Emelia Akashah Patah Akhir

Game-based learning courseware for children with learning disabilities

This paper demonstrates the development of a multimedia courseware that can be used to educate children with Learning Disabilities (LD). The use of game-based courseware could help those with LD to explore their capabilities without having to pressure them to catch up with other friend but to let them learn in their own pace of time. The courseware can be used as a medium to educate children with LD, to stimulate their psycho-motor for using the computer and also to develop their thinking skills while having fun playing the games. At the same time, this courseware might encourage the teachers and parents to improvise their ICT skills and hands-on learning as a learning tool. It was developed using Visual Basic, Adobe Photoshop and MP3 Wav converter. The courseware is known as Playtime Learning consists of Play games and Fun activities. The user acceptance test shows that teachers and students could adapt well with this kind of learning tool and they have shown positive sign of interest in utilizing it in the future.

Multimedia courseware for slow learners: A preliminary analysis

Emergences of technology had enabled the development of various innovative teaching-learning tools in education. The enjoyment offered by multimedia can increase learners motivation and participation thus allowing them to retain the learning process in longer period compared to using traditional classroom method. As slow learners are difficult to maintain their learning attentions for long time span, multimedia courseware is believe to assist them. This paper presents the findings from a preliminary analysis of slow learners conducted in special education schools. In this study, qualitative methodology using interview with special education teachers and class observations were conducted to understand the slow learners teaching-learning situations as a whole. The key findings from the analysis are slow learners learning interest and behavior while using computer and the potential that multimedia courseware can bring in motivating and increasing their interest in learning. Several guidelines for designing multimedia courseware for slow learners are proposed. Conceptual framework is also being illustrated in this paper as guide in conducting further research. All these preliminary findings will assist in designing multimedia courseware and will successfully facilitate the slow learners as well as special education teachers.

The development of a rule-based asthma system

Asthma is a very common disease that may become lethal if remained untreated. An asthma patient must always be alert with their body condition, especially their respiratory and the surroundings they are in. This paper proposes a development of a rule-based asthma system. This system provides advice for patients who would like to know the chances of getting an asthma attack are based on the patients current asthma condition and surrounding environment. To do so, the patients will answer questions to enable the system to understand their current health condition and the environment they are living in. It will then provide suggestions to avoid the attack, or to hasten asthma recovery, which includes environmental factors. Data regarding asthma was gathered through an interview with doctors and online medical resources. A rule-based algorithm was developed based on the data gathered. With this program, it allows patients self-management to lead a healthy, asthma-free lifestyle.

A study on knowledge flow and its implications via social networking site

This paper consist of exploratory study to investigate the effect of virtual knowledge sharing of a project team in an organization via social networking site. Putting into consideration that Facebook is public domain, a social networking platform of a smaller scale known as Corporate Resource On-Demand & Community Sharing (CRODCS) is developed using open source software. This will allow the chosen platform to be tailor-suited and customized to any unit and project team preference. This paper employs social network analysis techniques using software package Agna 2.1 to map and analyze the patterns and flow of interactions critical to information and knowledge sharing of project discussions via CRODCS and gmail. The mapping of the knowledge flow was analyzed and compared in both platforms in order to study the effectiveness of knowledge sharing via social networking site.

A Fuzz Logic-Based Cloud Computing Provider’s Evaluation and Recommendation Model

The growing number of cloud computing providers has made the selection process difficult and time consuming. This motivates many research to propose cloud computing recommendation system. However, generating an overall rating of a provider based on accumulation of several performance parameters involves uncertainties especially when the computation comprises network-related performance parameters. Hence, this paper proposes a fuzzy logic-based model that evaluates providers based on downlink, uplink and latency parameters, and determines the best provider. The model was constructed based on historical data of the real cloud computing providers implementation. The model was compared against non-fuzzy model, and it showed that the proposed fuzzy logic-based model is better in terms of accuracy. This work implies faster and accurate selection of cloud computing provider.

Information model to support sustainable procurement

Sustainable practices which increase awareness of people in industries which deal with environmental issues need to be implemented. However, information that needs to be considered to make informed decision on sustainable procurement is located in different places and comes in different form, either internal or external of the organizations. Thus, there is a strong need to consider this information to be interrelated and put in one place for easy access. The aim of this paper is to consider all of these concerns and develop information model to support sustainable procurement. It is hope that this information model is able to guide buyers in making the most informed decisions.