We are attempting to create a cross-generational learning community who will work together to design, construct, and discuss simulations of community topics. The simulations are built with Stagecast Creator, a stateof -the art visual programming environment [12]. As part of this larger project, we

Abstract. Τhis paper reports on part of our work for the project ‘ModelsCreator ’ in regard with the didactic approach of specific topics within the secondary biological education. Considering the already reported difficulties of high-school students in adequately grasping nature

Abstract. In this paper we describe our participation in the INEX 2013 Social Book Search Track. We compare the impact of different query representations for book search topics derived from the LibraryThing discussion forums, including the title and full narrative provided by the topic creator

Abstract: Being framed as certain skills or abilities, “creativity ” as an academic hot topic in recent decades has gained remarkably significance in the area of personal development. However, from a creative product to a creative person a logical linkage has to be developed. This paper aims

T his article advances a conceptual typology delin-eating the differences and similarities betweenbusiness- and social-sector new venture creators. Our classification scheme differentiates business and social entrepreneurs, considering characteristics of social entrepreneurs in a larger

with respect to users’ endorsements, and combine a link-based clustering algorithm to cluster the similar topics. Each Web page is ranked according to search engine users ’ endorsements and web creators ’ endorsements. The experimental results show that our method performs better than the pure hyperlink

Ubiquitous Computing (Ubi Comp), or pervasive computing is hyped as the ‘third wave ’ in computing (Weiser, 1996) and is best described by its creator Mark Weiser, (1996, p1) as “ invisible, everywhere computing that does not live on a personal device of any sort, but is in the woodwork everywhere

of traditional and user-generated book metadata in retrieval. We extended last year’s investigation into the nature of book sugges-tions from the LibraryThing forums and how they compare to book rele-vance judgements. Participants were encouraged to incorporate rich user profiles of both topic creators and other

of traditional and user-generated book metadata in retrieval. We consolidated last year's investigation into the nature of book suggestions from the LibraryThing forums and how they compare to book relevance judgements. Participants were encouraged to incorporate rich user profiles of both topic creators

Abstract—With the increased presence of digital imaging devices there also came an explosion in the amount of multimedia content available online. Users have transformed from passive consumers of media into content creators and have started organizing themselves in and around online communities