1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996308750703316

Titolo

Language MOOCs : providing learning, transcending boundaries / / Elena Martin Monje and Elena Bárcena Madera, [editors]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Warsaw, [Poland] ; ; Berlin, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter Open, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

3-11-044124-1

3-11-042250-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 pages)

Classificazione

AP 15946

Disciplina

371.3344678

Soggetti

MOOCs (Web-based instruction)

Web-based instruction

Education, Higher - Computer-assisted instruction

Distance education

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- List of contributing authors -- 1 Introduction. Language MOOCs: an Emerging Field / Bárcena, Elena / Martín-Monje, Elena -- 2 What Constitutes an Effective Language MOOC? / Sokolik, Maggie -- 3 A Proposal for the Methodological Design of Collaborative Language MOOCs / Moreira Teixeira, António / Mota, José -- 4 Motivation in a Language MOOC: Issues for Course Designers / Beaven, Tita / Codreanu, Tatiana / Creuzé, Alix -- 5 Language Teaching in MOOCs: the Integral Role of the Instructor / de Larreta-Azelain, Mª Dolores Castrillo -- 6 The Architectonics of Language MOOCs / Read, Timothy -- 7 Accessibility in Language MOOCs / Rodrigo, Covadonga -- 8 Ethical and Aesthetic Considerations in Language Moocs / Álvarez, Inma -- 9 Teaching Pronunciation and Comprehensibility in a Language MOOC / Rubio, Fernando -- 10 Conclusion. Reflections on Present and Future: towards an Ontological Approach to LMOOCs / Colpaert, Jozef -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Language MOOCs (or LMOOCs) are dedicated Web-based online courses for second languages with unrestricted access and potentially



unlimited participation. They are generating interest and expectation in the contexts of university education, lifelong learning and online training in general. This pioneering book presents an initial analysis of the theoretical and methodological issues underlying LMOOCs and presents empirical evidence of their potential for the development of language communicative competences, based upon previously unpublished research. It provides a mosaic-like view of LMOOC research, not only with respect to the geographical and institutional origin of its authors, but also to the heterogeneous nature of their respective academic backgrounds, and suggests directions for future development. As in other types of online language courses, the integration of the results of multidisciplinary research projects and teaching experiences related to LMOOCs is fundamental to make the field advance steadily and respond to some of the real challenges and problems faced by individuals working and living in competitive plurilingual societies today.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910260610103321

Titolo

Knowledge representation / / edited by Ronald J. Brachman, Hector J. Levesque, and Raymond Reiter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , 1992

[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : , : IEEE Xplore, , [1992]

Edizione

[1st MIT Press ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 PDF (408 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Special issues of Artificial intelligence, an international journal

Altri autori (Persone)

BrachmanRonald J. <1949->

LevesqueHector J. <1951->

ReiterRay

Disciplina

003/.54

Soggetti

Knowledge representation (Information theory)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Bradford book."

"Reprinted from Artificial intelligence, an international journal, volume 49, numbers 1-3, 1991"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.



Sommario/riassunto

Growing interest in symbolic representation and reasoning has pushed this backstage activity into the spotlight as a clearly identifiable and technically rich subfield in artificial intelligence. This collection of extended versions of 12 papers from the First International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning provides a snapshot of the best current work in AI on formal methods and principles of representation and reasoning. The topics range from temporal reasoning to default reasoning to representations for natural language.Ronald J. Brachman is Head of the Artificial Intelligence Principles Research Department at AT&T Bell Laboratories. Hector J. Levesque and Raymond Reiter are Professors of Computer Science at the University of Toronto.Contents: Introduction. Nonmonotonic Reasoning in the Framework of Situation Calculus. The Computational Complexity of Abduction. Temporal Constraint Networks. Impediments to Universal Preference-Based Default Theories. Embedding Decision-Analytic Control in a Learning Architecture. The Substitutional Framework for Sorted Deduction: Fundamental Results on Hybrid Reasoning. Existence Assumptions in Knowledge Representation. Hard Problems for Simple Default Logics. The Effect of Knowledge on Belief: Conditioning, Specificity and the Lottery Paradox in Default Reasoning. Three-Valued Nonmonotonic Formalisms and Semantics of Logic Programs. On the Applicability of Nonmonotonic Logic to Formal Reasoning in Continuous Time. Principles of Metareasoning.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910699324203321

Titolo

Final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet (MRGO), Louisiana, and Lake Borgne--wetland creation and shoreline protection project [[electronic resource] /] / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Orleans, LA : , : U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, , [2009]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations, charts, maps (chiefly color)

Soggetti

Wetland restoration - Louisiana - Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal

Wetland restoration - Louisiana - Borgne, Lake

Wetland management - Louisiana - Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal

Wetland management - Louisiana - Borgne, Lake

Shore protection - Louisiana - Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal

Shore protection - Louisiana - Borgne, Lake

Hurricane protection - Louisiana

Canals - Environmental aspects - Louisiana

Inland navigation - Environmental aspects - Louisiana

Environmental impact analysis - Louisiana - Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal

Environmental impact analysis - Louisiana - Borgne, Lake

Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal (La.)

Borgne, Lake (La.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from PDF title screen (mrgo.gov, viewed July 23, 2010).

Cooperating agency: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

"June 2009."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.