Distance education environments and emerging software systems new technologies /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Jin, Q. 1962-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2011.
• Subjects: Distance education > Computer-assisted instruction.; Distance education > Technological innovations.; Automatic assessment methods; Effective and efficient authoring systems; Individualized distance learning; Intelligent tutoring; Mobile systems; Multimedia streaming technology; Multimedia synchronization controls; New network infrastructures; Quality-of-service issues; Real-time protocols
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"This book focuses on the discussions of computational methods, algorithms implemented prototype systems, and applications of open and distance learning"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Collaborative learning in dynamic group environments / Kamen Kanev, and Shigeo Kimura
• 2. A systematic framework of virtual laboratories using mobile agent and design pattern technologies / Yi-Hsung Li, Chyi-Ren Dow, Cheng-Min Lin, Sheng-Chang Chen and Fu-Wei Hsu
• 3. A computer-assisted approach for conducting information technology applied instructions / Hui-Chun Chu, Gwo-Jen Hwang, Pei-Jin Tsai, and Tzu-Chi Yang
• 4. A highly scalable, modular architecture for computer aided assessment E-learning systems / Krzysztof Gierlowski and Krzysztof Nowicki
• 5. Recent contributions to a generic architecture design that supports learning objects interoperability / Sotirios Botsios and Dimitrios A. Georgiou
• 6. Statistical inference-based cache management for mobile learning / Qing Li, Jianmin Zhao and Xinzhong Zhu
• 7. A 3D geometry model search engine to support learning / Gary K. L. Tam, Rynson W. H. Lau and Jianmin Zhao
• 8. Supporting interoperability and context-awareness in e-learning through situation-driven learning processes / Stefan Dietze, Alessio Gugliotta and John Domingue
• 9. A new process phase diagnostic technique: visualized interface for diagnosing learning progress / Pi-Shan Hsu and Te-Jeng Chang
• 10. A FCA-based cognitive diagnosis model for CAT / Yang Shuqun and Ding Shuliang
• 11. Adaptivity in ProPer: an adaptive SCORM compliant LMS / Ioannis Kazanidis and Maya Satratzemi
• 12. The construction of an ontology-based ubiquitous learning grid / Ching-Jung Liao, Chien-Chih Chou and Jin-Tan David Yang
• 13. A rule-based system for test quality improvement / Gennaro Costagliola and Vittorio Fuccella
• 14. An understanding information management system for a real-time interactive distance education environment / Aiguo He
• 15. The effects of communicative genres on intra-group conflict in virtual student teams / Jung-Lung Hsu and Huey-Wen Chou
• 16. Effect of teaching using whole brain instruction on accounting learning / Li-Tze Lee and Jason C. Hung
• 17. Using S-P chart and bloom taxonomy to develop intelligent formative assessment tool / Wen-Chih Chang, Hsuan-Che Yang, Timothy K. Shih and Louis R. Chao
• 18. A study of English mobile learning applications at National Chengchi University / Pei-Chun Che, Han-Yi Lin, Hung-Chin Jang, Yao-Nan Lien and Tzu-Chieh Tsai
• 19. E-learning practice and experience at Waseda E-School: Japan's first undergraduate degree-awarding online program / Shoji Nishimura, Douglass J. Scott and Shogo Kato.