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On the usage and potential applications of The finite element method magnetics (femm) Package in the teaching of electromagnetics In higher education
(University of Cyprus, 2007)Finite Element Method Magnetics (FEMM) is an open source finite element analysis software package for solving 2D planar and 3D axisymmetric low frequency electromagnetic problems including both electrostatics and magnetostatics. ... -
Online physics lecture notes
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)Internet is a very powerful medium and is being widely used by the academic community. A large amount of resource on physics education in the form of lecture Notes, online lectures, books, databases and journals are ... -
Online searching in project-based learning in Chemistry education and the evaluation of the results
(University of Zilina, 2005)In Project-based learning, students perform learning process by preparing a project in a chosen subject. The basic steps in this process are; determining the target question, determining the main aims of the study, forming ... -
Online versus proctored testing: how do they compare?
(University of Zilina, 2005)A major challenge in offering a successful online course is the deciding upon the method by which students are tested; namely either online tests or proctored tests in classrooms or specialized learning centers. When faced ... -
Open distance inter-university synergies Between Εurope, Αfrica and the middle east (odiseame)
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)The challenge facing new technologies is whether they can contribute to a qualitative step up and to education for all as a process of facilitating the development of creative people with the ability to think critically ... -
An open learning environment for thermal phenomena
(Pedagogical Faculty of University of Ostrava, 2001)In this work we present an open learning environment, suitable for teaching Heat and Thermodynamics. The software consists of two independent visual laboratories (one for Heat and the other for Thermodynamics) and a series ... -
Open source software for e-learning: lessons learned from a three year application of a content, community, and collaborative management system in a primary school in greece
(University of Zilina, 2005)This paper focuses on the use of open source content management systems in primary education. The first part of the paper addresses the issue of open source software and examines recent international, European, and national ... -
Optilab: design and development of an Integrated virtual laboratory for teaching optics
(University of Cyprus, 2007)The international research and experience have proved that the approach of studying subjects with the help of computer and multimedia applications can exceed, to one degree, technical and instructive restrictions of ... -
The Ordering of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe Leibniz and the Encyclopédie
(2012-07)My paper discusses a certain worry that was apparent among European intellectuals in the 17th and 18th century, a worry that sounds all too familiar in the age of internet, namely, that with the progress of knowledge, there ... -
An organic chemistry cd-rom as a multi-use tool for learning or teaching
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)This CD-ROM, used by undergraduate first year students in the science faculty, is composed of two sections: the schemes, drawings and animations used in the course on one hand and interactive exercises on the other hand. ... -
Our climate, our change - using digital learning objects to present the complex science of global climate change
(University of Cyprus, 2010)Global Climate Change (GCC) is arguably one of the most significant challenges ever faced by humankind. The complex science of GCC leaves the general public and teachers at both secondary school and tertiary levels perplexed.. ... -
“Pec task explorer”: a tool for Ict supported learning in science
(University of Cyprus, 2010)In modern science teaching the role of ICT in supporting learning cannot be underestimated, let alone be ignored. Especially for the Predict-Observe-Explain strategy (POE), multimedia-supported POE tasks may be used as a ... -
Peculiarities of continuing studies of employable age persons
(University of Zilina, 2005)The essential peculiarities of learning activities of a modern man have been analyzed in this article. The analysis has been based on the research data with 1013 employable age people living in different areas in Lithuania. ... -
Pedagogical Aspects of e-Learning and their Dependences on Ict and Technical Facilities
(University of Zilina, 2005)Theoretical concepts and antecedents of e-learning, theirs contributions and exploitation potency for contemporary applications are themes of the article. Do generally applicable rules independent on used technologies and ... -
Pedagogical principles for activity based Training methodologies
(University of Cyprus, 2007)This paper outlines and discusses pedagogical approaches, teaching principles and learning design of industrial oriented skills upgrading processes utilizing video based training sessions, blended learning methodologies ... -
Perc: a departmental solution for web-enhanced courses
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)Since the Fall of 1998, the department of Physics and Astronomy at Mississippi State University has been using and developing PERC (Providing Electronic Resources for Courses), a set of utilities that can be used to ... -
Personal inquiry: scripting support for inquiry learning by participatory design
(University of Cyprus, 2010)This paper focuses on the participatory design processes during a project concerned with supporting children aged 12 – 15 to carry out personal scientific inquiries and in particular how the process varied between two case ...