Designing A Mobile Game Application For Student With Learning Disabilities

Learning disabilities are a problem that influences the brain's capacity to receive, process, analyze and store information. These processing issues can interfere with learning fundamental abilities, especially for learning mathematics. Fortunately, different approaches and methods in teaching and learning can improve students with learning disabilities to understand and know to count basic mathematic operations. This study focuses on the designing of mobile game applications based on the Speedline method to help students with learning disabilities to understand basic mathematical operational especially the addition and subtraction problem. Based on the findings, Speedline game was design using the puzzle game concept and the game design is fully discussed in this pape

Educational Technologies In A Personalised Learning Environment (PLE) : An Overview

A personalised learning environment (PLE) is focused on Web 2.0 tools as a way of integrating learning processes in a digital and technologically dynamic environment. The PLE helps in the preparation of future teachers to lead the way in the development of educational approaches that encourage knowledge building. The PLE represents a new, wide-ranging evolution in educational practices by integrating information and communications technology (ICT) applications to create wall-free schools capable of meeting the demands of the information society. In this article, the authors overview a range of PLE tools based on Web 2.0 technologies. The main aim is to assist in the transformation of learning and teaching in higher education, and to prepare learners for future work in a dynamic context with a high degree of digital and technological influence. The key findings could be used as instructions for PLS tools to facilitate structured learning by both teachers and students

Impact of dietitian delivered intensive nutrition intervention on dietary intake and weight outcome among gynecology cancer outpatient prior to surgery

Introduction: This is open label randomised control trial, aimed to identify whether an early (commenced at the time of diagnosis) and intensive nutrition intervention (INI) (individualised dietary counselling, oral nutritional supplements [ONS], telephone, and home visit) can improve weight and dietary intake of gynaecological cancer (GC) patients preoperatively. Methods: Selected GC patients planned for surgery were randomly grouped into control group (CG) (n = 35) and intervention group (IG) (n = 34). Malnutrition screening tool (MST) was used as a screening tool, while Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) was used as a nutrition assessment tool. IG received an intensive individualised dietary counselling with the supply of ONS at baseline (Day 1). This continued with telephone and home visit follow-up by research dietitian (Day 3 and Day 6). Meanwhile, CG only received general nutritional counselling without supply of ONS. Final assessment was conducted on Day 14. The primary outcomes included weight changes measured using TANITA and dietary intake assessment using 24-hour diet recall. Results: Mean duration of INI was 14 days. At the end of the treatment period, there was a significant weight change between groups (p < 0.001), with 0.14% weight gain in IG and 1.3% weight reduction in CG. Mean energy and protein intake of IG were higher compared to CG by +329 kcal/day and +12.2 g/day, respectively. Conclusion: This study showed that INI that incorporated individualised dietary counselling, ONS, telephone counselling, and home visit can increase energy and protein intake of GC patients, resulting in weight gain