Web mathematics anyone?

The World Wide Web has had an impact on many areas of teaching and learning. Mathematics teaching however has only recently begun to utilise and develop this educational resource. This paper outlines a research program, which aims to uncover the extent the Internet, in particular the World Wide Web, is being used for High School mathematics education. The program includes searching out discernible Web-based teaching strategies and examining their impact on mathematics teaching and learning attitudes and achievements. Of particular interest is the extent to which deployment of the Web in mathematics teaching might increase student interest in mathematics. The first step in thisprocess is to develop a preliminary typology of mathematical elements on the Web. The nature of these elements, their categorisation and their possible roles in the teaching and learning of mathematics are discussed.<br /

Facilitating teaching and learning resources through the World Wide Web - case accounts of industrial design and living technology education in Taiwan

Designers have a key role to play in exploring the potential uses of technology, understanding and managing its impact on society, and ensuring that it is accessible, usable, and useful. There are a number of resources on the Internet aimed specially at students and faculties. The Internet provides access to the World Wide Web, Usenet, Ftp, and Telnet, which have tremendous educational potential. The World Wide Web has more appeal, because of its hypermedia foundation, its access to an immense volume of rapidly evolving information, and its access to the latest information. Because of all these characteristics, the World Wide Web becomes a potent tool for educational purposes. This paper discusses these features of the Internet and its application to teaching and learning, possible sophisticated pedagogical uses of the web, and notes web-based content for assisting both industrial design and living technology education in Taiwan. There are 18 universities offering Industrial Design at undergraduate and postgraduate level in Taiwan; Living Technology, the course title for technology education in Taiwan, is a requirement for secondary students. The bases of this research are archival study, on-line searching, and focus group panel discussions. Finally, the strategies of implementing web-based content are presented in brief case accounts

Implications of the Information Technology Revolution for People with Disabilities

The paper focuses on opportunities for the integration of persons with different types of disabilities in the information technology (IT) labour market. Recent IT developments are identified and examined for their potentially harmful or beneficial effects on access to the IT labour market for persons with disabilities. The opportunities created by new job creation, new forms of training, teleworking, and the role of assistive technologies in facilitating workplace accommodations are briefly described. The focus is on new options for the design and implementation of computer-related assistive technologies in the workplace, and the impact of teleworking and the World Wide Web on employability and work-related training of persons with disabilities. The paper closes with a brief discussion of the roles that government agencies, business firms, labour unions, non-governmental organisations and education can play to help people with disabilities join the IT revolution and share its benefits

Challenges in Delivering Library Services for Distance Learning

The first section of this paper on library services for distance education discusses the status of distance learning in higher education. What distance learning means for libraries is addressed in the second section, including considerations related to diverse locations, agreements with participating institutions, delivery limitations, librarian commitment, and awareness of new ways to deliver services. The third section summarizes requirements for libraries and provides World Wide Web addresses for American Library Association and Canadian Library Association guidelines. The fourth section describes the challenges and impact of distance learning on library service units related to administration, collection management, acquisitions, cataloging, collection access (interlibrary loan, circulation, and reserve), reference and instruction, and technical support systems. (MES

Towards an Art Education 4.0

La evolución del universo Internet ha tenido, tiene y, por supuesto, tendrá una repercusión en nuestra forma de establecer las relaciones sociocomunicativas y educativas. Ha establecido y establecerá modos distintos de interpelación comunicativa, interfiriendo en nuestros contextos educativos y facilitando nuevas maneras de comprender la didáctica y la pedagogía, el arte y la ciencia, la cultura y la sociedad. En concreto, la emergencia del World Wide Web (WWW) dentro de Internet nos empujó en su día –no muy lejano- a reformular y repensar desde nuestro ámbito -el de la enseñanza artística- las relaciones socioeducativas para con ese nuevo entorno. Del mismo modo, el devenir evolutivo de los ya propuestos itinerarios tecnológicos del web nos obliga a reflexionar sobre el camino a seguir dentro de esa estrecha relación entre Educación, Arte e Internet. Así, estas líneas son el resultado de un análisis de las rutas supuestas –desde el pasado (web 1.0.) y presente (web 2.0.)- para el progreso y futuro (la web 4.0. y su predecesora 3.0.)- del contexto Internet y cómo pueden vincularse al trabajo educativo artístico.The evolution of the Internet universe has had, has and, of course, will have an impact on our way to establish social-communicative and educational relations. It established and It will establish different ways of communicative interpelation, It interfered and It will interfere with our educational environment and It facilitated and It will facilitate new ways of understanding the teaching and pedagogy, art and science, culture and society. In particular, the emergence of the World Wide Web (WWW) in Internet drove us –in a not too distant day- to redesign and rethink from our field -art education- for socio-educational relations with the new environment. Similarly, the web evolution of planned technological pathways forces us to reflect on the way forward within this close relationship between Education, Art and the Internet. Thus, these lines are the result of an analysis of the alleged-routes from the past (web 1.0.) and present (web 2.0.) for the progress and future (Web 4.0. and its predecessor 3.0.) – of Internet context and how it can be linked to the art education development

