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Online educational empowerment

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Online learning communities flourish best if individual learners have self-governance. That is the conclusion of a US study published in the International Journal of Web Based Communities.





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Game theory and machine learning offer better bidding strategies

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- By combining techniques from game theory and artificial intelligence, computer scientists at the University of Michigan have developed a better way to find the best bidding strategy in a simulated auction ...


Physics education improves when students make their own computer models

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A current trend in secondary science education is for students to learn by discovering for themselves how things work. Computer modelling is a teaching method that fits in nicely with this trend and also with new learning ...


Medical imaging technique identifies very common condition in women that often goes undiagnosed

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In women with lower urinary tract symptoms, a medical imaging technique called dynamic MRI allows clinicians to diagnose pelvic organ prolapse — a condition that often goes undiagnosed on static MRI and at physical examination, ...


The Wiimote as an interface bridging mind and body

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 05, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (14) | comments 0

The Nintendo Wii is an immensely popular source of videogame entertainment, but more recently, it has been adapted for a number of different uses, such as a tool for physical therapy and as a form of exercise for geriatri ...


Working well under pressure

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Many people work better under a tight deadline, but a new study published in the International Journal of Innovation and Learning, suggest that it is a mistake to assume that a team can work effectively under constant time p ...


Giving learning a personal touch

Technology / Other

created Jul 18, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 0

A learning system that adapts to the abilities and needs of students opens the way to a more personalised approach in delivering education electronically.


Search engines are source of learning

Technology / Internet

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Search engine use is not just part of our daily routines; it is also becoming part of our learning process, according to Penn State researchers.


Team-based e-learning turns a new page

Technology / Software

created Feb 26, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

How do students, who may be located across the globe, collaborate together on team-based project work? European researchers have developed the first online platform that integrates elements of e-learning, social networking ...


Songbirds reveal how practice improves performance

Songbirds reveal how practice improves performance

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Learning complex skills like playing an instrument requires a sequence of movements that can take years to master. Last year, MIT neuroscientists reported that by studying the chirps of tiny ...


Special protein helps maintain an efficient brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The instruction manual for maintaining an efficient brain may soon include a section on synaptotagmin-IV (Syt-IV), a protein known to influence learning and memory, thanks to a study by UW-Madison researchers.



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