E-Learning and Digital Media
2014 Volume 11, Number 3
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 9
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Can Facebook Make Students Remember? An Experimental Study from Japan
Adam Acar
This study experimentally manipulated the way students submit their assignments and tested the number of new words that are learned in each condition. The results showed that students who submitted... More
pp. 214-221
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Pakistani Students' Perceptions about Use of the Internet in Their Academic Activities
Zarqa S. Ali
The aim of the study is to explore Pakistani university students' use of the Internet in their studies and their perceptions of online academic life. Findings show that Internet use for... More
pp. 222-230
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Leveraging Random Number Generation for Mastery of Learning in Teaching Quantitative Research Courses via an E-Learning Method
Wasita Boonsathorn, Danuvasin Charoen & Arthur L. Dryver
E-Learning brings access to a powerful but often overlooked teaching tool: random number generation. Using random number generation, a practically infinite number of quantitative problem-solution... More
pp. 231-249
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"I'm Not Much of an Expert, Myself": Situated Learning in an Informal Online Community of Practice
David T. Boven
This article represents an attempt to more fully understand the interactions of individuals in a specific community of practice on the World Wide Web. It attempts to answer questions about whether ... More
pp. 250-262
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vPELS: An E-Learning Social Environment for VLSI Design with Content Security Using DRM
Jahangir Dewan, Morshed Chowdhury & Lynn Batten
This article provides a proposal for personal e-learning system (vPELS [where "v" stands for VLSI: very large scale integrated circuit])) architecture in the context of social network... More
pp. 263-271
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Legal Issues of Intellectual Property Rights and Licensing for E-Learning Content in the United Kingdom
Azadeh Mehrpouyan & Ghassem Khadem Razavi
This article focuses on the legal rules of intellectual property rights (IPR) in networked e-learning. Its purpose is to act as an awareness-raising device about IPR, especially in the public... More
pp. 272-277
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Successful Use of CALL Software: An Investigation from the User's Perspective
Norma Scagnoli, Ruth Yontz & Jinhee Choo
This study explores the use and implementation of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) software in graduate professional education. The investigation looked into self-reported information on ... More
pp. 278-290
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Facebook Use in Education: Experiences of University Science Education Students in Jordan
Jamal Abu-Alruz
The purpose of this study is to determine the level of Facebook use in education in one public university located in the middle part of Jordan. A sample of 189 undergraduate students enrolled in... More
pp. 291-299
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Myths and Realities of E-Learning: Exploratory Survey of Higher Education Students
Eduardo Morais, Carla Morais & João Paiva
The present study seeks to become a positive contribution to the research and development of e-learning systems by conducting an exploratory evaluation of the opinions of the academic community of ... More
pp. 300-313