MODELLING DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE FOR INTELLIGENT SIMULATION LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS**The research reported was conducted in the project SIMULATE. SIMULATE is part of SAFE, a R&D project partially funded by the CEC under contract D1014 within the Exploratory Action of the DELTA programme. In total 17 partners are involved in the SAFE consortium of which Philips TDS is the prime contractor. The partners directly involved in SIMULATE are: Philips TDS (Fed. Rep. Germany), University of Leeds, University of Lancaster (U.K.), TIFSA (Spain), University of Amsterdam, Eindhoven University of Technology, Courseware Europe (The Netherlands).

Timber poles are not often used for structural purposes in building, although they are a cheap material with good mechanical qualities. This is due to the fact that the poles often suffer from shrinkage cracks, which makes it difficult to transfer the load from one element to another in a way that is structurally sound. To overcome this particular problem, in the Civil Engineering Department of the Delft University of Technology a manually operated tool has been developed with which strong and tight lacings of galvanized steel wire can be strung around the poles in order to keep them together. This principle has been applied in spatial-type structures, where larger numbers of identical, relatively thin, poles of 10 cm diameter are interconnected to form double-layer grids. According to this principle a few prototype structures have been built and test-loaded, including the load-bearing frames of two agricultural buildings, one at Lelystad in The Netherlands and one at Winchester in England. A few others are under construction. The tool was originally designed for use in developing countries. For other countries a more industrialized way of producing the laced connections is considered.

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A Conceptual Educational Data Mining Model for Supporting Self-Regulated Learning in Online Learning Environments

Advances in Early Childhood and K-12 Education - Handbook of Research on Equity in Computer Science in P-16 Education ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-4739-7.ch016 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 278-292

Author(s):

Eric Araka ◽

Robert Oboko ◽

Elizaphan Maina ◽

Rhoda K. Gitonga

Keyword(s):

Data Mining ◽

Online Learning ◽

Learning Environments ◽

Domain Knowledge ◽

Educational Data Mining ◽

Online Learning Environments ◽

Student Activities ◽

Self Regulated Learning ◽

Regulated Learning ◽

E Learning

Self-regulated learning is attracting tremendous researches from various communities such as information communication technology. Recent studies have greatly contributed to the domain knowledge that the use self-regulatory skills enhance academic performance. Despite these developments in SRL, our understanding on the tools and instruments to measure SRL in online learning environments is limited as the use of traditional tools developed for face-to-face classroom settings are still used to measure SRL on e-learning systems. Modern learning management systems (LMS) allow storage of datasets on student activities. Subsequently, it is now possible to use Educational Data Mining to extract learner patterns which can be used to support SRL. This chapter discusses the current tools for measuring and promoting SRL on e-learning platforms and a conceptual model grounded on educational data mining for implementation as a solution to promoting SRL strategies.

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INTEGRATED DESIGN FOR FLOOD RISK AND SPATIAL QUALITY—EXAMPLES FROM THE DUTCH DELTA PROGRAMME

Journal of Green Building ◽

10.3992/1943-4618.13.1.157 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 157-184

Author(s):

Anne Loes Nillesen

Keyword(s):

The Netherlands ◽

Flood Risk ◽

Design Method ◽

Integrated Design ◽

Safe Place ◽

Delta Programme ◽

Spatial Quality ◽

Dutch Delta ◽

Risk Protection

INTRODUCTION The Netherlands faces a significant flood risk task. In order to remain a safe place to live the Netherlands has to upgrade its extensive flood risk protection system. This results in an elevation and reinforcement task for many of the Netherlands water barriers. When those barriers are positioned in an open landscape, the technical reinforcement is often easy to embed specially. However, many barriers have been built over the years making the reinforcement into a challenging spatial assignment. This article shows different case study examples of a research by design study (performed in the broader context of the Dutch Delta programme) that explores integral design solutions for flood risk and spatial (re)development. The Houston Galveston Bay case study demonstrates the international applicability of the research by design method.

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