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The study emphasized the social dimension of learning (Vygotsky, 1978) through the asynchronous e-learning channel, which was considered essential for validating the learner’s own knowledge domain. [1st published in 2004]

Present day classroom practices can benefit from the use of new technologies and teaching methodologies. Using inquiry-based learning and knowledge-based techniques in classroom situations, the paper relates the experiments conducted over two semesters at the Singapore Maritime Academy. In the experiments, the lectures were replaced with student activities, which resulted in engagement of stude...

Paper by Kalyan Chatterjea, Lecturer, Singapore Polytechnic & Prof Takeshi Nakazawa, World Maritime University, Sweden. Presented at THE 8th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENGINE ROOM SIMULATORS (ICERS 8) Held in Manila, Philippines, 5-8 November 2007

The document describes a novel education model for maritime training, driven by knowledge base technology. The document was recently submitted by Singapore to International Maritime Organisation.