E-Learn 2004--World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education
2004
Editors
Janice Nall; Robby Robson
Table of Contents
Number of papers: 551
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Designing K-12 Professional Development using a Hybrid-Learning Model
Diane Larrimore & William Sadera, Towson University, United States
During the last few years a new form of professional development has evolved from the first wave of e-learning. This innovative delivery of course content has been termed hybrid learning. This,... More
pp. 113-118
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Buffet of e-Learning: DORway to e-learning experiences
Hyoja Lee & James Jolley, Florida Department of Revenue, United States
Florida Department of Revenue (DOR) has five program areas and each program is using different e-learning approach: SkillSoft products for the entire agency, CD ROM-based e-learning developed on... More
pp. 119-126
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Content Development for Government and Corporate training using Sidekick
Todd Marks, mediaEdge, a division of Exceptional Software Srategies Inc, United States
mediaEdge, a division of Exceptional Software Strategies, Inc., would like the opportunity to present our exciting solution to the participants of the elearning conference. mediaEdge has developed... More
p. 127
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"Army" as a Second Language: The Critical Nature of Communicating with Clients
Karen Hughes Miller & Carolyn Rude-Parkins, University of Louisville College of Education, United States
The University of Louisville and Northrop Grumman Mission Systems partnership to produce distance education courseware for the US Army introduced some unexpcted communications problems. While the... More
pp. 128-132
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Development of Educational Computer Programs for Children and Suggestion for Co-Working with Children
Minjung Moon, The George Washington University, United States
The purpose of the project is to develop educational computer programs for children. Some of the programs are demonstrated with technological devices. The author introduces and demonstrates three... More
pp. 133-136
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Intelligent Decision Systems, Incorporated: Performance by Design
Marci Murawski, Mike Gillies, Heather Katz, Ellen Menaker, Susan Coleman, Susan Wooldridge, Stephen Worsham, Linda Beaver, Randy Kubik & Suzanne Hoffman, Intelligent Decision Systems, Incorporated, United States
This paper showcases select IDSI research, products, services, applications, developments, and the company's current project endeavors and directions. IDSI is a small, woman-owned business,... More
pp. 137-143
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Problem and Content Development to Support Evaluation of Science
Jussi Nuutinen & Erkki Sutinen, Department of Computer Science, University of Joensuu, Finland; Renald Buter & Ed Noyons, Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, Netherlands; Teemu Laine, Department of Computer Science, University of Joensuu, Finland
The evaluation of scientific endeavour is ultimately a learning process. Objective data containing bibliographic information can be visualized as bibliometric graphs. However, understanding the... More
pp. 144-151
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An online course for faculty on interactive media
Hatice Ferhan Odabasi & Abdullah Kuzu, Anadolu University, Turkey
Online courses are not common applications for Turkey and when they are for faculty that makes things even more difficult. The application mentioned in this paper was planned after a face to face... More
pp. 152-154
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Bringing Media Rich Content to On-line Learning
Peggy O'Neill-Jones, Metropolitan State College of Denver, United States
Much progress has been made in creating the ideal Virtual Learning Environment. The Internet has provided features such as dynamically updated content, student interaction and feedback. There are a... More
pp. 155-158
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Using Digital Primary Sources and Rich Media in the Classroom
Peggy ONeill-Jones, The Metropolitan State College of Denver, United States
The Library of Congress, the world's largest library and repository for the United States' national treasures, created a pilot project called the American Memory project. Through American Memory,... More
pp. 159-160
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A Development of e-Materials for Understanding the Kid’s Culture
Wakio Oyanagi, Nara University of Education, Japan
The media environment surrounding kids is rapidly changing. Kid's life is rapidly changing, too. The influence of the school to the child has become weak. That is, kids get much information from... More
pp. 161-166
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Distance Instructor Training: Joint efforts between two countries
Jessica Payeras & Évelyne Diabaté, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
While we were developing WebCT Spanish classes contents, we noticed a great need for teachers hands-on training, especially from those countries with little technical and monetary resources. In the... More
pp. 167-169
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Putting a New Face on an Old Course
David Pedersen & Michael Williams, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, United States
All courses need periodic rejuvenation, especially information systems courses. A vidotape-based distance leaning course was given a facelift by converting the videotape lectures to audio-slide... More
pp. 170-171
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Workforce-Connections™ - Empowering the 21st Century Knowledge Worker
Will Peratino, US Department of Labor, United States; Courtney Cox, PowerTrain, United States
The U.S. Department of Labor's Workforce Connections™ (W-C) is a set of Web-based tools that empower non-technical individuals to create, acquire, share and control content in real-time via the Web... More
pp. 172-173
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An Authoring Tool for Web-Based Adaptive and Classic Tests
Cristobal Romero & Santiago Martin-Palomo, University of Cordoba, Spain; Paul De Bra, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands; Sebastian Ventura, University of Cordoba, Spain
In this paper we describe Test Editor, an authoring tool for building adaptive and classic web-based test. This tool facilitates the development and maintenance of different types of multiple... More
pp. 174-177
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Hierarchical Classification of Learning Resources through Supervised Learning
Paramjeet Saini, University of Trento,Dept. of Computer Science and Telecommunications, Italy
Present Web is loaded with huge number of learning resources. As the number of learning resources increases, the difficulty to find required and relevant learning resources becomes more and more... More
pp. 178-183
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Quality e-Education Project Management & Content Development Strategies
Ann Shortridge, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, United States; Toby De Logy, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Creating new, essential and time sensitive educational opportunities for increasing numbers of under served, non-traditional working students in a variety of fields is becoming a challenging... More
pp. 184-188
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Supporting Active Engagement in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning using Problem-Based Learning
Sookyung Suh, Learning Systems Institute/Florida State University, United States
Group problem solving is one of the most common activities that people engage in at work. As new technology, especially computer-supported media become more dominant, Computer-Supported... More
pp. 189-193
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Animated agent to maintain learner’s attention in e-learning
Maomi Ueno, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan
Long time learning tires learners, and then the learners' attention or concentration degreases. The author measured the learners' mental workload in e-learning using an eye mark recorder (Ueno 2004... More
pp. 194-201
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Practical Strategies: Using Digital Video & Animation to Provide Essential Educational Opportunities
Peter Van Petegem & Toby De Loght, University of Antwerp, Belgium; Ann Shortridge, University of Arkanas, Fayetteville, United States
Providing essential educational opportunities for students to learn how to apply their knowledge in changing, real world contexts in a variety of fields is becoming an increasingly difficult... More
pp. 202-207
