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We propose a methodology for the reuse of contextualized learning content. The current reuse methodology requires context independent learning content and introduces a reuse paradox: "the most reusable objects are context-independent, while the...

Education can profit significantly from hypermedia. However, in our experience the majority of students having the choice of learning on the computer or from a print medium prefer the latter when it comes to "challenging" formal domains. For online...

In this paper we argue that effective teaching is a multi-method process and propose a teachware management framework flexible enough to support multiple teaching strategies. We model e.g. behaviouristic or constructivistic strategies based on a...

The ePortfolio System to be developed is a three-in-one factotum, a multipurpose device encompassing the following functionalities: the Students' Record of Study, the ePortfolio, and the Learning Diary altogether. The application InteLeC ePortfolio...

In Germany, for nearly 40 years the first stage of the teacher training program has basically been offered at universities and colleges. Students' graduation for the teaching profession is a public examination conducted by the state examination...

What are the strengths and weaknesses of ICT and media literacy of German students? What do they think about eLearning with main emphasis on blended learning in attendance of their studies at university? Are there any differences between the next...

In 2006, all 9000 students at the University Passau (Germany) were invited to take part at an online questionnaire. A participation of over 6% were collected. About 84% of all the students polled have access to the Internet in their apartments or...

The Bologna Process is an ongoing major issue in the European higher education scenery. Agreed in 1999, there has been started the conversion of the studies. This causes various challenges for all sectors within a university. Mainly two aspects...

Abstract: Regarding the set up of current university e-learning infrastructures, a course and learning management system (LMS) often works as a major component to provide basic e-learning functionalities as well as to assist universities in...

If eLearning should be introduced as a common, integrative part in Higher Education, a lot of changes within the normal academic “business” are associated with that. Universities must develop strategies to manage these change processes. The paper...

The paper presents the evaluation study of the Hamburg Netbook Project, in which several secondary schools in Hamburg employed small, mobile computers to support individualized learning and personalized teaching. Based on a brief theoretical...