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- Dalipi, Fisnik, et al.
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An Analysis of Learner Experience with MOOCs in Mobile and Desktop Learning Environment
- 2017
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Ingår i: Learning and Collaboration Technologies. LCT 2016. - Orlando, USA : Springer. - 9783319394824 - 9783319394831 ; , s. 393-402
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are now the most recent topic within the field of e-learning. They have the potential to influence the higher education environments significantly worldwide by creating a completely new and large market of educational resources by overpassing the traditional universities market share due to their physical limitations. However, due to the many differences between mobile devices and desktop environments, the introduction of mobile technology in MOOC environment is challenging. Hence, the main objective of this paper is to study and compare the learner’s experience in different learning environments by using mobile devices and PCs while performing given tasks related to MOOCs. To achieve this goal, we conduct a subjective experiment with various MOOCs related tasks to be performed in mobile and desktop learning environment. The results of the findings show that the difficulties learners have experienced in the mobile environment are more expressed. Moreover, their satisfactory level is much higher in the desktop environment.
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- Dalipi, Fisnik, et al.
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Determinants of e-business and ICT adoption among SMEs in Macedonia : An application of TOE Framework
- 2011
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Ingår i: International Symposium on Computing in Informatics and Mathematics; 1st International Symposium on Computing in Informatics and Mathematics. - : International Symposium on Computing in Informatics and Mathematics. ; , s. 111-124
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Research has demonstrated that firms using e-business culminate with considerable returns through efficiency improvement, inventory reduction, sales increase,customer relationship enhancement, new market penetration, and ultimatelyfinancial returns. However, there is little systematic research in terms of e-businessadoption patterns in firms using TOE (Technology-Organization-Environment)framework. This paper illustrates the potential of adoption and use of ICT and ebusinessapplications in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Macedonia.In the paper we present preliminary results of a survey of around 60 SMEs. In thisstudy we explore several factors enabling or impeding the successful adoption anduse of e-business and ICT by Macedonian SMEs. Based on technologyenvironment-organization (TOE) theory, three aspects influence e-business adoption: technological context (we explore technology integration among firms,more specifically the type of ICT adoption and applications), organizational context(we try to discover the motivations to invest in ICT, the benefits and barriers of ICTand e-business in particular) and environmental context (here we investigate trusted sources of IT advice, challenges of implementations and competitive pressure). Wefind that SMEs are generally satisfied with their investment in ICT but they are concerned about the cost of such investments and are uncertain about the business benefits, failing to recognize ICT's strategic potential to increase business flexibility, to increase productivity and to support globalization. Besides the concern about the ICT related cost, other major obstacles in adopting ICT were lackof internal ICT capabilities and lack of information about selecting, implementing and evaluating suitable ICT solutions. Our findings have important implications for policy aimed at ICT adoption and use by SMEs and will provide a foundation forfuture research by helping policy makers to understand, assist and support the SME sector.
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- Dalipi, Fisnik, et al.
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On Integration of Ontologies into E-Learning Systems
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Ingår i: 2014 Sixth International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Communication Systems and Networks (CICSyN). - : IEEE. - 9781479950768 - 9781479950775 - 9781479950751 ; , s. 149-152
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Ontologies represent an immense opportunity and are bringing great advantages to e-learning systems. Their implementation is seen as a better solution for organizing and visualizing didactic knowledge, and for this knowledge to be shared and reused by different educational applications. This paper aims at proposing a model which is focused on integrating ontological principles with e-learning standards. We developed a prototype model that is integrated with an ontology which gives a semantic representation of learning contents by adding semantic notations to each learning resource. The ontology is used for identifying the structure of learning module and defining the needed vocabulary for the student to conceptualize the learning modules. Another special ontology is introduced for learning materials, which is located at the systems metadata. Here, we included also the system access options, results registering and the communications.
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- Idrizi, Florim, et al.
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A new modified sorting algorithm : A comparison with state of the art
- 2017
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Ingår i: 2017 6th Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing (MECO). - : IEEE. - 9781509067428 - 9781509067435 - 9781509067404 ; , s. 419-424
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Choosing the right method to sort numbers has a huge effect on how quickly a computer can process a task. The most used sorting algorithms today have been discovered years ago, and to this day, they have been the best for the job as there was no other competitive algorithm. Through this paper, we make an analysis and comparison between the state of the art algorithms in sorting and based on their analogy of functionality, we propose a new modified sorting algorithm. We then present a brief description of the new modified algorithm, conduct comparisons with the state of the art, and finally we give conclusions about the performance of the proposed algorithm versus the most popular sorting algorithms. Moreover, we highlight the benefits of using this algorithm in different fields by various business companies or software developers, in cases when they need faster and easier sorting for their data management.
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