Courseware Management Research Articles

Retracted: Construction of Intelligent Textbook Courseware Management System Based on Artificial Intelligence Technology

Retracted: Construction of Intelligent Textbook Courseware Management System Based on Artificial Intelligence Technology

Construction of Intelligent Textbook Courseware Management System Based on Artificial Intelligence Technology

On the one hand, the lack of specialized knowledge and knowledge of software development is serious. Second, the development process takes a lot of time, and the development cost is high. Shortening the development time, reducing the development cost, and reducing the dependence on artificial intelligence can be realized by developing an intelligent courseware writing system. The research of intelligent teaching system based on Web and multiagent technology in this paper will surely promote the continuous development and progress of intelligent teaching and related disciplines, which has profound theoretical and practical significance. The design of the model may need to be emphasized and improved in the understanding and reform of classroom management concepts. The comprehensive improvement has an increase of 86.3%, which is of great significance for courseware management. In terms of courseware management, due to the model design, it is also well reflected in personalization, and the improvement of management is 74.6%.

A Interactive Teaching Mode Based on Educational Games – Case Study of Acupuncture Course

As people pay more and more attention to the major of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), social demand for TCM talents also becomes larger and larger. But, the content of TCM acupuncture major is abstract, with high practical operation. Traditional acupuncture course is taught with “cramming” method so that students cannot understand and grasp the concrete knowledge of this major. This may even have negative impacts on some students. The interactions between the teacher and students are few, and students passively absorb teaching content. The positive feedbacks of teaching cannot be gained, either, thus affecting the teaching effect to certain degree. On this basis, an interactive teaching mode based on educational games was proposed in this study, and such interactive teaching mode based on educational games was applied in the courses of acupuncture major. Firstly, the current situations and features of educational games and interactive education mode were analyzed. Besides, acupuncture major was taken for example to introduce a series of teaching module development processes of educational games for resource module collation, project courseware management, target test questions, task allocation, courseware making and one-key release of acupuncture courses. It is found through the survey that, students more accept such interactive teaching mode based on educational games, and their learning efficiency improves. Such teaching method is obviously superior to traditional teaching methods.

Design and Development of Public Affairs Government Management System Based on Internet

Based on the current situation of the government's public affairs management model and features of the presentation, analysis and study of Internet-based government public affairs management system design, the design of the system Unified Modeling Language (UML) to establish requirements analysis model to B / S mode for the system implementation platform, which studied the method for the production of multimedia courseware management subsystem, as well as managers in order to check the management of master degree, also studied the expansion Tutor system and random examination system.

Design and Implementation of Object-Oriented Teaching Aid System Based on UML Language

According to the characteristics of teaching materials diversity and intuitive man-machine communication, the object-oriented teaching aid system based on UML language is designed. Firstly, the principle of UML language is introduced, then the functions of this aid system are described, that is, student information management, operational subjects management, courseware management and system management, etc. On this basis, the system design is analyzed and described from the aspects of design process, application course, data structure and data sheet maintenance, focusing on the refining design of the system, pointing out that this system data can realize the management on the information about students, assessment, courseware and users. Finally the application process of the system is described, which can facilitate the teaching task.

Design and Implementation of the .NET-Based Online Learning System

Using the internet to provide learning exchange services for students has become a need now. This paper introduces the frame structure and the main functions of each module of the campus online learning system with a three-layered B/S structure based on .NET and Microsoft SQL Server 2000, and lays stress on implementing the course management and courseware management of the system.

