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This paper presents the instructional design of online knowledge resources. A project that was designed to meet an instructional need rather than to exploit the capabilities of technology. We will present the instructional needs, a solution that...

This paper outlines a framework for the design and evaluation of information and communication technology in learning environments. This framework is intended to support multidisciplinary cooperation during the entire project lifecycle. In contrast...

We present and discuss the evolution of a metadata-based course portal, the Open Learning Repository. Different instructional models and learning principles are integrated in order to meet different learning and teaching strategies: different...

In order to reuse and exchange learning objects we need information about these learning objects. The LOM draft standard defines a set of more than 70 attributes, which specify learning object properties like author, title, subject, and many others, ...

This paper presents a scenario which draws a vision of Learning Services on the Semantic Web. In this context we ask the question of 'What are Learning Objects?' and draft appropriate answers. We describe a datastructure which allows explicitly...

This paper focusses on consulting services, which address the process of (re-) designing an educational setting. The educational setting is supported by technology. Consulting makes explicit requirements and needs, and also has to take into account...

The World Wide Web is a popular platform for providing eLearning applications to a wide spectrum of users. However – as users differ in their preferences, background, requirements, and goals – applications should provide personalization mechanisms....

This paper provides theoretical foundations, an instructional model and a best practice case on strategies for learner empowerment and ownership in higher education. It focuses on both the learners' competences and the organizational context to...

The Austrian national e-learning network “Forum Neue Medien Austria”, founded in 2000, aims to implement a sustainable e-learning strategy at universities in Austria. It organizes a symposium which provides the opportunity to have an insight into...

The Austrian national e-learning network “Forum Neue Medien Austria”, founded in 2000, aims to implement a sustainable e-learning strategy at universities in Austria. It organizes a symposium which provides the opportunity to have an insight into...

As universities are knowledge-based organizations, knowledge management in universities may not be a very new thing. Nevertheless, while universities offer study programs and consulting services concerning knowledge management they rarely implement...

Traditionally, higher education has focussed on the acquisition of knowledge and emphasized the reproductive side of learning while generative and transformative aspects have attracted less attention. Against this background the EU funded project KP-...