Plenary Lecture

Plenary Lecture

Individually Oriented E-Learning Course Development


Professor Sarma Cakula
Dean of Faculty of Engineering
Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences
LATVIA


Abstract: One of the most important prerequisites in base plan for long-term development of all countries is high education level in society what includes e-learning studies. With the progression of e-learning in society there is exponential growth of e-learning resources or knowledge items on the internet observed. Most of e-learning systems do not take into account individual aspects of person, ignoring the different needs that are specific to existing cognitive profiles. Teachers have been forced to search for possibilities to make e-learning more interesting and effective. The goal of the paper is to work out and create theoretical principles of using imitation modelling for e-learning course developing based on ontology for building course methodology for individual use, according to the person’s characteristics and performance, depending also on the concepts that the person knows. The objectives of the paper are simulation, ICT ontology and basic theory of socionics in e-learning. As the result of this technology should be recommendations of methodology of delivering course units for each individual person using e-learning.

Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Sarma Cakula was born at 13th December 1960 in Latvia. Graduated with excellence from Latvia University Department of Physics and Mathematics in 1984 and holds Ph.D. in 2002. She started to work in Vidzeme University College (Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences –now) as a teacher. She is a director of Information Technology (IT) professional bachelor program and the Dean of Faculty of Engineering of Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences Latvia now. She is a professor of Information Technologies in the Faculty of Engineering. Also she manages some European and Norway fund projects. She is a member of the International E-Learning Association (IELA), the Latvian Information Technology and Telecommunications Association (LIKTA) and Latvian Universities Professor Association (LAPA). She has more than 30 scientific publications from 2006 in field of information technologies and pedagogic, mostly of them in the field of E-Learning. Also she takes part in Scientific Committee of different international conferences and Editorial Advisory on international journals. Latest of them are: International Online Workshop On "Writing a Researh Paper"(IOW-WRP), July 17, 2011,Organized and Technically Co-Sponsored by MASAUM Network; International Conference Virtual and Augment Reality in Education (Vare 2011), 18th March, 2011, Valmiera, Latvia; International Conference on Intelligent Computing & Information Systems, Cairo-Egypt 2011; International Journal of Cyber Society and Education” ISSN 1995-6649 from 2009 , International Conference LEAFA 2010, Hammamet, Tunisia.

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