Abstract In this paper, we have introduced and described the ePortfolio system developed and implemented at the South Carolina’s university.We have presented the basis system details with sound architecture. The requirements, components and the system as a whole are subjected to experimental studies and the results are given in the paper.... In this paper, we have introduced and described the ePortfolio system developed and implemented at the South Carolina’s university.We have presented the basis system details with sound architecture. The requirements, components and the system as a whole are subjected to experimental studies and the results are given in the paper. Read More Read Less

Abstract On the Web, electronic documents are usually presented to readers as a hypermedia. The characteristic of this traditional hypermedia lies in the fact that the same pages and same links are often presented to all users. But these users are different from each other according to their needs, their knowledge of the subject they treat, or other characteristics of their... On the Web, electronic documents are usually presented to readers as a hypermedia. The characteristic of this traditional hypermedia lies in the fact that the same pages and same links are often presented to all users. But these users are different from each other according to their needs, their knowledge of the subject they treat, or other characteristics of their own, etc.. Thus, they may not be interested in the same information and do not follow the same paths or links in their navigation. More disorientation and cognitive overload are the largest, is the aim of improving the adaptation this article we will present an approach for improving the adaptation. It is essentially based on a learner model and a domain model. Read More Read Less

Abstract As a result to the accelerated developments in Internet and information technologies, banks worldwide and in Jordan are relying on the services allowed by these technologies to ease the use of e-banking. Nowadays the use of electronic banking has prevailed the traditional banking. This paper is dedicated to propose an instrument for investigating factors that affect e-banking services quality offered... As a result to the accelerated developments in Internet and information technologies, banks worldwide and in Jordan are relying on the services allowed by these technologies to ease the use of e-banking. Nowadays the use of electronic banking has prevailed the traditional banking. This paper is dedicated to propose an instrument for investigating factors that affect e-banking services quality offered by the commercial banks worldwide and in particularly in Jordan. Based upon many e-services quality scales and metrics and an extensive revision of the related literature, five e-banking quality dimensions are identified and modified to be able to apply them on national Jordanian context. These dimensions for measuring e-banking quality are: efficiency, reliability, responsiveness, privacy/security, and communication. The aim of the work presented in this paper is to allow and enhance awareness among bank managers on the importance of ebanking service quality, and assist them to publicize usage of e-banking channel in a bid to improve banks performance and effectiveness. This is achieved through assisting in formulating appropriate marketing strategies for e-banking services. The findings of this study provide useful information which is helpful for the banks providing e-banking services, how they can improve their bank’s strategic position for longer period of time through satisfying customers, establishing, developing and maintaining successful and strong relationships which in turn will results in increased business performance of banks. The study discusses the importance of these findings for practitioners and for future research on e-banking service quality in Jordan and abroad. Read More Read Less

Abstract Using the anonymity feature of GDSS (Group Decision Support Systems) meeting application as a backbone, this paper is aimed to find out whether enhancing technical anonymity in the GDSS supported meetings will increase participants’ confidence in the software’s confidentiality, causing more productive discussions. Some Anonymity Enhancing Technologies (AETs) are discussed, and their impact on ensuring anonymity is investigated. Semi-structured interviews... Using the anonymity feature of GDSS (Group Decision Support Systems) meeting application as a backbone, this paper is aimed to find out whether enhancing technical anonymity in the GDSS supported meetings will increase participants’ confidence in the software’s confidentiality, causing more productive discussions. Some Anonymity Enhancing Technologies (AETs) are discussed, and their impact on ensuring anonymity is investigated. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with experienced facilitators, technical support individuals and users of GDSS meeting software, from real business environmental settings. The ‘FacilitatePro’ and ‘MeetingSphere’ meeting applications were investigated for the research. The paper illustrates some results, and proposes future research related to AETs in GDSS supported meetings. Read More Read Less

Abstract This paper proposes a multi-agent model for solving the university course timetabling problem named M.A.T.P (Multi-Agent model for university Timetabling Problem). Our model is based on cooperative and negotiating agents enabling highly parallel and distributed processing of the problem and incorporating new constraints that have not been taken into account by previous works. The aim of our model is to... This paper proposes a multi-agent model for solving the university course timetabling problem named M.A.T.P (Multi-Agent model for university Timetabling Problem). Our model is based on cooperative and negotiating agents enabling highly parallel and distributed processing of the problem and incorporating new constraints that have not been taken into account by previous works. The aim of our model is to provide a best solution satisfying hard and soft constraints while reducing temporal complexity. To evaluate the performance of our model, we choose to address a real case (instances of the Higher Business School of Tunis) where we realize a test scenario by analyzing the variation of the number of messages in terms of the assignment priority score and its effect on the execution time. Read More Read Less