FormaMente n. 3-4/2013

Index – Indice
OPENING SESSION
Welcome address
Alessandra Briganti

Universities: the twin challenges of fiscal austerity and technological change
Rainer Masera

The impact of the crisis on the structure of higher education systems
Andrea Gentile

Adoption of good practices in bad economic times: support of workplace learning of electronics engineering students through social web
George Liodakis, Ioannis O. Vardiambasis, Nikos Lymberakis, Ioannis A. Kaliakatsosa

MOOCS: A REVOLUTION IN THE MAKING
How MOOCs present massive opportunities for research on learning
Gary W. Matkin

MODERNIZING NATIONAL AND REGIONAL POLICY FRAMEWORKS
Analytical study on online communication tools within e-learning systems
Mohammad Khair Abu Qdais, Jehad Al-Sadi

Beyond the tipping point: American higher education in transition
Craig D. Swenson

PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION IN COURSE DESIGN AND DELIVERY
Mobile MBA: Attempting to improve learning outcomes and reduce length of studies through an integrative approach
Wolfram Behm

Teaching algorithm in adaptive e-learning
Blanka Czeczotkova, Tatiana Prextová

Digital video, presence and pedagogy
Patrick Carmichael

Ontology based learner-centered smart e-learning system
Yeong-Tae Song, Kyungeun Park, Yongik Yoon

HIGHER EDUCATION IN A TIME OF ECONOMIC CRISIS
UCD Flexible third level education for unemployed in a time of economic crisis
Eleni Mangina, Paul Evans, Lorraine McGinty

Individualisation and diversification of higher education systems for mastering the challenges of the critical issues of the globalization
Helge Gerischer, Christian-Andreas Schumann, Claudia Tittmann, Jana Weber, Feng Xiaoo

Challenging the firewalls of the mind: opportunities for universities to overcome the constraints of austerity
Charlotte Fregona

AUGMENTED REALITY APPLICATIONS: ENGAGING MINDS
Antigravitational rotate live-scene as tridimensional, multiagent and cognitive educational space
Maria D’Ambrosio

SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF DISTANCE LEARNING
Mentoring teaching skills within the context of open distance learning
Hettie Van Der Merwe

SOCIAL NETWORKING TOOLS FOR DISTANCE LEARNING: WORTHWHILE OR WORTH FORGETTING?
Using a social computing platform to train cultural mediators
Achilles Kameas

The implementation framework of social media for distance learners in Africa Nazarene University
Mary Ooko, Collins Oduor

THE IMPORTANCE OF IMPROVING QUALITY WHILST REDUCING COSTS
Quality in online education: using a formal quality model
Robert W. Robertson

Quality Assurance in times of crisis: example of Croatian Agency for Science and Higher Education
Jasmina Havranek, Sandra Bezjak

OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AS TOOL TO EQUALIZE ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE
Open education: commercial or social model
Sergio Martinez Martinez

MODERNIZING NATIONAL AND REGIONAL POLICY FRAMEWORK
Competency-based education: leveraging educational technology to support emerging economic demands
Margaret Korosec, Paul Bacsich

CONCLUSIONS
GUIDE towards the future
Laura Ricci

CONTRIBUTORS

GENERAL INDICATIONS FOR THE AUTHORS