Editorial

After almost a quarter of a century of unbroken publishing of CIT. Journal of Computing and Information Technology, its publisher – the University Computing Centre (SRCE) – realized with regret that in line with its new duties within the University of Zagreb and the Croatian national research and education e-Infrastructure, such publishing endeavor doesn’t lie within its mission any more. In this respect, some time ago SRCE started negotiations with another institution within the same University – the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER), in order to transfer the publishing duties. These negotiations ended fruitfully, with both institutions reaching an understanding on the necessity to maintain the continuity of publishing CIT, hence leading FER to take over its publishing. It is then my pleasant duty to inform you that starting January 1, 2016, our new publisher is the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing of the University of Zagreb

Editorial

After almost a quarter of a century of unbroken publishing of CIT. Journal of Computing and Information Technology, its publisher – the University Computing Centre (SRCE) – realized with regret that in line with its new duties within the University of Zagreb and the Croatian national research and education e-Infrastructure, such publishing endeavor doesn’t lie within its mission any more. In this respect, some time ago SRCE started negotiations with another institution within the same University – the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER), in order to transfer the publishing duties. These negotiations ended fruitfully, with both institutions reaching an understanding on the necessity to maintain the continuity of publishing CIT, hence leading FER to take over its publishing. It is then my pleasant duty to inform you that starting January 1, 2016, our new publisher is the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing of the University of Zagreb

Publishing in Information Systems Journals (Panel)

Interested in publishing your research? Editors from the Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE), Journal of Computer Information Systems (JCIS), Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS), Journal of Information Technology Case Studies and Applications (JITCAR), Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (JOEUC), and Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM) will be hosting a panel on publishing. In this session, you will hear directly from, and ask questions of, editors of these journals as to what they\u27re looking for, how to avoid a rejection or endless R&R\u27s. In addition, each editor will cover the review process and other opportunities to become involved. Attendees are encouraged to ask questions and explore publishing opportunities

Feedback learning particle swarm optimization

This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Applied Soft Computing. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published and is available at the link below - Copyright @ Elsevier 2011In this paper, a feedback learning particle swarm optimization algorithm with quadratic inertia weight (FLPSO-QIW) is developed to solve optimization problems. The proposed FLPSO-QIW consists of four steps. Firstly, the inertia weight is calculated by a designed quadratic function instead of conventional linearly decreasing function. Secondly, acceleration coefficients are determined not only by the generation number but also by the search environment described by each particle’s history best fitness information. Thirdly, the feedback fitness information of each particle is used to automatically design the learning probabilities. Fourthly, an elite stochastic learning (ELS) method is used to refine the solution. The FLPSO-QIW has been comprehensively evaluated on 18 unimodal, multimodal and composite benchmark functions with or without rotation. Compared with various state-of-the-art PSO algorithms, the performance of FLPSO-QIW is promising and competitive. The effects of parameter adaptation, parameter sensitivity and proposed mechanism are discussed in detail.This research was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of PR China (Grant No 60874113), the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (Grant No 200802550007), the Key Creative Project of Shanghai Education Community (Grant No 09ZZ66), the Key Foundation Project of Shanghai(Grant No 09JC1400700), the International Science and Technology Cooperation Project of China under Grant 2009DFA32050, and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany

From traditional essay to 'Ready Steady Cook' presentation: Reasons for innovative changes in assignments

The prose essay, case study and laboratory report, composed by individual students in isolation from their peers, used to be the mainstay of undergraduate writing. However, in recent years an array of alternative assignment types such as blogs, letters and e-posters have widened the repertoire of texts expected. This article attempts to describe the reasoning behind changes in assignment types at undergraduate and master’s level at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Data from 58 semi-structured interviews with lecturers in three UK universities is used together with course handbooks and some clarifications with lecturers via email. Suggested reasons for new assignment types are grouped into three categories: external, lecturer-driven and student-driven. The article surmises that, because of these pressures, students are now expected to produce a wide variety of text types, and greater attention should be paid to guidance in new assignments for both native and non-native speaker students

Touch Screen Avatar English Learning System For University Students Learning Simplicity

This paper discusses on touch screen avatar for an English language learning application system. The system would be a combination of avatar as Animated Pedagogical Agent (APA) and a touch screen application that adapt the up to date gesture-based computing which is found as having potential to change the way how we learn as it could reduce the amount of Information Communication Technology (ICT) devices used during teaching and learning process. The key here is interaction between university students and touch screen avatar intelligent application system as well as learning resources that could be learned anytime anywhere twenty four hours in seven days 24/7 based on their study time preference where they could learn at their own comfort out of the tradition. The students would be provided with a learning tool that could help them learn interactively with the current trend which they might be interested with based on their own personalization. Apart from that, their performance shall be monitored from a distance and evaluated to avoid disturbing their learning process from working smoothly and getting rid of feeling of being controlled. Thus, the students are expected to have lower affective filter level that may enhance the way they learn unconsciously. Keywords: Gesture-Based Computing, Avatar, Portable Learning Tool, Interactivity, Language Learnin

From Informational Barrier to Ethical Obligation: Evolving Perceptions of Teaching Energy in Architecture

In 1973, the OPEAC oil embargo shocked America out of its energy complacency—the era of cheap, seemingly limitless energy had come to an abrupt, disruptive halt. The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) responded, publishing Architecture, Energy & Education in 1984, a mere 11 years after the energy crisis began. Architecture, Energy & Education identified four barriers to teaching energy in architecture: methodological, structural, attitudinal, and informational. Of the four barriers, the informational barrier was arguably the most formidable, because energy modeling was slow and inaccessible during the 1980s. However, this situation rapidly changed in the 1990s and early 2000s during what has been called the “digital turn in architecture.” With more computing power and accessible, graphic-based interfaces, energy modeling left the realm of the programming specialist and joined the realm of the practitioner. Flash forward to today, when architects have access to nearly real-time energy modeling. This paper argues that the accessibility of such modeling mandates that architects use it for the benefit of society. In other words, the digital turn has resulted in an ethical obligation

Horizon Report 2009

El informe anual Horizon investiga, identifica y clasifica las tecnologías emergentes que los expertos que lo elaboran prevén tendrán un impacto en la enseñanza aprendizaje, la investigación y la producción creativa en el contexto educativo de la enseñanza superior. También estudia las tendencias clave que permiten prever el uso que se hará de las mismas y los retos que ellos suponen para las aulas. Cada edición identifica seis tecnologías o prácticas. Dos cuyo uso se prevé emergerá en un futuro inmediato (un año o menos) dos que emergerán a medio plazo (en dos o tres años) y dos previstas a más largo plazo (5 años)