Creating Higher Education Academic and Information Technology Resources in an International Context

A number of contemporary factors have combined to create a situation that encourages and supports international collaboration among institutions of higher education. Factors such as the globalization of the economy, the increasingly international nature of higher education, and the development of an inexpensive and virtually worldwide system of communication, the Internet, have all played their part. This paper focuses on one aspect of international collaboration—the creation and dissemination of information resources and information/educational technologies, such as software. Movements such as Open Source and Open Access have encouraged colleges and universities to consider alternatives to the dominant model for acquiring everything from college textbooks to academic computing software. Today for-profit companies supply most such resources to institutions, faculty, and students. The open source software approach is an alternative based on collaboration between both institutions and individuals, and it is a viable alternative to commercial, for-profit development and dissemination systems. Today, open access journals, for example, compete with journals from commercial publishers and provide free access to anyone via the Internet. Resources such as the courseware management system, Moodle, and the multipurpose software package, Sakai, are examples of open source software-developed resources that are widely used today in higher education. The OpenCourseware initiative at Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an example of free and open dissemination of course resources. Variations of the open source software model support the creation of everything from infrastructure software such as Sakai to remixable textbooks. Remixing is, in fact, a major advantage of the approach Connexions, based at Rice University, has taken to create information resources for educational use. Open access, open source, and other similar approaches can be subsumed under the term open education. That movement is a viable, and rapidly growing, alternative for the creation and distribution of information and information technology resources for higher education that is particularly suited to collaborative, international partnerships.

Nursing Faculty Collaborate with Embedded Librarians to Serve Online Graduate Students in a Consortium Setting

Nursing and library faculty face many information literacy challenges when graduate nursing programs migrate to online course delivery. The authors describe a collaborative model for providing cost-effective online library services to new graduate students in a three-university consortium. The embedded librarian service links a health sciences librarian to students through a commonly used courseware management system. Recommendations are presented for faculty and librarians who may consider using a similar approach.

Developing a Dynamic and Responsive Online Learning Environment

Charles Stuart University adopted the open source software, Sakai, as the foundation for the university’s new, integrated Online Learning Environment. This study explores whether a pedagogical advantage exists in adopting such an open source learning management system. Research suggests that the community source approach to development of open source software has many inherent pedagogical advantages, but this paper examines whether this is due to the choice of open source software or simply having access to appropriate technology for learning and teaching in the 21st century. The author also addresses the challenges of the project management methodology and processes in the large-scale implementation of an open-source courseware management solution at the institutional level. Consequently, this study outlines strategies that an institution can use to harness the potential of a community source approach to software development to meet the institutional and individual user needs into the future.

The effects of differentiated blended learning on speaking for college students

The purpose of this study is to investigate what are the effects, and their degree, of blended learning(combining on and off-line) on the speaking proficiency and attitude of college students of English. The on-line courseware was TALL developed by Brigham Young University. The TALL is a blended learning system, and provides an individualized and adaptive learning and courseware management system. For measuring speaking proficiency “PhonePass” was used. The blended learning positively affected the students’ speaking ability, and they gained confidence in communicating in English. With a well organized curriculum of on-line courseware, a teacher could lead the class more smoothly without being overwhelmed by responsibility and having many teaching materials to prepare. The students had more opportunities to express their ideas being supported by the TALL and class activities. They gained much confidence in speaking and enjoyed the blended learning.

Korean Content Management in e-Higher Education: Here and Hereafter

Current trends in the management of e-learning content in Korean higher education are reviewed, along with important issues for future development. South Korean technological infrastructure, among the most advanced in the world, provides the necessary conditions for e-learning to proliferate, but as e-learning in higher education approaches a certain level of maturity and proliferation, there will emerge issues to be resolved at the national level. Suggested future considerations include establishing a national level of overarching planning for courseware management; university and consortium level planning for quality content management; e-learning content sharing systems through such methods as learning technology standardization; and a training and support system for specialists in educational development, instruction, and administration that can operate mutually and concurrently.

Webinar Technology

SUMMARY This article reviews the current state of Webinar technology from a library perspective: what it is, how it works, and the many features Webinars commonly provide, including: polling, annotation tools, document sharing, recording, archiving, and reporting. The authors offer a brief look at types of organizations using Webinar technology, and which vendors are active in this rapidly developing market. Possible library applications are discussed and the authors' personal Webinar experiences are shared. A comparison to similar Web-based technologies such as Web tutorials, virtual reference, courseware management systems, videoconferencing, and Webcasting is also included.

