EAI Endorsed Transactions on e-Learning

Issue 18, 2018

Editor(s)-in-Chief: Yu-Dong Zhang (Eugene) and Marco Zappatore

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Systematic Review of Utilized ICTs in Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Higher Education and a Case Study of Developing Country
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el 18(18): e1

Authors:
A. S. Haris, H. Washizaki, Y. Fukazawa

Abstract:
Numerous studies and surveys have examined the utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Higher Education (HE), but the lack of studies on the utilization of ICTs in Quality Assurance and Accreditation (QAA) of HE led us to perform a Systematic Literature Review (SLR). Thi…Numerous studies and surveys have examined the utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Higher Education (HE), but the lack of studies on the utilization of ICTs in Quality Assurance and Accreditation (QAA) of HE led us to perform a Systematic Literature Review (SLR). This review mainly benefits QAA agencies and researchers interested in utilizing ICTs for QAA of HE. Several contributions of ICTs to QAA of HE are identified. 1) Compared to QAA agencies, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are more likely to implement ICTs. 2) Most ICTs in HEIs are for Quality Assurance (QA). 3) Most previous studies were conducted in Europe, demonstrating that efforts have been made to align QAA agencies and HEI QAA units with European Standards. Consequently, ICTs are more often utilized by European HEIs. Furthermore, we investigated the QAA status in a developing country (Afghanistan) as a case study.
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Studying lecturers’ behaviour patterns in Learning Management System on diﬀerent training modalities and knowledge areas
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el 18(18): e2

Authors:
Magdalena Cantabella, Raquel Martínez-España, Belén López, Juan Antonio Yañez, Andrés Muñoz

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Learning Management Systems (LMS) have become the principal resource for collaboration among lecturers and students in Higher Education. A research line is the analysis of LMS users’ behaviour with the goal of developing new methodological proposals to improve the teaching process. In particular, t…Learning Management Systems (LMS) have become the principal resource for collaboration among lecturers and students in Higher Education. A research line is the analysis of LMS users’ behaviour with the goal of developing new methodological proposals to improve the teaching process. In particular, this paper analyses the lecturers’ behaviour and proposes an alternative vision of teaching evaluation on the use of LMS. Two methods are employed:(1) surveys, to measure the students’ perception on the lecturers’ methodology applied in the LMS; and (2) a statistical analysis of the events generated by lecturers in the LMS. The data have been obtained from degrees that are imparted in diﬀerent teaching modalities (on-campus, blended and online). These data have been compared over the time period of the two academic years. Among some of the ﬁndings of the study, it is observed that students may negatively perceive an excessive monitoring and availability of resources provided by lecturers.
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Innovation and Implementation of E-interactive Teaching and Learning System for History Theory Course of Sino-foreign Cooperative School-running Specialty
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el 18(18): e3

Authors:
Tiejun Zhu, Michael Berry

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In the course system of Sino-foreign cooperative school-running specialty in Chinese universities, the history theory course occupies a certain proportion, but teaching results are less effective, especially in design major. The foremost reason is that the students of design majors in Chinese unive…In the course system of Sino-foreign cooperative school-running specialty in Chinese universities, the history theory course occupies a certain proportion, but teaching results are less effective, especially in design major. The foremost reason is that the students of design majors in Chinese universities emphasize more on practice and less on theories and they have less interest in learning the design history course. In order to change the phenomenon, we carried out an exploratory research where the course of Modern Design History, set up by China and United States universities' cooperative specialty, was regarded as a pilot of reform. We creatively applied diversified and emerging E-teaching and learning innovative model for design history course and launched empirical research by adopting current international prevailing network teaching resources and methods. Through practical application, the teaching effect was found outstanding.
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Analysis of Student Online Interaction Behavior: A Social Relationship Perspective
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el 18(18): e4

