Successful online education - GeckoCIRCUITS as open-source simulation platform

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Musing ◽  
Johann W. Kolar
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Simulation Platform

Synchronous Tools in Support of Teaching and Learning

2013 ◽  
pp. 172-191
Author(s):  
Clark Shah-Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Social Presence ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Web Conferencing ◽  
Commercial Enterprise ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Blended Course

Instant messaging and text chat, online collaborative whiteboards, web conferencing and other synchronous Web 2.0 tools are increasingly finding their way into higher education and are available in both commercially-branded and open source varieties. This chapter describes excellent practices and challenges in using these tools for synchronous and blended course delivery, collaboration, learning activities, and technical support, based on the author’s experience in online education and online-teaching support. Synchronous tools can provide immediate and efficient communication for instructors, learners and support staff, foster community and establish a heightened sense of social presence. An increasing number of practitioners in the field of distance learning are using synchronous tools to reach their learning and support objectives (Murphy and Rodríguez Manzanares, 2008). Today, institutions have a whole menu of synchronous tools to choose from, ranging from free and open-source software to more costly commercial enterprise systems. These tools enable education and support for teaching and learning to happen across great distances and on all types of mobile and not-so-mobile computer devices. This chapter will describe some of these tools, the types of needs that drive their use, and strategies for effective use and implementation.

An Open-Source Development and Simulation Platform for Smart Wheelchairs

2013 ◽  
pp. 295-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenlong Liao ◽  
Weidong Chen ◽  
Zhixuan Wei ◽  
Wenxi Zhang ◽  
Jingchuan Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Simulation Platform ◽  
Smart Wheelchairs ◽  
Open Source Development

scholarly journals New Modeling and Simulation Platform for Communications Systems:(I) Double Sideband Suppressed Carrier AM Modulator DSB-SC

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 241-245
Author(s):  
H. A. Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Modeling And Simulation ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Communication System ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Simulation Platform ◽  
Communications Systems

The main goal of this paper is to introduce a new platform for the implementation and simulation of communication systems. SCILAB/SCICOS is an open source software for conducting communication system related experiments, aiming to provide an experimentation platform for research on communication theories. Double Sideband Suppressed Carrier (DSB-SC) Modulator is modeled and simulated using this platform.

Commercial and Open Access Integrated Information Search Tools in Indian Libraries

2016 ◽  
pp. 41-55
Author(s):  
Sangeeta N. Dhamdhere ◽  
Ramdas Lihitkar
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Federated Search ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Discovery Service ◽  
Single User Interface ◽  
Search Tool ◽  
The Right

A library portal is single-user interface for accessing a wide variety of electronic resources, both within and outside the library. A few federated search engines like EBSCO Discovery service, Summon (web scale discovery service), Knimbus, Mendeley, FedGate, ABCD open source software, Google CSE etc. are being used by libraries to give access to all subscribed or free online e-resources as well as library catalogues, archives' and other reading materials in the library to save the time of readers and give easy access to multiple databases and resources through federated search tool. In distance learning and online education environment libraries need to provide the right information on a single platform to its users from all resources or databases available in the library in a minimum of time. In this chapter the author discusses about the selected commercial as well as open source discovery tools used in Indian Libraries.

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