Distance Learning – concepts and contributions

The present paper aims to review distance learning in the context of present definitions, technologies, opportunities, challenges, concepts and contributions as it is fast becoming an essential part of educational systems in both developed and developing countries. By virtue of new technologies the ways of teaching and acquiring new knowledge aren’t confined by space and time any more. New technologies offer great flexibility in when, where and how to distribute teaching and acquiring knowledge offering flexible learning opportunities to individuals and group learners. Distance learning is one of the most rapidly growing fields of education and its potential impact on all education delivery systems has been greatly accentuated through the development of Internet-based information technologies and in particular the World Wide Web. In order to meet the needs of the changing world future distance learning must be time flexible, lacking geographical barriers, competitive cost/value, and learner centred. The chapter is intended for all educational institutions and their academic personnel

The Emerging Science of the Web and Why it is Important

With the advent of the internet and the World Wide Web we are able to share information as never before. The Web has become a critical global infrastructure. Since its emergence in the mid-1990s, it has exploded into hundreds of billions of pages that touch almost all aspects of modern life. Today the jobs of more and more people depend on the Web. Media, banking and health care are being revolutionized by it, and governments are even considering how to run their countries with it. Little appreciated, however, is the fact that the Web is more than the sum of its pages and it is more than its technical protocols. Vast emergent properties have arisen that are transforming society. E-mail led to instant messaging, which on the Web has led to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. The transfer of documents led to file-sharing sites such as Napster, which have led to user-generated portals such as blogs, Flickr and YouTube. Web 2.0, tagging content with labels, is creating online communities that share everything from concert news to health care. Looking forward we are adding to the Web of documents by creating a Web of linked data. It is our hypothesis that this will become the dominant data sharing and integration platform and that its effect on the world will be as profound and unexpected as the impact of the first Web. As we seek to understand the origins of the Web, appreciate its current state and anticipate possible futures there is a need to address the critical questions that will determine how the Web evolves as both a social and a technical network. The emerging field of understanding these issues is becoming known as Web Science. In this talk we will explore how this new science of the Web has become established, the insights that are beginning to emerge and discuss the major research and education challenges ahead

Selective linking from social platforms to university websites: a case study of the Spanish academic system

Mention indicators have frequently been used in Webometric studies because they provide a powerful tool for determining the degree of visibility and impact of web resources. Among mention indicators, hypertextual links were a central part of many studies until Yahoo! discontinued the ¿linkdomain¿ command in 2011. Selective links constitute a variant of external links where both the source and target of the link can be selected. This paper intends to study the in&#64258;uence of social platforms (measured through the number of selective external links) on academic environments, in order to ascertain both the percentage that they constitute and whether some of them can be used as substitutes of total external links. For this purpose, 141 URLs belonging to 76 Spanish universities were compiled in 2010 (before Yahoo! stopped their link services), and the number of links from 13 selected social platforms to these universities were calculated. 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Profile of Internet Gamblers: Betting on the Future

The commercial casino industry in 2002 provided more jobs, higher wages, and more tax revenues to states and local communities than ever before. At the same time Internet gambling sites operated by offshore companies have seen explosive growth since the introduction of the World Wide Web in 1995 (Rose, 2003). This research developed profiles of current land based casino patrons who have gambled on the Internet, those who have not but are willing to try, and those who have not and would not in the future consider Internet gambling. Two hundred surveys were collected at two Detroit, Michigan casinos, asking questions varying from demographic information to gambling experience, and the willingness to try new things. The conceptual framework for this project was based on Roger\u27s Diffusion of Innovation Theory, and Forsythe and Bailey\u27s Perceived Time Poverty Model. Income, education, marital status, prior Internet purchasing and online banking experiences have a significant impact on past behaviors and future intentions regarding Internet gambling. Hours of Internet usage had more of an impact on behaviors than the issue of accessibility

Addressing A Missing Link In Higher Education On-line Content Development: Toward A Tripartite Collaborative Model

Although more than a dozen methods for developing and offering courses through distance education have been utilized over the years, the offering of on-line courses through the “World Wide Web” is still in its infancy. The number of failures in managing such on-line offerings calls for substantial research to explore why some programs are successful while others fail.  A few years ago, dozens of business schools in the US were trying to position themselves in what was promised to be a lucrative market for on-line education and training.  While some institutions have successfully established internet-based programs, many others have scrapped their on-line projects.  Many reasons account for these failures.  Among these are misinterpretations of the market, problems faced by traditional schools, start-up costs, choice of development/delivery model and faculty skepticism.  While all these reasons have a great impact on the results of the first decade of on-line education experience, this paper focuses on what seems to be the major factor: finding the right on-line model.  The paper suggests that an on-line higher education model based on a partnership between the institution, the content experts and the e-learning technology providers is the most functional.  This model helps each partner clearly determine an appropriate role, increasing the likelihood of a successful outcome