Authors:
Peiyan Yuan, Hai Yu, Ping Liu

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Mobile opportunistic networks (MONs) have been attracting increasing amounts of attention in recent years. Characterizing user contact behavior provides a baseline to evaluate the performance of these networks. However, because the contact distribution of nodes in MONs is conventionally modeled fro…Mobile opportunistic networks (MONs) have been attracting increasing amounts of attention in recent years. Characterizing user contact behavior provides a baseline to evaluate the performance of these networks. However, because the contact distribution of nodes in MONs is conventionally modeled from a large-scale perspective, i.e., by aggregating all node pairs, the contact features of nodes with multiple social relationships are not reflected. Thus, it is not clear whether friends and strangers have similar or different contact behaviors. In this study, we aggregated the contact information of users from the real world, and discovered that two phenomena exist: (1) Most friends or strangers make contact at public hotspots, rather than private hotspots; (2) The distribution of intra-contact time (ICT) exhibits different decay factors---the ICT distribution of strangers is predominantly faster than that of friends.
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Orchestrating a Pan-African University Alliance with the help of e-learning
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el 18(18): e5

Authors:
Alisa Sydow, Benedetto Lorenzo Cannatelli, Alessandro Giudici

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Taking the salient case of an Italian Foundation that started to create a Pan-African university alliance for entrepreneurship education, we conducted a field study based on interviews and observation for a period of seven years. The aim was to understand how to overcome challenges that arise when …Taking the salient case of an Italian Foundation that started to create a Pan-African university alliance for entrepreneurship education, we conducted a field study based on interviews and observation for a period of seven years. The aim was to understand how to overcome challenges that arise when fostering entrepreneurship education programs (EEP) by orchestrating an inter-organizational network in Africa. Our study revealed that proximity and contextualization play a strategic and crucial role in orchestrating an entrepreneurial eco-system in a context shaped by resource scarcity and solid societal as well as economic problems. We contribute to scholarly and practitioner understandings of how to establish effectively EEPs together with the orchestration of an entrepreneurial eco-system in Africa.
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Scope

Education is one domain that has accompanied civilization through the centuries, adapting its tools to fulfill the expectations of the students and the needs of the teachers. Such tools can be as obvious and traditional as pencils and a notebook, or as complex and innovative as online courses, virt…

As the development of technology offers a rapidly increasing number of outlets for creativity and communications, the world of education is undergoing significant renovations. Each day more instructions and open educational resources can be accessed from anywhere, at any time, and at no or little cost. Many universities, public institutions and private businesses are moving into the online and virtual worlds to reach their customers, creating rich virtual presence that cannot be delivered through a simple website. Showcasing these innovative changes in education through scientific research lens is the mission of this publication.

Launched in 2011, the EAI Endorsed Transactions on e-Learning aims at exploring innovative e-learning solutions that facilitate teaching and also spark the attention and imagination of students through interactivity, immersion, variety of content, and emerging technologies. We invite submissions from e-learning leaders, researchers, and practitioners around the world. This journal has published research reports as listed in Topics and will continue to observe the trend of development. In particular, articles published have primarily addressed:

educational environments that are friendly, smart or intelligent, open, personalized, and can seamlessly support anytime anywhere learning or training.
teaching innovations such as virtual reality, mixed reality, mobile learning systems that can interact with students and teachers at a pedagogical level.
learning solutions that can support the learning of practical skills, such as science and engineering laboratories that are critical to students following STEM courses.
and the design and implementation of social learning through the integration of learning management systems and social media.

Accessibility and usability of online learning
Assessment of e-learning strategies and outcomes
Augmented reality and associated pedagogies
Best Practices of e-Learning around the world
Big Data in global e-Learning
Blended learning
Collaborative learning in in various learnin…

Accessibility and usability of online learning
Assessment of e-learning strategies and outcomes
Augmented reality and associated pedagogies
Best Practices of e-Learning around the world
Big Data in global e-Learning
Blended learning
Collaborative learning in in various learning environments
High-impact practices in e-Learning
Immersive learning and mixed reality
Innovative solutions for e-Learning
Intelligent learning and intelligent learning management systems
Learning analytics
Massive open online courses
Mobile learning and its large-scale implementation
Security and privacy in education and e-learning systems
Social learning and social networks
Social and organizational perspectives
Standards and infrastructures
Student engagement in various learning settings
Educational Models and Frameworks
Virtual and Augmented Learning Environments

