Mar 30, 2012 | 5/6/2012 (1335-1510), Learning & Users
The use of blackberries, laptops, PDAs, blogs, CBT, Blackboard, emailing, online discussion forums, SMS, virtual classrooms and virtual games, etc have continued to grow rapidly in Nigeria. From observation, use of these ICT tools have transformed learning and...
Mar 30, 2012 | 5/6/2012 (1335-1510), Technology & New Media
Although e-books have been incorporated into the academic library‘s collection for over a decade now, it has not been, until today, without question. It is still, as the literature reveals, a controversial topic for librarians, publishers, and users around the globe....
Mar 30, 2012 | 5/6/2012 (1335-1510), Learning & Users
The introduction of new 3-3-4 academic structure have unprecedented impacts on the curriculum design, pedagogies and student learning styles for higher education institutions in Hong Kong. As a vibrant organization, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology...
Mar 26, 2012 | Day 2 (5 Jun), Library Services & Dev
Ten years ago, Professor Davenport and Professor Beck in their book “Attention Economy” posited that users suffer from information overload and attention deficit due to the explosive growth of online content. With so much information easily accessible from...
Mar 26, 2012 | 5/6/2012 (1335-1510), Library Services & Dev
Being the only university to adopt a college system in Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong has at present nine constituent colleges, one of which is the New Asia College. Compared to the other colleges, the New Asia College has strong emphasis on the arts...
Mar 26, 2012 | 5/6/2012 (1335-1510), Library Services & Dev
In September 2010 the Canterbury region was hit by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake. This event took place near the end of the second term of semester 2 and created a number of problems for students finishing their assignments and sitting examinations. After remediation of...
