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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