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Special Issues

Call for Papers: Special issue on: Intelligent Application in Special Education (IASE) (Manuscript submission deadline: 2021-06-30; Notification of acceptance: 2021-07-30; Submission of final revised paper: 2021-08-30; Publication of special issue (tenta…

Lead Guest Editor: Xianwei Jiang (Nanjing Normal University of Special Education, China)

Alberto Bucciero (Università del Salento, Italy)
Amruth Kumar (Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA)
Anasol Pena Rios (University of Essex and British Telecom)
Andrea Pandurino (Università del Salento, Italy)
Andrey Lyamin (ITMO University, Russia)
Athanassios Jimoyiannis (University of Pe…

Alberto Bucciero (Università del Salento, Italy)
Amruth Kumar (Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA)
Anasol Pena Rios (University of Essex and British Telecom)
Andrea Pandurino (Università del Salento, Italy)
Andrey Lyamin (ITMO University, Russia)
Athanassios Jimoyiannis (University of Peloponnese, Greece)
Dagmar Caganova (Slovak University of Technology)
Debbie Holley (Bournemouth University, UK)
Ed Currie (Middlesex University, UK)
Edward Currie (Middlesex University)
Eusebio Scornavacca (University of Baltimore, USA)
Evgeniy Efimchik (ITMO University, Russia)
Francisco Bellido (Universidad de Córdoba, Spain)
George Evangelinos (Anglia Ruskin University, UK)
Goran Trajkovski (Western Governors University, USA)
Gordon Hunter (Kingston University, UK)
Jaime Meza (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)
Jamshid Beheshti (McGill University, Canada)
Jia Chen (Shanghai International Studies University)
John Carfora (Loyola Marymount University, USA)
John O'Connor (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland)
Jonathon Richter (Director of iLRN)
Luca Ferrari (Università di Bologna, Italy)
Mark J. W. Lee (School of Education Charles Sturt University, Australia)
Markus Helfert (Dublin City University, Ireland)
Matthias Glowatz (University College Dublin, Ireland)
Melody Buckner (University of Arizona, USA)
Michelle Crosby-Nagy (International Business School, Hungary)
Nian-Shing Chen (Editor of Educational Technology and Society)
Nicoletta Adamo-Villani (Purdue University, USA)
Nurul Badrul (Centre for Instructor and Advanced Skill Training, Malaysia)
Radhika Pai (Manipal Institute of Technology, India)
Regina Kaplan-Rakowski (Southern Illinois University, USA)
Richard Boateng (University of Ghana, Ghana)
Sabrina Leone (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy)
Shuai Liu (Hunan Normal University, China)
Stefano Za (LUISS University, Italy)
Sujan Shrestha (University of Baltimore, USA)
Victor Zamudio (Instituto Tecnologico de Leon, Mexico)
Vladimír Bradáč (Ostravská Univerzita, Czech Republic)
Vladimir Uskov (Bradley University, USA)
Xuesong Zhai (Science and Technology University of China)
Xianwei Jiang (Nanjing Normal University of Special Education, China)
S. Suman Rajest George (Vels Institute of Science, Technology & Advanced Studies, India)
Emeritus Editors-in-Chief
Marco Zappatore, University of Salento, Italy

Journal Blurb

EAI Endorsed Transactions on e-Learning is an open access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal focused on topics belonging to the variegated and engaging e-Learning landscape, ranging from various types of distance learning (e.g., online, mobile, cloud, hybrid) to virtual laboratory environments supported by sound pedagogies, cutting-edge technologies and much more. The journal publishes research articles, review articles, commentaries, editorials, technical articles, and short communications with a triannual frequency. Authors are not charged for article submission and processing.

Publisher: EAI
ISSN: 2032-9253
Volume: 5

Published: 2018-10-30

Systematic Review of Utilized ICTs in Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Higher Education and a Case Study of Developing Country

Studying lecturers’ behaviour patterns in Learning Management System on diﬀerent training modalities and knowledge areas

Innovation and Implementation of E-interactive Teaching and Learning System for History Theory Course of Sino-foreign Cooperative School-running Specialty

Analysis of Student Online Interaction Behavior: A Social Relationship Perspective

Orchestrating a Pan-African University Alliance with the help of e-learning

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