Developing Partnerships to Create Electronic Reserves at the University of Kansas Libraries

Today, it is advantageous for academic libraries to look outside their own organizations to other potential campus and commercial partners when considering new services. This case study describes the planning and implementation of electronic reserves at the University of Kansas Libraries, including the integration of two commercial partners, XanEdu (provider of electronic course packs) and Blackboard (a courseware management package). Docutek was chosen as the electronic reserves software package because it offers copyright management and faxing capabilities (when hosted locally). There is also a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of centralization versus decentralization of different aspects of electronic reserves when multiple library locations are involved.

Faculty Use and Impressions of Courseware Management Tools: A National Survey

AbstractTechnology in the classroom is changing the way faculties instruct and students learn. Understanding how faculty members perceive and use technology for learning is important for improving the educational process because instructor perceptions can potentially be a hindrance to the use and implementation of technology. This paper describes the results of a survey that investigated faculty Internet usage for instructional purposes as well as their perceptions of courseware management and Web‐publishing tools. The survey targeted a random sample of engineering faculty at ABET‐accredited universities. The survey results show that while many faculty members are using both Web‐publishing tools and courseware management tools for delivering educational content, they use these tools for only a small subset of pedagogical activities.

Open courseware and shared knowledge in higher education.

Most college and university campuses in the United States and much of the developed world today maintain one, two, or several learning management systems (LMSs), which are courseware products that provide students and faculty with Web-based tools to manage course-related applications. Since the mid-1990s, two predominant models of Web courseware management systems have emerged: commercial and noncommercial. Some of the commercial products available today were created in academia as noncommercial but have since become commercially encumbered. Other products remain noncommercial but are struggling to survive in a world of fierce commercial competition. This article argues for an ethics of pedagogy in higher education that would be based on the guiding assumptions of the non-proprietary, peer-to-peer, open-source software movement.

User Acceptance of E-Collaboration Technology: An Extension of the Technology Acceptance Model

This study investigates the applicability of Davis' Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) in the user acceptance of electronic collaboration technology. A courseware management tool is used to test the various findings of TAM. Perceived usefulness of the technology emerges as a positive impact on perceived usefulness, and usefulness, in turn, has a negative relationship with system usage. Additionally, certain aspects of system usage influenced student performance in the course. Prior use of the system also affected system use.

Distance Learning over ATM/SONET: The Distance Learning Environment Demonstration

A new movement in learning and communicating is underway. High bandwidth data link services are being installed throughout the country in support of evolving learning and communication needs. Early adopters are pushing the infrastructure and networks to bring high quality interactive services to the desktop. “New applications such as distance learning and interactive Internet capabilities are capturing the hearts and minds of decision-makers. A growing number of businesses and institutions are facing the challenge of finding smart, affordable network solutions” [1]. Most distance learning multimedia programs remain instructor-led mediated events. The infrastructure technology is expensive to install and most applications, especially distance learning applications, do not exploit student-centric applications. Distance learning systems integrators are quick to offer high cost instructor-centric solutions, however, the educational community is slowly moving toward low cost self-directed education-on-demand. Studies, such as the Distance Learning Environment Demonstration (DLED), offer a base study solution for legacy Ethernet local area networks (LANs), school-centric courseware management, and student-centric courses. Using commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) PC-based hardware and software, computer-based training (CBT) courseware was either re-purposed or developed new in support of the study. Students logged into a centralized server via asynchronous transfer mode/synchronous optical network (ATM/SONET) to take different interactive multimedia courses. Individual student information was tracked and stored on the server and accessible only by the administration. The centralized courseware simplified the task of software maintenance and gave instructors and administrators direct control of the courses. The performance metrics indicated that low cost high performance COTS hardware and software can be used to develop high fidelity multimedia interactive courseware distributed over a wide area network (WAN). This study would suggest that distance learning over a high bandwidth ATM/SONET WAN was a viable solution for a remote student population.

Controlling a Multimedia CAL Network in Undergraduate Pharmacy Education Using a Courseware Management System

Controlling a Multimedia CAL Network in Undergraduate Pharmacy Education Using a Courseware Management System