The article discusses basic teaching-learning philosophies and experiences from the development and testing of mobile learning integrated with the online distance education system at NKI (Norwegian Knowledge Institute) Distance Education. The article builds on experiences from three European Union (EU) supported Leonardo da Vinci projects on mobile...
We implemented a synchronous distance course entitled: Introductory Finance designed for undergraduate students. This course was held between two Japanese universities. Stable Internet connections allowing minimum delay and minimum interruptions of the audio-video streaming signals were used. Students were equipped with their own PCs with pre-loade...
Published in Multimedia Systems
Advances in multimedia processing capabilities of electronic devices and the rapid growth of the Internet have contributed to the proliferation of collaborative applications such as distance learning (DL) webcasting. A key technical challenge in such DL systems is providing access to rich media content to any user regardless of device capabilities,...
The objective of this study was to examine and analyze the need to expanding distance learning in higher education, as well as the possibility of this new paradigm offering education with the necessary quality to face up the challenges of knowledge socialization. The study was developed through bibliographic research which reached theoretical contr...
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In 2001, a program of distance learning was started within Kigali Institute of Education in collaboration with the Rwanda's Ministry of Education. It is an in-service training program that aims to upgrade in-service secondary school teachers and alleviate the shortage of teachers both in terms of quality and number. This program runs parallel to a ...
The integration of distance e-learning system in some French Master, and more especially in Geographic information system courses, has three interests: open and extend the Master education to French speaking students around the Wold by the way of the World French University Agency (Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie); increase the number of st...
The Télé Orthoptie pour Déficients Visuels (TéoDéVi) project, involves developing a platform which allows an orthoptist to propose remote training exercises, while undertaking normal consultations, thanks to a distance learning system. TéoDéVi is managed jointly by the computer science department at ENST-Bretagne (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Tél...
Published in International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
This article presents findings from a comparative case study of the learning experiences of two graduate students in an online action research course. The key roles played by reflection and co-reflection, an emerging concept, are identified through the use of narrative analysis. Co-reflection is a collaborative critical thinking process mediated by...
Published in Multimedia Systems
A serious bottleneck towards multimedia e-learning is the non-availability of required bandwidth to view the lecture videos at good resolution because of large size of lecture videos. Content-based compression of video data can greatly enhance the bandwidth utilization over scarce resource networks. In this paper, an educational video compression t...
