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A multi-layer map-oriented resource organization system for web-based self-directed learning combined with community-based learning

The main issue addressed in this paper is how to improve the learning situation of self-directed learning in resource search and organization from the web. In this paper, we have firstly proposed a multi-layer...

Authors: Hangyu Li, Shinobu Hasegawa and Akihiro Kashihara

Educational crowdsourcing to support the learning of computer programming

Recent advancements in technology have enabled a shift to occur in teaching and learning. We are living in a connected world where physical boundaries of attending an institution to gain an education no longer...

Authors: Dhiya Al-Jumeily, Abir Hussain, Mohammed Alghamdi, Chelsea Dobbins and Jan Lunn

XML-based e-assessment system for Office skills in open learning environments

Learning and teaching systems have seen fast transformations being increasingly applied in emerging formal and informal education contexts. Indeed, the shift to open learning environments is remarkable, where ...

Authors: Aicha Chorana, Abdallah Lakhdari, Hadda Cherroun and Slimane Oulad-Naoui

The utilization of data analysis techniques in predicting student performance in massive open online courses (MOOCs)

The growth of the Internet has enabled the popularity of open online learning platforms to increase over the years. This has led to the inception of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) that globally enrol mill...

Authors: Glyn Hughes and Chelsea Dobbins

Emerging trends for open access learning

This special issue is dedicated to recent opportunities, trends, and expectations that the emergent number of institutions and governments, exploiting the open learning concept, face in designing and providing...

Authors: Rachid Benlamri and Fanny Klett

Editor’s introduction

Authors: Siu Cheung Kong

Guest editors’ introduction

Authors: Kazuaki Kojima and Tomoko Kojiri

Editor’s introduction

Authors: Siu Cheung Kong

A generating technique and knowledge representation of multiple-answer problems for learning with solving knowledge

Erroneous answers in multiple-answer problems not only make the correct answer harder to determine but also indicate why the correct choice is suitable and the erroneous one a mistake when compared to the corr...

Authors: Noriyuki Matsuda, Hisashi Ogawa, Tsukasa Hirashima and Hirokazu Taki

An exploration of problem posing-based activities as an assessment tool and as an instructional strategy

Problem posing, the generation of questions by learners, has been shown to be an effective instructional strategy for teaching–learning of complex materials in domains such as mathematics. In this paper, we de...

Authors: Shitanshu Mishra and Sridhar Iyer

Practice supporting system with related problem set generator based on targeted educational effects

Exercises with well-designed similar problem sets are effective in classrooms. In this case, teachers design similar problem sets related to the educational effects they have targeted. However, to design these...

Authors: Yasuhiro Noguchi, Satoru Kogure, Tatsuhiro Konishi and Yukihiro Itoh

Evaluation of a question generation approach using semantic web for supporting argumentation

Discourse and argumentation are effective techniques for education not only in social domains but also in science domains. However, it is difficult for some teachers to stimulate an active discussion between s...

Authors: Nguyen-Thinh Le and Niels Pinkwart

A framework of generating explanation for conceptual understanding based on “semantics of constraints”

In science education, conventional problem practice hardly helps students reach “conceptual understanding” with which they can solve various problems by making appropriate models of target systems. Students of...

Authors: Tomoya Horiguchi, Takahito Tomoto and Tsukasa Hirashima

Experimental study of learning support through examples in mathematical problem posing

When using mathematics to solve problems in everyday life, problem solvers must recognize and formulate problems by themselves because structured problems are not provided. Therefore, in general education, fos...

Authors: Kazuaki Kojima, Kazuhisa Miwa and Tatsunori Matsui