Covers research on ODL systems, competence-based learning, the project process based on personal and group competencies, knowledge repository development, an ontological model of didactic materials, a theoretical game approach to motivational and incentive modelling, collaboration between a teacher and a team of students, and computer simulation
Includes contributions from and is coedited by Prof. Emma Kusztina and Prof. Dr Zenon Gniazdowski, editor of Scientific Notebooks of the Warsaw School of Computer Science located on the list of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education
Covers for the first time motivation modelling in ODL, collaboration modelling in ODL and incentive modelling in ODL
Is illustrated throughout with excellent figures, a glossary and references to accompany each section
Open Distance Learning : Fundamentals, Developments, and Modelling
Description
Table of Contents
- Open Distance Learning 2. Methods of Modelling of Competence 3. Team Project Process Oriented on Acquiring Competence 4. Ontology Modelling in Open Distance Learning 5. Motivation Modelling in Open Distance Learning 6. Collaboration Modelling in Open Distance Learning 7. Incentive Model of a Project Learning Process 8. Simulation Experiments as a Ground for Acquiring Competencies in the ODL Environment 9. Conclusions
Author Description
Oleg Zaikin is a professor at the Warsaw School of Computer Science, Poland. A PhD in computer science, he started his career as a research engineer at the Leningrad Research Radio Institute, Russia, in 1966. He held an academic position at St. Petersburg Electrical University, Russia (1970-1990); head of the department at St. Petersburg Institute of Printing and Publishing, Russia (1991-1996); professor at the University 'Oriente', Republic of Cuba (1978-1979); and professor at the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Systems and head of the Department of Production Control, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland (1996-2009). Prof. Zaikin is a member of the Technical Committee 5.1 of the International Federation of Automatic Control and the International Academy of Computer Science. He has authored and edited 10 books on computer science and published more than 50 refereed articles and 85 conference papers.