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The Canada Design Website is a pedagogical resource project located at http://design.concordia.ca/canada_design/. Initially, conceptualized as a pedagogical resource focused on Canadian industrial design , the project has expanded to include the...

This paper reports on an investigation focusing on improving the reliability and efficiency in current database-oriented search-and-retrieval mechanisms in e-learning applications through the use of topic map technology (ISO/IEC 13250). The...

Our investigations focus on improving the reliability and efficiency in current database-oriented search-and-retrieval mechanisms through the use of topic map technology (ISO/IEC 13250). This paper reports on the development, implementation and...

This paper follows up on studies reported in Dicks et al.(EdMedia 2004) and Shaw et al. (ELearn 2004), both of which focused on improving the reliability and efficiency in current database-oriented search-and-retrieval mechanisms in e-learning...

This article provides an empirical evaluation of an indexing technology, topic maps (ISO 13250), in the context of an academic task in a higher education context. Topic maps are a form of indexing that define and display the interrelationships...

Students from a graduate class in educational computing took part in a study exploring the effectiveness of learner-controlled, web-based tools to support knowledge building and self-regulation. Learners were randomly divided into one of five study...

This series of studies investigated the role that computer technology plays in transforming the learning process in higher education. We looked at the relationship between technology use, active learning, and perceived course effectiveness. The...