Mike Brayshaw
University of Hull, Department of Computer Science, Faculty Member
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If you really want to be smarter, reading can be one of the lots ways to evoke and realize. Many people who like reading will have more knowledge and experiences. Reading can be a way to gain information from economics, politics, science,... more
If you really want to be smarter, reading can be one of the lots ways to evoke and realize. Many people who like reading will have more knowledge and experiences. Reading can be a way to gain information from economics, politics, science, fiction, literature, religion, and many others. As one of the part of book categories, transparent prolog machine always becomes the most wanted book. Many people are absolutely searching for this book. It means that many love to read this kind of book.
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We describe a practical and enhanced implementation of a graphical Prolog tracer which not only provides a faithful (slow-motion) representation of the inner workings of the Prolog interpreter, but also allows a high-speed visual overview... more
We describe a practical and enhanced implementation of a graphical Prolog tracer which not only provides a faithful (slow-motion) representation of the inner workings of the Prolog interpreter, but also allows a high-speed visual overview of execution for rapidly homing ...
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The effect that advances in telecommunication will have on education is currently a prominent topic in the media. With the advent of computer mediated conferencing, interactive video, multimedia and the like, many new educational... more
The effect that advances in telecommunication will have on education is currently a prominent topic in the media. With the advent of computer mediated conferencing, interactive video, multimedia and the like, many new educational scenarios become possible. It is now commonplace to hear about courses conducted using email to share information, facilitate student-tutor communication, and submit assignments (e.g. Veasey D’souza 1991; Ellerman et al. 1992; Wild and Winniford 1993). There have been numerous discussions concerning the use of more advanced technology to facilitate group work (e.g. Stefik et al. 1987; Eraut and Hoyes 1989; Merritt 1991), and the problems that communication and collaboration with this type of media pose. Increasingly, courses are being delivered using satellite broadcast, desktop video, advanced telematics, and the World Wide Web (e.g. Utsumi et al. 1990; Filo and Yang 1994; Speh and Wang 1994). With the advent of true high bandwidth Information Superhighway capability, the potential will be even more profound. For this reason we wanted to explore what might be possible in the near future by pushing existing technology as far as we could in order to test the water and examine the pedagogical implications. We wanted to integrate computer conferencing with live lectures over the Internet, virtual meetings, live video link-ups, talking head agent guides, and computer movies of software tutorials, to see how these could be made into an experience for students where they could both learn and collaborate.
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The effect that advances in telecommunication will have on education is currently a prominent topic in the media. With the advent of computer mediated conferencing, interactive video, multimedia and the like, many new educational... more
The effect that advances in telecommunication will have on education is currently a prominent topic in the media. With the advent of computer mediated conferencing, interactive video, multimedia and the like, many new educational scenarios become possible. It is now commonplace to hear about courses conducted using email to share information, facilitate student-tutor communication, and submit assignments (e.g. Veasey D’souza 1991; Ellerman et al. 1992; Wild and Winniford 1993). There have been numerous discussions concerning the use of more advanced technology to facilitate group work (e.g. Stefik et al. 1987; Eraut and Hoyes 1989; Merritt 1991), and the problems that communication and collaboration with this type of media pose. Increasingly, courses are being delivered using satellite broadcast, desktop video, advanced telematics, and the World Wide Web (e.g. Utsumi et al. 1990; Filo and Yang 1994; Speh and Wang 1994). With the advent of true high bandwidth Information Superhighway capability, the potential will be even more profound. For this reason we wanted to explore what might be possible in the near future by pushing existing technology as far as we could in order to test the water and examine the pedagogical implications. We wanted to integrate computer conferencing with live lectures over the Internet, virtual meetings, live video link-ups, talking head agent guides, and computer movies of software tutorials, to see how these could be made into an experience for students where they could both learn and collaborate.
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ABSTRACT Existing virtual learning environments (VLEs) in educational institutions are not designed with the expectation that students with disabilities will use them. Consequently, retrieving relevant information by some students with... more
ABSTRACT Existing virtual learning environments (VLEs) in educational institutions are not designed with the expectation that students with disabilities will use them. Consequently, retrieving relevant information by some students with disabilities is a challenging task. The focus of this study was to propose the design of VLEs to incorporate ontologies that facilitate information retrieval by students with disabilities in their learning, thus serving as a semantic web-based assistive technology in education. An Ontology-Driven Disability-Aware Personalised E-Learning System (ONTODAPS) was designed and then used to recommend specific learning materials to learners based on their learning goal and disability type. Preliminary results of the evaluation of ONTODAPS, by 30 students with disabilities, indicate that 70% of the participants found ONTODAPS to offer a better personalisation, better access to learning materials (68%) and is easier to use (63%) in retrieving learning materials than Sakai. Thus ONTODAPS serves as an assistive tool in their education through retrieval of relevant learning materials in a suitable format which is compatible with their disability.
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Twitter portal has become one of the major sources of social networking. Everyday millions of people send tweets to share their interest and view what other people are showing interests on. People who subscribe to Twitter portal are often... more
Twitter portal has become one of the major sources of social networking. Everyday millions of people send tweets to share their interest and view what other people are showing interests on. People who subscribe to Twitter portal are often overwhelmed not only by the large number of tweets they receive, but also by the fact that a large number of those tweets are irrelevant to their interests. One way to address this is to look to personalize this interaction. In this paper we describe a Smart Tweet Portal (STP) that we have built using an Adaptive Information Retrieval technique to personalize itself to user's interest. This portal filters unwanted tweets and delivers only tweets of user's interests. It employs similar features like that of Twitter (followers, following and number of tweets) as well as some user actions (Retweet, Post, Download and Like). In this way users can create their own highly personal cut on their online social world around them. The portal was evaluated by 12 users. The evaluation showed 91.7% overall user satisfaction for the relevancy of tweets and for displaying tweets of interests, indicating that the described system proved to be useful and user friendly.
