10 research outputs found
Learning and digital inclusion: the ELAMP project
The Electronic Learning and Mobility Project (ELAMP) was a nationally funded project by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, which ran from 2004 to 2010. The main aim of ELAMP was to improve the education of Traveller children, particularly highly mobile learners. ELAMP focussed upon the use of mobile technology and distance learning to support, enhance and extend young Travellers’ educational and vocational opportunities. This article will reflect upon the learning and technological experiences and opportunities that the ELAMP project provided for Traveller children, young people and their families. In doing so it will critically consider the value of information technology in working with Traveller communities and advancing their educational opportunities. Reviewing ELAMP work will also demonstrate how the use of mobile technology can improve educational outcomes and Traveller families’ digital inclusion. Now that the project has ended, this article will question why we are not using what we learnt from ELAMP to move forward
Quantum resonances and decoherence for delta-kicked atoms
The quantum resonances occurring with delta-kicked atoms when the kicking
period is an integer multiple of the half-Talbot time are analyzed in detail.
Exact results about the momentum distribution at exact resonance are
established, both in the case of totally coherent dynamics and in the case when
decoherence is induced by Spontaneous Emission. A description of the dynamics
when the kicking period is close to, but not exactly at resonance, is derived
by means of a quasi-classical approximation where the detuning from exact
resonance plays the role of the Planck constant. In this way scaling laws
describing the shape of the resonant peaks are obtained. Such analytical
results are supported by extensive numerical simulations, and explain some
recent surprising experimental observations.Comment: 51 pages, 13 figures; KEYWORDS: quantum chaos, decoherence, kicked
rotor, dynamical localization, atom optics; submitted to Nonlinearit