General-purpose ontologies (e.g. WordNet) are convenient, but they are not always scientifically valid. We draw on techniques from semantic class learning to improve the scientific...
: Content-based image retrieval (CBIR) is a research area dedicated to address the retrieve and search multimedia documents for digital libraries. Relevance feedback is a powerful ...
In this paper we present a prefetch technique, which incorporates a scheme similar to data streaming to minimize the response-lag. Unlike previous all or none techniques, we propo...
: This paper covers the use of technology to support three aspects of Alternative Assessment: Observations of Student Learning, Performance Assessments, and Electronic Portfolios. ...
Abstract. Although manual transcription and captioning can increase the accessibility of multimedia for deaf students it is rarely provided in educational contexts in the UK due to...