Computers and Education

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. A History of E-Learning

   • Paul Nicholson

   Pages 1-11

3. .Lrn: E-Learning Inside and Outside The Classroom

   • Carl Robert Blesius, Pablo Moreno-Ger, Gustaf Neumann, Emmanuelle Raffenne, Jesús González Boticario, Carlos Delgado Kloos

   Pages 13-25

4. Educational Modeling Languages

   • I. Martinez-Ortiz, P. Moreno-Ger, J.L. Sierra, B. Fernandez-Manjon

   Pages 27-40

5. Representing Adaptive and Adaptable Units of Learning

   • Daniel Burgos, Colin Tattersall, Rob Koper

   Pages 41-56

6. Schoolsenses@Internet

   • Maria José Marcelino, Cristina Azevedo Gomes, Maria João Silva, Cristina Gouveia, Alexandra Fonseca, Bruno Pestana et al.

   Pages 57-66

7. Design and Development of Digital Educational Content

   • Manuel Gértrudix Barrio, María del Carmen Gálvez de la Cuesta, Sergio Álvarez García, Antonio Galisteo del Valle

   Pages 67-76

8. Applying Semantic Techniques to Integrate Electronic Course Catalogues

   • Juan M. Santos, Martín Llamas, Luis Anido

   Pages 77-87

9. Tele-Education of the Instruction Dynamic Scheduling Using a Web Simulator

   • Miguel A. Vega-Rodríguez, Juan A. Gómez-Pulido, Juan M. Sánchez-Pérez, J. Carlos Burgueño-Suárez, José M. Granado-Criado

   Pages 89-98

10. Universalizing Chasqui Repositories with a Flexible Importation / Exportation System

    • José Luis Sierra, Alfredo Fernández-Valmayor

    Pages 99-110

11. An Approach for Modelling Interactive and Collaborative Aspects in CSCL Systems

    • Ana Isabel Molina, Miguel Ángel Redondo, Manuel Ortega

    Pages 111-122

12. Skc: Measuring the Users Interaction Intensity

    • Jaime Moreno Llorena, Xavier Alamán Roldán

    Pages 123-132

13. Swad: Web System for Education Support

    • A. Cañas, D.J. Calandria, E.M. Ortigosa, E. Ros, A.F. Díaz

    Pages 133-142

14. Towards the Everyday Computing in the Classroom Through Rfid

    • J. Bravo, R. Hervás, S. Nava, G. Chavira, J. Parras, M. Luz Delgado et al.

    Pages 143-153

15. Using Java and C# for Educational Simulators: The Case of Simple-2

    • Ramón-Ángel Fernández, Luis Panizo, Lidia Sánchez

    Pages 155-162

16. Iterative Design of Learning Processes

    • Telmo Zarraonandia, Juan Manuel Dodero, Camino Fernández, Ignacio Aedo y Paloma Díaz

    Pages 163-177

17. Design by Contract-Based Selection and Composition of Learning Objects

    • Salvador Sánchez-Alonso, Miguel A. Sicilia, José M. López-Cobo, Sinuhé Arroyo

    Pages 179-191

18. Online Evaluation at Higher and Secondary Education

    • N. Joglar, J.L. Risco, A. Díaz, J.M. Colmenar

    Pages 193-204

19. Game Implementation: An Interesting Strategy to Teach Genetic Algorithms

    • José M. Chaves-González, Noé Otero-Mateo, Miguel A. Vega-Rodríguez, Juan M. Sánchez-Pérez, Juan A. Gómez-Pulido

    Pages 205-223

20. Instructional Theories to Model Educational Content: A Case Study

    • Diego Bodas Sagi, Miguel Rodríguez-Artacho

    Pages 225-233

Computers have long been used in education and today their use is having an ever greater impact on society thanks to the increasing educational success of the Internet and easier access to it. This broad field, which may include any kind of learning process aided by Information and Communication Technologies, is usually referred to as e-learning. E-learning is commonly recognized as a powerful and valuable extension to traditional educational initiatives and Learning Management Systems (LMS) are key tools that support these new educational models. For this reason a significant amount of research and development on both technological and educational issues in e-learning has been taking place with striking results. The field is beginning to come of age and is making important advances in the development, reusability and interoperability of educational content fostered by maturing standards and specifications (e. g. IMS, ADL/SCORM). Nevertheless, even if we take these advances into account, more research and application work is needed in order to produce more cases of success and to generalize e-learning in industry, universities and schools. Certain problems have been identified such as those regarding costs, the knowledge needed to effectively apply this approach, or the fact that in many cases traditional LMS sometimes lack the required flexibility and adaptability to implement innovative educational models that need to be addressed.

• Internet
• Learning management system
• Web
• algorithms
• collaborative learning
• computer-supported collaborative learning
• e-learning
• learning
• learning object

From the reviews:

"In 2004, the Fourth International Symposium on Education Informatics (SIIE) occurred in Caceres, Spain. Nineteen ‘selected and improved papers’ from that conference are presented in this book, and are appropriate for graduate students and researchers. … All the papers have a brief introductory abstract and a good list of recent references. … In conclusion, those who conduct studies or research related to e-learning need to examine this … contemporary research." (Brad Reid, ACM Computing Reviews, Vol. 49 (12), December, 2008)

• Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

  Baltasar Fernández-Manjón

• Universidad Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain

  Juan Manuel Sánchez-Pérez, Juan Antonio Gómez-Pulido, Miguel Angel Vega-Rodríguez

• Universidad Castilla – La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain

  José Bravo-Rodríguez

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