Minimum interference routing with fast protection

One of the most effective techniques offering QoS routing is minimum interference routing. However, it is complex in terms of computation time and is not oriented toward improving the network protection level. In order to include better levels of protection, new minimum interference routing algorithms are necessary. Minimizing the failure recovery time is also a complex process involving different failure recovery phases. Some of these phases depend completely on correct routing selection, such as minimizing the failure notification time. The level of protection also involves other aspects, such as the amount of resources used. In this case shared backup techniques should be considered. Therefore, minimum interference techniques should also be modified in order to include sharing resources for protection in their objectives. These aspects are reviewed and analyzed in this article, and a new proposal combining minimum interference with fast protection using shared segment backups is introduced. Results show that our proposed method improves both minimization of the request rejection ratio and the percentage of bandwidth allocated to backup paths in networks with low and medium protection requirements

Beep Teaching Resources. Case studies around ethical dilemmas

Case Studies whether hypothetical or real are a tried and tested way of stimulating discussion around ethical dilemmas.

INFO2009 Group 21 - A Poster and set of Resources on Computer Security

This contains a poster advertising the resources. The resource is a profile folder on five topics, as well as a website, a quiz, and an interactive game.

Archivo digital de imágenes diagnósticas enfocado a tórax y abdomen de Fundación Cardioinfantil – instituto de cardiología

El desarrollo del archivo docente de imágenes diagnósticas, permite compartir y difundir el conocimiento de la colección de casos e imágenes radiológicas con rapidez y facilidad al personal de la Clínica Fundación Cardio-Infantil – Instituto de Cardiología, a través por portal web “e-cardio”, contribuyendo en la formación académica del personal médico, técnico y administrativo.

Success for schools science 3. Teaching resources photocopiable.

Se apoya en el libro del alumno y cumple los objetivos docentes para la etapa 3 (key stage 3) del nivel de secundaria del plan de estudios inglés. Ofrece a los profesores distintas técnicas para el aprendizaje de las ciencias, unas dirigidas a cada estudiante a nivel individual, otras, para realizar, por parejas, por grupos o toda la clase en conjunto. También, contiene varios sugerencias para actividades prácticas, hojas de trabajo fotocopiables, así como un apartado con las normas de seguridad a seguir en las escuelas en cuanto a materiales, productos químicos y equipos utilizados por los alumnos durante el curso.

Practical resources for teaching Citizenship in secondary classrooms.

Este recurso proporciona a los profesores de enseñanza secundaria los instrumentos esenciales para enseñar la asignatura de la Ciudadanía. Los autores proporcionan una visión general de la materia y orientan sobre la manera de cumplir sus tres fines principales: la responsabilidad social y moral, la participación de la comunidad y la cultura política. El recurso se centra en los programas de estudio, enseñanza, aprendizaje y cuestiones de evaluación, e incluye una base para la planificación de esquemas de trabajo. También incluye planes de lecciones, ideas y recursos de enseñanza. Se hace hincapié en la inclusión de todos los alumnos y se hacen referencias a su transversalidad con otras materias curriculares.

Children's literature and computer-based teaching.

Relaciona la enseñanza de la literatura infantil en el aula con la era digital. Los autores describen los modos en que la literatura infantil está desarrollando nuevas dimensiones: la publicación de libros infantiles en CD ROM , los recursos de Web para trabajar con textos literarios, y niños que, cada vez más, comunican sus experiencias a través del correo electrónico y diversas formas de foros electrónicos y de chat. El texto ofrece orientaciones prácticas para profesores con poca experiencia con las TIC y muestra cómo el uso de ordenadores en la enseñanza del inglés puede mejorar y ampliar la participación de los niños. Describe y analiza la realización de actividades para ampliar los enfoques tradicionales de textos literarios y aprovechar las ventajas de la tecnología disponible.

Resources for teaching creative writting.

El autor se basa en su experiencia en el aula para diseñar sesenta actividades indicadas para los profesores de secundaria que desean enseñar el proceso de escritura creativa a estudiantes de edades comprendidas entre catorce y dieciocho años. El recurso está organizado en diez secciones temáticas y dentro de cada una de ellas hay una amplia gama de tipos y habilidades de escritura. Cada actividad ocupa dos páginas: la pagina par contiene las notas para el profesor que incluyen ideas para comenzar y propuestas de ejercicios para desarrollar un enfoque en los niveles Key Stage 4 y 5 (KS4 y KS5). Las páginas pares tienen los recursos fotocopiables para el alumno.

