This paper reports a study of strategies used by players of fantasy sports games. Online discussion forums associated with these games are analyzed to understand and describe how players use contextual tools, knowledge, and peer interactions to support their formal and informal decision making processes. Decision-making processes involved in games like fantasy sports are likely to be different ...

BACKGROUND Websites as one of the initial steps towards an e-government adoption do facilitate delivery of online and customer-oriented services. In this study we intended to investigate the role of the websites of medical universities in providing educational and research services following the E-government maturity model in the Iranian universities. METHODS This descriptive and cross- secti...

BACKGROUND Students' perceptions of the educational environment are an important construct in assessing and enhancing the quality of medical training programs. Reliable and valid measurement, however, can be problematic - especially as instruments developed and tested in one culture are translated for use in another. MATERIALS AND METHOD This study sought to explore the psychometric propertie...

The Short Message Service (SMS) technology is one of the most powerful mobile technologies in current usage. Most students own a mobile phone with free SMS which can be used for learning. In this paper we explain how we used SMS for teaching and learning languages (both native and foreign). The conducted experiment presented a range of opportunities for integrating text into teaching and learni...