate the actual impact of their use. In particular, this review aims to identify the specific Web 2.0 tools integrated in the educational settings, theoretical underpinnings that are commonly used to frame the research, methodologies and data analysi...

The availability of public administration semantic Web services is strictly linked to the availability of knowledge resources. In particular their interoperability allows knowledge sharing and reuse, so to provide integrated services in a distributed environment. In this paper a machine learning technique for guaranteeing thesaural interoperability by conceptual mapping within an information re...

The cloud-compatible architecture of a distributed distance e-learning system which has been deployed and is being utilized in five remote areas in Eastern Europe (Finland, Poland, Bulgaria, Greece and Cyprus) is presented and discussed as a case study of e-learning. A series of e-courses is being conducted with a variety of learning tools and techniques: a Virtual World, Web 2.0 tools, a web c...

The Internet has brought the next dimension of collaboration to the door steps of organizations, and its name is ‘Web 2.0’. While there is a lot of hype around various concepts associated with the term, little academic research has so far been conducted on the implications of this new approach for the domain of organizational learning. This paper seeks to conceptualize the link between Web 2.0 ...

This chapter discusses an integrated approach to designing and developing adaptive distributed learning environments. It presents a distributed learning environment based on agent technology and Web services technology. Agents are expected to be used as the core components in intelligent distributed learning environments because of their inherent natures: autonomous, intelligent, sociable, etc....

This paper introduces a mobile learning environment based on micro-learning. The micro-learning model presented is an extension to the ontological model defined at the University: Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de México, México for mobile learning resources classification and management. The micro-learning model proposed is based on a Web-didactics model. This mobile learning model ba...

A virtual learning community is an E-learning system which needs to improve its infrastructure, which can devote the required computation and storage resources. Cloud computing and Web 2.0 are all the mainstream technology in the Internet, which can provide a low cost solution to educational faculty and learners. In this paper cloud computing is integrated as a platform with web 2.0 for buildin...

in this paper an application of cellular learning automata (cla) to vlsi placement is presented. the cla, which is introduced for the first time in this paper, is different from standard cellular learning automata in two respects. it has input and the cell neighborhood varies during the operation of cla. the proposed cla based algorithm for vlsi placement is tested on number of placement proble...