Lessons from nothing : activities for language teaching with limited and resources.

Recurso con alrededor de setenta actividades de enseñanza de idiomas para profesores que buscan actividades fáciles de utilizar, que fomenten la interacción y la cooperación en el aula y que no requieran gran cantidad de recursos, instalaciones o preparación.

Teaching able, gifted and talented children : strategies, activities and resources.

El autor ofrece una visión sobre estudiantes capaces, dotados y talentosos en el contexto de la legislación de Every Child Matters (Cada Niño Cuenta) para lograr un aprendizaje personalizado. Hace un resumen de un espacio cada vez más importante de la educación, y ofrece un equilibrio entre teoría y práctica. Hay orientaciones para: la definición e identificación de estos alumnos, estrategias para utilizar en el aula, el desarrollo del pensamiento crítico y creativo, el apoyo, y colaboración con los padres. ada capítulo contiene un resumen con los puntos clave, estudio de casos de buenas prácticas, ideas para usar con los estudiantes y actividades de desarrollo profesional para el personal.

An effective course of study for teaching hearing-impaired children TTY/TDD skills

This paper includes a course of study for teaching hearing impaired children about the use of TTY/TDD.

An effective course of study for teaching hearing-impaired children TTY/TDD skills

This paper includes a course of study for teaching hearing impaired children about the use of TTY/TDD.

Collaborative eLearning Assistant Network: caring agents are conscious agents

Would a research assistant - who can search for ideas related to those you are working on, network with others (but only share the things you have chosen to share), doesn’t need coffee and who might even, one day, appear to be conscious - help you get your work done? Would it help your students learn? There is a body of work showing that digital learning assistants can be a benefit to learners. It has been suggested that adaptive, caring, agents are more beneficial. Would a conscious agent be more caring, more adaptive, and better able to deal with changes in its learning partner’s life? Allow the system to try to dynamically model the user, so that it can make predictions about what is needed next, and how effective a particular intervention will be. Now, given that the system is essentially doing the same things as the user, why don’t we design the system so that it can try to model itself in the same way? This should mimic a primitive self-awareness. People develop their personalities, their identities, through interacting with others. It takes years for a human to develop a full sense of self. Nobody should expect a prototypical conscious computer system to be able to develop any faster than that. How can we provide a computer system with enough social contact to enable it to learn about itself and others? We can make it part of a network. Not just chatting with other computers about computer ‘stuff’, but involved in real human activity. Exposed to ‘raw meaning’ – the developing folksonomies coming out of the learning activities of humans, whether they are traditional students or lifelong learners (a term which should encompass everyone). Humans have complex psyches, comprised of multiple strands of identity which reflect as different roles in the communities of which they are part – so why not design our system the same way? With multiple internal modes of operation, each capable of being reflected onto the outside world in the form of roles – as a mentor, a research assistant, maybe even as a friend. But in order to be able to work with a human for long enough to be able to have a chance of developing the sort of rich behaviours we associate with people, the system needs to be able to function in a practical and helpful role. Unfortunately, it is unlikely to get a free ride from many people (other than its developer!) – so it needs to be able to perform a useful role, and do so securely, respecting the privacy of its partner. Can we create a system which learns to be more human whilst helping people learn?

The use of computer-based learning tools for teaching and clinical purposes: Interactive computing strategy for Iraq

Medical universities and teaching hospitals in Iraq are facing a lack of professional staff due to the ongoing violence that forces them to flee the country. The professionals are now distributed outside the country which reduces the chances for the staff and students to be physically in one place to continue the teaching and limits the efficiency of the consultations in hospitals. A survey was done among students and professional staff in Iraq to find the problems in the learning and clinical systems and how Information and Communication Technology could improve it. The survey has shown that 86% of the participants use the Internet as a learning resource and 25% for clinical purposes while less than 11% of them uses it for collaboration between different institutions. A web-based collaborative tool is proposed to improve the teaching and clinical system. The tool helps the users to collaborate remotely to increase the quality of the learning system as well as it can be used for remote medical consultation in hospitals.