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Mobile applications in general, and mobile applications for health education in particular, are commonly used to support patients, health professionals and other stakeholders. A critical evaluation framework is needed to ensure the... more
Mobile applications in general, and mobile applications for health education in particular, are commonly used to support patients, health professionals and other stakeholders. A critical evaluation framework is needed to ensure the usability and reliability of mobile applications for health education in order to save time and effort for the various stakeholders. This paper proposes a framework for evaluating mobile applications for health education. The intended outcome is to meet the needs and demands of different stakeholders and provide improvement for software engineering by creating new and more effective ways to evaluate such software. We conclude with some specific evaluation metrics that we applied in our evaluation framework: a hybrid utilizing heuristic evaluation (HE) and usability evaluation (UE).
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THE TRANSPARENT PROLOG MACHINE Marc Eisenstadt Mike Brayshaw Jocelyn Paine ... The Transparent Prolog Machine Visualizing Logic Programs "This Or DUJZ-AFY-FJGA ... The Transparent Prolog Machine Visualizing Logic Programs Marc... more
THE TRANSPARENT PROLOG MACHINE Marc Eisenstadt Mike Brayshaw Jocelyn Paine ... The Transparent Prolog Machine Visualizing Logic Programs "This Or DUJZ-AFY-FJGA ... The Transparent Prolog Machine Visualizing Logic Programs Marc Eisenstadt The Open ...
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This paper considers issues around the teaching of programming, a critical yet challenging part of the computing education at all levels. This paper begins by outlining some of the key concerns around computing education-from secondary... more
This paper considers issues around the teaching of programming, a critical yet challenging part of the computing education at all levels. This paper begins by outlining some of the key concerns around computing education-from secondary school, through further education, and in higher education. The paper describes some of the practical problems with teaching programming, through two case studies that identify some of the difficulties in learning to program. The case studies outline some approaches to supporting and scaffolding the learning of programming, with programming tutors and more specialized programming environments. The paper considers ways in which novice programmer behaviour can be tracked by appropriate technologies, e.g. via tools such as source control, or through additions to a development environment). Whilst this is within the context of English education, many issues are common elsewhere, and the paper provides some suggestions on addressing these problems. The paper concludes with some suggestions on way to adapt and use these approaches in the teaching of programming
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Studying the Novice Programmer Book by Elliot I. Soloway, James C. Spohrer; 1989. Read Studying the Novice Programmer at Questia library.
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Mobile applications in general, and mobile applications for health education in particular, are commonly used to support patients, health professionals and other stakeholders. A critical evaluation framework is needed to ensure the... more
Mobile applications in general, and mobile applications for health education in particular, are commonly used to support patients, health professionals and other stakeholders. A critical evaluation framework is needed to ensure the usability and reliability of mobile applications for health education in order to save time and effort for the various stakeholders. This paper proposes a framework for evaluating mobile applications for health education. The intended outcome is to meet the needs and demands of different stakeholders and provide improvement for software engineering by creating new and more effective ways to evaluate such software. We conclude with some specific evaluation metrics that we applied in our evaluation framework: a hybrid utilizing heuristic evaluation (HE) and usability evaluation (UE).
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This paper explores perceptions and expectations of privacy when using computer-mediated communication and social media. In this paper we present the results of an empirical survey into this topic and explore the pedagogic implications... more
This paper explores perceptions and expectations of privacy when using computer-mediated communication and social media. In this paper we present the results of an empirical survey into this topic and explore the pedagogic implications for the teaching of cybersecurity. The study asked undergraduate students about their habits, expectations, and beliefs about the media they use and interact with. The aim was to capture and to inform the state of the art in cybersecurity teaching through identifying students' perceptions and views on privacy, security and whose responsibility these are. The academic provision for the teaching of cyber-security is a critical contemporary requirement. To improve this teaching, it is necessary to get some idea of the necessary requirements for such a course. Based upon the results of our survey, we go on to identify some of the key issues for such courses to address
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Twitter portal has become one of the major sources of social networking. Everyday millions of people send tweets to share their interest and view what other people are showing interests on. People who subscribe to Twitter portal are often... more
Twitter portal has become one of the major sources of social networking. Everyday millions of people send tweets to share their interest and view what other people are showing interests on. People who subscribe to Twitter portal are often overwhelmed not only by the large number of tweets they receive, but also by the fact that a large number of those tweets are irrelevant to their interests. One way to address this is to look to personalize this interaction. In this paper we describe a Smart Tweet Portal (STP) that we have built using an Adaptive Information Retrieval technique to personalize itself to user's interest. This portal filters unwanted tweets and delivers only tweets of user's interests. It employs similar features like that of Twitter (followers, following and number of tweets) as well as some user actions (Retweet, Post, Download and Like). In this way users can create their own highly personal cut on their online social world around them. The portal was evaluated by 12 users. The evaluation showed 91.7% overall user satisfaction for the relevancy of tweets and for displaying tweets of interests, indicating that the described system proved to be useful and user friendly.