Archive | May, 2010

Car Manufacturers work on Android Integration for their Vehicles – [videos]

19 May

GM and OnStar are working on the integration of mobile Android application into one of their cars (Chevrolet Volt). A demonstration of a first working prototype can be seen in the video below. Ford was also working on integrating mobile applications into their cars as the following two videos demonstrate: SYNC AppLink and the New 2011 [...]

[paper] – Information and communication technologies in the life of university freshmen: An analysis of change

18 May

Ein weiterer Artikel mit dem ich mich im Zuge der Lehrveranstaltung “Technology Enhanced Learning“, abgehalten an der Technischen Universität Graz (TU Graz), beschäftigt habe, ist: “Information and communication technologies in the life of university freshmen: An analysis of change“ [1]. Die Studie versucht Antworten auf die folgenden Fragen zu finden: What is the self-perception of ICT competences [...]

[paper] – Toward deep learning for adult students in online courses

18 May

Diese Woche habe ich mich im Zuge der Lehrveranstaltung “Technology Enhanced Learning“, abgehalten an der Technischen Universität Graz (TU Graz), mit dem Artikel “Toward deep learning for adult students in online courses“ [1] beschäftigt. Der Artikel beschäftigt sich mit Methoden, die speziell im e-Learning für den Erwachsenenbereich angewendet werden können. Die steigende Bedeutung der Erwachsenenbildung soll durch [...]

A Video Introduction to Web3.0 (The Semantic Web?)

10 May

Today I found a very interesting video discussing the term of the Semantic Web, not only in a technical way. Have a look at the following video: What do you think? Do you think the Semantic Web is going to happen as many people think? Related articles by Zemanta Web 3.0, The Movie [Video] (techcrunch.com) [...]

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) – Secure Key Exchange – [video]

10 May

In public key infrastructures a common problem is that both communication partners have to have the same key in order communicate in a secure way (to encrypt and decrypt messages properly). The question is how is it practically possible to share a secret key over an untrusted channel like the internet for example. The solution [...]