Group-based learning is being introduced into many settings in higher education. Is this a sustainable development with respect to the resources required? Under what conditions can group-based learning be applied successfully in distance education and in increasingly flexible campus-based learning? Can networked support facilitate and enrich courses where groupbased learning is applied? These q...

Group-based learning is being introduced into many settings in higher education. Is this a sustainable development with respect to the resources required? Under what conditions can groupbased learning be applied successfully in distance education and in increasingly flexible campusbased learning? Can telematic support facilitate and enrich courses where group-based learning is applied? These qu...

TAGS is an inter-disciplinary, inter-institutional project which brings together software systems builders and subject-specialists keen to exploit network based learning. It is sponsored by SHEFC as part of a wider C&IT programme [1]. The project has developed a web-based system for group-based project work where all types of resource are groupbased. This paper gives an overview of the user mod...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) assessment is basic to diabetes management. Little is done to describe the whole spectrum of the trajectory, its related temporal patterns of metabolic indices, and comorbidities. METHODS AND RESULTS This was a longitudinal study. In the Diabetes Management through Integrated Delivery System project in Taiwan, enrollees had diabetes, but no major...

Main results At 12 months, home-based exercise delayed deterioration in overall physical and motor functioning compared with usual care; groupbased exercise and usual care did not differ (Table). The 3 groups did not differ for cognitive skills (P = 0.78) or mobility (P = 0.86). Falls were least frequent in the home-based exercise group and most frequent in the usual-care group (Table); the 3 g...

Purpose Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) severely impacts quality of life and is one of the most common medical problems among women. Effective management of CPP is needed, particularly for underserved women with limited access to quality care. We developed and evaluated group medical visits for women with CPP drawing from: (1) the Centering model, an innovative approach to groupbased healthcare acros...

In this paper, we propose the application of a semi-parametric statistical methodology called GroupBased Developmental Trajectory Analysis to studying the dynamics of social networks. We begin with a discussion of theoretical problems in network analysis that may benefit from this approach. Next, we describe the methodology and how it can be applied to dyadic network data as well as aggregated ...