There is a widespread demand for general, all-purpose platforms for e-teaching. It is argued that such platforms are ill suited to explore the wide range of possibilities opened up by digital communication technologies, in particular by object oriented MOO servers. Drawing on the author’s use of a LambdaMOO server in teaching Friedrich Nietzsche’s “Also sprach Zarathustra” the innovative potent...

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are the two most common diseases from group of spondyloarthritis (SpA), which often accompanied by permanent disability. Maintaining an acceptable quality life, preventing development progression structural changes in musculoskeletal system, maintaining/normalizing functional social activity main goals their therapy. Over past decades, i...

OBJECTIVE The research sought to identify the general use of medical librarians in pediatric residency training, to define the role of medical librarians in teaching evidence-based medicine (EBM) to pediatric residents, and to describe strategies and curricula for teaching EBM used in pediatric residency training programs. METHODS We sent a 13-question web-based survey through the Association...

The qualitative analysis of concept maps produced by students and teachers from secondary and higher education consistently show the occurrence of three morphological types: spokes, chains and nets. The significance of these structures is discussed in terms of their implications for university teaching and for further learning, and supports a reconceptualisation of the notion of expertise as a ...

The book ‘Developing expertise through experience’consists of twenty chapters written by language educators. Alan Maley has edited the book. The writers of the chapters have written their stories and experiences about learning English and being an Educator with regard to the notion of ‘sense of plausibility’ defined by Prabhu. Prabhu explains that plausibility in pedagogy is teachers’ intuition...

Until recently PET scanning has been available only at major universities or teaching hospitals possessing the necessary resources and expertise to operate a research PET facility. Most dedicated PET centers cost several millions of dollars, and include a cyclotron, a radiochemistry laboratory to synthesize PET radiopharmaceuticals, a multicrystal dedicated PET camera, advanced computer f...

This article reviews indicators used by researchers to select samples of expert teachers. Reflecting initially on the broader expertise literature and then focusing on studies of teaching expertise, the authors identify criteria used to select expert teachers that fall under one or more of the following marker categories: (a) years of experience, (b) social recognition, (c) professional or soci...