Technology Enhanced Learning: Quality of Teaching and Educational Reform

1. Front Matter

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2. Moodle 2.0: Shifting from a Learning Toolkit to a Open Learning Platform

   • Marc Alier, María José Casañ, Jordi Piguillem

   Pages 1-10

3. Technology Enhanced Learning for People with Intellectual Disabilities and Cerebral Paralysis: The MAS Platform

   • Ricardo Colomo-Palacios, Fernando Paniagua-Martín, Ángel García-Crespo, Belén Ruiz-Mezcua

   Pages 11-17

4. Student Blogging: Implications for Learning in a Virtual Text-Based Environment

   • Craig Deed, Anthony Edwards

   Pages 18-27

5. Confidence-Based Learning in Investment Analysis

   • Enric Serradell-Lopez, Pablo Lara-Navarra, David Castillo-Merino, Inés González-González

   Pages 28-35

6. Language Teaching across the Digital Divide

   • Allyson Eamer

   Pages 36-41

7. EduSynergy: A Simulation-Based Change Management Experience for Higher Education Institutions

   • Albert A. Angehrn, Katrina Maxwell

   Pages 42-49

8. The Study of Educative Network Organizations in the City of Barcelona, Spain: The Nou Barris District

   • Jordi Díaz Gibson, Mireia Civís Zaragoza, Jordi Longàs, Ana Ma López

   Pages 50-54

9. Experimenting Design and Implementation of an Educational Services Management System Based on ISO/IEC 20000 Standard

   • Jean-Marc Lezcano, Hatsuo Adachihara, Marc Prunier

   Pages 55-60

10. Having Your Own Automatic Judge: EEWS

    • Miguel Revilla, Miguel A. Revilla

    Pages 61-64

11. Mii School: New 3D Technologies Applied in Education to Detect Drug Abuses and Bullying in Adolescents

    • José Alberto Carmona, Moisés Espínola, Adolfo J. Cangas, Luis Iribarne

    Pages 65-72

12. KP-Lab System: A Collaborative Environment for Design, Realization and Examination of Different Knowledge Practices

    • Ján Paralič, František Babič

    Pages 73-79

13. Machine Learning Support for Human Articulation of Concepts from Examples – A Learning Framework

    • Gabriela Pavel

    Pages 80-84

14. Oratoria Online: The Use of Technology Enhaced Learning to Improve Students’ Oral Skills

    • Jon Dornaleteche

    Pages 85-91

15. Legibility for Users with Visual Disabilities

    • Theresa De Lobo

    Pages 92-102

16. Assessment of Andragogical Attributes of Distance Learners

    • Rugayah Gy Hashim, Hashim Ahmad, Nor’Aini Ahmad

    Pages 103-109

17. Moodle 2.0 Web Services Layer and Its New Application Contexts

    • Miguel Ángel Conde, Diego Alonso Gómez Aguilar, Alberto Del Pozo de Dios, Francisco José García Peñalvo

    Pages 110-116

18. Didactic Scenarios and ICT: A Good Practice Guide

    • Vassilios Dagdilelis, Ioannis Papadopoulos

    Pages 117-123

19. Interactive Whiteboard Integration in Classrooms: Active Teachers Understanding about Their Training Process

    • Meritxell Cortada Pujol, Maria Graciela Badilla Quintana, Jordi Riera Romaní

    Pages 124-127

20. Teaching Business Simulation Games: Comparing Achievements Frontal Teaching vs. eLearning

    • David Bregman, Gila Keinan, Arik Korman, Yossi Raanan

    Pages 128-133

It is a great pleasure to share with you the Springer CCIS proceedings of the First International Conference on Reforming Education, Quality of Teaching and Technology-Enhanced Learning: Learning Technologies, Quality of Education, Educational Systems, Evaluation, Pedagogies––TECH-EDUCATION 2010, Which was a part of the World Summit on the Knowledge Society Conference Series. TECH-EDUCATION 2010 was a bold effort aiming to foster a debate on the global need in our times to invest in education. The topics of the conference dealt with six general pillars: Track 1. Quality of Education––A new Vision Track 2. Technology-Enhanced Learning––Learning Technologies––Personalization-E-learning Track 3. Educational Strategies Track 4. Collaborative/ Constructive/ Pedagogical/ Didactical Approaches Track 5. Formal/ Informal/ and Life–Long Learning Perspectives Track 6. Contribution of Education to Sustainable Development Within this general context the Program Committee of the conference invited contributions that fall in to the following list of topics. Track 1: Quality of the Education––A new Vision • Teaching Methodologies and Case Studies • Reforms in Degrees • The European Educational Space • Academic Curricula Designs • Quality of Teaching and Learning • Quality and Academic Assessment • The School / University of the Future • Challenges for Higher Education in the 21st Century • New Managerial Models for Education • Financing the New Model for Education of the 21st Century • The Quality Milestones for Education of the 21st Century • Evaluation in Academia • The Role of Teachers • International Collaborations for Joint Programs/Degrees • Industry–Academia Synergies • Research Laboratories Management

• Design
• Evolution
• Simulation
• Usability
• collaborative teaching
• education quality
• ethics
• future education
• knowledge
• machine learning
• modeling
• optimization
• pedagogical teaching
• professional learning
• proving

• The American College of Greece, Gerakas Attikis, Greece

  Miltiadis D. Lytras

• University of Oviedo, Spain

  Patricia Ordonez De Pablos

• ESSEC Business School, Cergy Pontoise Cedex, France

  David Avison

• Villanova University, Villanova, USA

  Janice Sipior

• Dept. Human Informatics and Cognitive Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan

  Qun Jin

• Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

  Walter Leal

• Staffordshire University, Becaonside, Stafford, UK

  Lorna Uden

• Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Japan

  Michael Thomas

• Trieste University, Italy

  Sara Cervai

• The American College of Greece, Aghia Paraskevi, Greece

  David Horner

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