Technological Developments in Education and Automation [electronic resource] /
Iskander, Magued.editor.
Kapila, Vikram.editor.
Karim, Mohammad A.editor.
International Conference on Engineering Education, Instructional Technology, Assessment and E-Learning(2008)
International Conference on Industrial Electronics, Technology and Automation(2008)
Technological Developments in Education and Automation includes a set of rigorously reviewed world-class manuscripts dealing with the increasing role of technology in daily lives including education and industrial automation. Technological Developments in Education and Automation contains papers presented at the International Conference on Industrial Electronics, Technology & Automation and the International Conference on Engineering Education, Instructional Technology, Assessment, and E-learning which were part of the International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information and Systems Sciences and Engineering Topics Covered: Online-Learning including development of courses and systems for engineering, technical and liberal studies programs; online laboratories; intelligent testing using fuzzy logic; taxonomy of e-courses; and evaluation of online courses in comparison to traditional courses. Pedagogy including benchmarking; group-learning; active learning; teaching of multiple subjects together; ontology; and knowledge management. Instruction Technology including internet textbooks; virtual reality labs, instructional design, virtual models, pedagogy-oriented markup languages; graphic design possibilities; open source classroom management software; automatic email response systems; tablet-pcs; personalization using web mining technology; intelligent digital chalkboards; virtual room concepts for cooperative scientific work; and network technologies, management, and architecture. Engineering and Technical Education including course design; assessment, virtual laboratories; robotics; and web enhanced courses Robotics, Control Systems and Automation: Advanced and Distributed Control Systems, Automation, Expert Systems, Robotics, Factory Automation, Intelligent Control Systems, Man Machine Interaction, Manufacturing Information System, Motion Control, and Process Automation. Vision Systems: for human action sensing, face recognition, and image processing algorithms for smoothing of high speed motion, Electronics and Power Systems: Actuators, Electro-Mechanical Systems, High Frequency Converters, Industrial Electronics, Motors and Drives, Power Converters, Power Devices and Components, and Power Electronics.
Description based upon print version of record.
CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Technical Committees; 1. Performance-Based Measurement for Thai Educational Organization: A DEA Management Model; 2. E-learning and Blended Learning in the Gulf Region; 3. Scene Change Detection for Uncompressed Video; 4. ZigBee Performance in 400 KV Air Insulated Power Substation; 5. Content Management System Effort Estimation Using Bagging Predictors; 6. Weighted Gaussian Kernel with Multiple Widths and Network Kernel Pattern; 7. New Advanced Graduate Course Designed to Provide Students Exposure to Today'sDeveloping and Challenging World
8. Dynamic Fire 3D Modeling Using a Real-time Stereovision System9. Obtaining Initial Controller Parameters for Approximate Pole Placement IterativeFeedback Tuning; 10. Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management; 11. System to Produce Mechanical Inertial Force and/or Torque; 12. Active Groups in Complex Mechanisms Structures; 13. Dimensions of Online Behavior: Implications for Engineering E-Learning; 14. Concept Classification Model for Digital Divide
15. A Virtual Explosion or SNAFU is Always Better Than a Real One: Exploring the Use ofVirtual Worlds for Simulation and Training...and Developing the Leaders of Tomorrow16. Active-based Key-skills Learning in Engineering Curriculum to Improve Student Engagement; 17. Assessment & Efficacy of an M-Learning Course in Industrial Hygiene andOccupational Safety; 18. A Simplified Array Configuration based GSC-SSF Method; 19. "UniTeSys" - High School Student Knowledge Assessment Tool; 20. On the Percolation Behavior of the Thin Films of the PEDT/PSS Complex: aMesoscale Simulation Study
21. Online Learning Barriers22. Good and Bad in Information Retrieval: Information Literacy and Ethics; 23. Formative Research for Enhancing Instructional and Design Methods: A Focus onVirtual Reality (VR)-Based Learning Environment; 24. Results on H-Infinity Static Output-Feedback Control of an Electro-Mechanical System; 25. Design of Nonlinear Frequency Controller for Isolated Thermal Power System with GenerationRate Constraint; 26. Designing a Virtual Reality (VR) Storytelling System for Educational Purposes; 27. Automated Marking of Transfer Function Problems
28. Predicting Persistence of College Freshmen Using Neural Networks29. Euro-QLIO a New Educational Tool for Specialist Training at European Level; 30. Design, Development and Implemementation of a Steering Controller Box for an AutomaticAgricultural Tractor Guidance system, Using Fuzzy Logic; 31. A Screen Sharing Broadcast Scheme in Distance Learning; 32. Robotics-based Curriculum Development for An Immigration Course into Computer SystemsEngineering; 33. Bridging the Emotional Divide in Instructional Design: A Kansei Perspective
34. Fuzzy Knowledge Processing for Unveiling Correlations between PreliminaryKnowledge and the Outcome of Learning New Knowledge
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Technological Developments in Education and Automation includes a set of rigorously reviewed world-class manuscripts dealing with the increasing role of technology in daily lives including education and industrial automation. Technological Developments in Education and Automation contains papers presented at the International Conference on Industrial Electronics, Technology & Automation and the International Conference on Engineering Education, Instructional Technology, Assessment, and E-learning which were part of the International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information and Systems Sciences and Engineering Topics Covered: Online-Learning including development of courses and systems for engineering, technical and liberal studies programs; online laboratories; intelligent testing using fuzzy logic; taxonomy of e-courses; and evaluation of online courses in comparison to traditional courses. Pedagogy including benchmarking; group-learning; active learning; teaching of multiple subjects together; ontology; and knowledge management. Instruction Technology including internet textbooks; virtual reality labs, instructional design, virtual models, pedagogy-oriented markup languages; graphic design possibilities; open source classroom management software; automatic email response systems; tablet-pcs; personalization using web mining technology; intelligent digital chalkboards; virtual room concepts for cooperative scientific work; and network technologies, management, and architecture. Engineering and Technical Education including course design; assessment, virtual laboratories; robotics; and web enhanced courses Robotics, Control Systems and Automation: Advanced and Distributed Control Systems, Automation, Expert Systems, Robotics, Factory Automation, Intelligent Control Systems, Man Machine Interaction, Manufacturing Information System, Motion Control, and Process Automation. Vision Systems: for human action sensing, face recognition, and image processing algorithms for smoothing of high speed motion, Electronics and Power Systems: Actuators, Electro-Mechanical Systems, High Frequency Converters, Industrial Electronics, Motors and Drives, Power Converters, Power Devices and Components, and Power Electronics.
Educational technology.
Education—Data processing.
Control engineering.
Robotics.
Mechatronics.
Electronics.
Microelectronics.
Software engineering.
Educational Technology.
Computers and Education.
Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.
Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.
Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.