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HyperShell: An expert system shell in a hypermedia environment—application in medical audiology
1990
HyperShell is an expert system shell developed in a hypermedia environment. Several artificial intelligence techniques such as frames and semantic networks are used in an original interpretation to enhance the interaction between the user and the program. The typical navigation tools of hypermedia such as clickable buttons and text search are extended to the semantic structure of HyperShell, creating a set of new tools. Examples from a medical expert system (Audex HM) developed in HyperShell are described.
TeamSim: An Educational Micro-World for the Teaching of Team Dynamics
2008
In this paper we present an educational micro-world in which a learner can manipulate variables affecting the efficiency with which a team adapts to its environment. These include the structure of hierarchical relations within the team, the structure of the communications network, and other environmental parameters. Using the micro-world, the learner can design experiments (simulations) exploring notions in the dynamics of small groups. A freeware version of TeamSim is available from http:// laral.istc.cnr.it/gigliotta/.
ASR in Classroom Today : Automatic Visualization of Conceptual Network in Science Classrooms
2017
Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) field has improved substantially in the last years. We are in a point never saw before, where we can apply such algorithms in non-ideal conditions such as real classrooms. In these scenarios it is still not possible to reach perfect recognition rates, however we can already take advantage of these improvements. This paper shows preliminary results using ASR in Chilean and Finnish middle and high school to automatically provide teachers a visualization of the structure of concepts present in their discourse in science classrooms. These visualizations are conceptual networks that relate key concepts used by the teacher. This is an interesting tool that gives…
Usability Challenges in Surgical Simulator Training
2009
Surgical virtual reality simulators have been taken into use in order to improve surgical skills training. Emergence of simulators increases the need for research and knowledge related to usability of medical simulators. In this study usability of laparoscopic surgical simulator was researched experimentally through combined analysis. Data was gathered with heuristic evaluation, questionnaires, and interviews as well as recorded simulator parameters. Results suggest that the surgical simulator could be more efficient learning and training tool if usability issues such as support and error prevention were reconsidered in more detail. There also seem to be grounds for connecting user support …
Rilievo/Racconto. Lettura multimediale dei dodici mesi in un capitello a Monreale - Survey/Tale. Multimedia reading of the twelve months in a capital…
2018
Lo studio riguarda un capitello monolitico quadruplo, sorretto da quattro colonne raggruppate, che si trova nell’area sud-occidentale del chiostro del Duomo di Monreale. Sul capitello sono raffigurati i dodici mesi dell’anno, secondo un programma iconografico proprio dei portali romanici che aveva la funzione di una rappresentazione narrativa. L’iconografia viene qui rappresentata attraverso un elaborato multimediale che assolve alle stesse finalità originarie di racconto di un percorso concettuale, mediante tecnologie per la fruizione virtuale e per la valorizzazione di Beni Culturali. The paper concerns a quadruple monolithic capital, supported by four grouped columns, located in the sout…
La “uberización” de los centros escolares: reorganización del trabajo pedagógico mediante las plataformas digitales de contenidos
2018
El presente trabajo se inscribe en el marco de un proyecto de investigación de I+D que estudia los cambios producidos en los centros de Primaria por la progresiva sustitución de los libros de texto por los materiales digitales. Uno de esos cambios observados es que los materiales digitales se hacen operativos mediante plataformas digitales que, además, se hacen extensibles a otras muchas tareas de centro. A partir de esta constatación nos ocupamos aquí del estudio de la 'uberización' o reestructuración organizativa del trabajo en los centros que operan con estas plataformas. Para alcanzar tal objetivo hemos recurrido a una metodología de corte cualitativo, tanto para el análisis de la prese…
Exploring the experiences concerning leadership communication in online gaming groups
2009
This paper looks at leadership communication in the context of multiplayer computer games and the groups that operate within them. In multiplayer games promoting teamwork and long-term cooperation, issues of management and leadership are prevalent. The paper explores the experiences that members of multiplayer communities have towards leadership communication in multiplayer games by looking at one specific case of organized team play within the framework of a turn-based online strategy game. The data utilized in this study consists of themed player interviews conducted via e-mail. The analysis proposes three central dimensions that emerged from the data. These were labeled: 1) the leader as…
Implementation of TICs for the Virtual Learning of Literary Subjects: From Aula Virtual to OCW and Universia
2016
Within the current European Convergence Process and the development of the new University degrees, a compromise has been reached to adapt the English Studies (before English Philology) curricula to the current needs of students in a highly competitive society. The final goal is to transform our education system into one of learning. This actually implies that the student must engage himself more closely with the university and that he may lead his coursework in a more autonomous way, backed up by more active educational strategies, such as the personalised tutoring guide, the use of the new technologies, and the team work.
"Il grande silenzio". Riflessioni su "Il Quadro nero. Opera per musica e film" di Roberto Andò e Marco Betta
2015
Il testo ricostruisce il percorso ideativo dello spettacolo multimediale di Roberto Andò e Marco Betta, in relazione con "La Vucciria" di Renato Guttuso e il racconto di Andrea Camilleri "La ripetizione". L'ultimo paragrafo è dedicato alla descrizione della partitura musicale di Marco Betta.
Constructing digital portfolios: teachers evolving capabilities in the use of information and communications technology
2001
Abstract The article describes a collaborative action research project, which encouraged teachers to participate in displaying and developing the pedagogical practices of early childhood institutions through networking and digital web portfolios. Special emphasis is placed on examining the progress of teachers ICT capabilities during the first two cycles of action research. The study is based on the ecological approach to virtual learning environments. In the ecological approach, the description of virtual communities is extended to include features of the overall environment: technical devices, programs, materials, tools for communication and planning, different social and emotional proces…