Procedia - Social and Behavioral Science

This chapter explores issues that affect the uptake and integration of Technology in Higher Education, developing a framework to overcome some of the barriers. Technological adoption varies across disciplines. The authors consider disciplines as tribes, where some find technology acceptable and an enabler, whilst for others it is alien and deemed inappropriate. Some territories reflect technology as an area to defend and expand, whilst for others the imposition of technology and associated practices are considered a hostile intrusion into discipline practice. Within the framework, the authors reflect on various perspectives: practitioners', students', and support teams' perspectives within the wider eco-systems and structures. Practitioner concerns reflect discipline traditions and practices, from teaching through to assessment and how to manage the Wikipedia generation. Students' needs in a technological age reflect the demands of the Netizen as student, and the ris...

Many city public authorities have implemented measures to alleviate the negative effects of freight transport in urban areas, but these have often proved ineffective. The literature contains studies related to ex-post assessment of urban freight transport policies. This paper proposes a methodology for ex-ante assessment of their effects. The focus is the assessment of pollutant emissions. The application of the methodology to the inner urban area of Rome shows that an urban distribution centre can be more effective in reducing environmental externalities than policies based on vehicle fleet renewal.

Many research indicated that ICT has been proven useful as a tool in supporting and transforming teaching and learning. In mathematics classroom, ICT can help students and teachers to perform calculation, analyse data, explore mathematical concepts thus increasing the understanding in mathematics. This quasi-experimental study with non-equivalent control group post-test only design was conducted to examine the effects of using a free-software called GeoGebra in the learning of Coordinate Geometry among students classified as high visual-spatial ability students (HV) and low visual-spatial ability students (LV). The Spatial Visualization Ability Test Instrument (SVATI) had been used to categorize the students in different spatial ability level. A total of 53 secondary school students in Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur participated in the study. They were assigned into two different groups. One group was taught Coordinate Geometry using GeoGebra while the other underwent learning the traditional way. Students’ mathematics achievement was measured using post test at the end of the intervention. The test format was based on Additional Mathematics KBSM syllabus. Independent samples t-test results showed that there was a significant difference in mean mathematical achievement between the GeoGebra group (M = 65.23, SD = 19.202) and the traditional teaching strategy group (M = 54.7, SD = 15.660); [t (51) = 2.259, p = .028 < .05]. This study also found that the HV students performed better than the LV students in both group. Findings showed that there were no significant different among HV students between GeoGebra group and traditional group. Meanwhile the LV students in GeoGebra group (M = 64.07, SD = 21.569) significantly outperformed the LV students in traditional group (M = 48.79, SD = 15.106); [t (51) = 2.222, p = .036 < .05]. These findings showed that the use of GeoGebra enhanced the students’ performance in learning Coordinate Geometry.

The aim of this paper is to gain more insight into the role of language in tourism promotional document by reviewing current
research on tourism promotion. Search for related article were carried out via the online database using the keywords:
tourism, tourism discourse and language of tourism. Very few studies focused on tourism websites or blog and on analysing
both language and visual aspect of the tourism promotion. This paper concludes with a discussion of a proposed study which
will employ a multimodal discourse analysis approach in analysing the tourism websites of top holyday destinations in South
East Asia

Task-based teaching and learning is becoming more and more popular in the world and especially in Iran English classes now, and the aim of task is to create a real purpose for language use and provide a natural context for language study. This article is to introduce ...