July 2012

Reconceptualizing pedagogical usability of and teachers’ roles in computer game-based learning in school

  At present, methods for the optimal use of two approaches to computer game-based learning in school to enhance students’ learning, namely, computer game play and game design, are obscure because past research has been devoted more to designing rather than evaluating the implementation of these approaches in school. In addition, most studies emphasize human-computer interaction; little work examines...

Author(s): Pei-Wen Tzuo, Jennifer Isabelle Ong Pei Ling, Chien-Hui Yang and Vivian Hsueh-Hua Chen

July 2012

The impacts of personal qualities on online learning readiness at Curtin Sarawak Malaysia (CSM)

  Nowadays many educational institutions have embraced online education to cater for flexible and student-centered learning. Through online education, students have an opportunity to gain education at their own convenience, in terms of time and place. However, it is argued that students are less satisfied with online learning than with traditional classroom learning. As online education continues to expand, the...

Author(s): Chun Yun Lau and Junaid M. Shaikh

July 2012

State of the art in off-line writer identification of handwritten text and survey of writer identification of Arabic text

  In this paper we present the state of the art in writer identification and verification of handwritten text. In addition, a special and extensive survey of writer identification and verification of Arabic handwritten text is also included. Different feature extraction techniques are addressed showing the different research groups’ efforts as well as individual efforts. The different classification...

Author(s): Sameh M. Awaida and Sabri A. Mahmoud