ISSN 2234-8034

IJEL
International Journal of Education and Learning Vol. 2, No. 1, March, 2013

SCIENCE & ENGINEERING RESEARCH SUPPORT SOCIETY

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Editor-in-Chief of the IJEL Journal

Sabah Mohammed,
Lakehead University, Canada

Wai-Chi Fang,
National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

General Information of IJEL

Bibliographic Information

ISSN: 2234-8034 Publisher: SERSC

Science & Engineering Research Support soCiety

Contact Information
Science & Engineering Research Support soCiety

Head Office: 20 Virginia Court, Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia Phone no.: +61-3-9016-9027

Email: ijel@sersc.org

Journal Aims
Our Journal provides a chance for academic and industry professionals to discuss recent progress in the area of Education and Learning. To bridge the gap of users who do not have access to major databases where one should pay for every downloaded article; this online publication platform is open to all readers as part of our commitment to global scientific society.

Journal Topics
The main topics include but will not be limited to: (Excellent surveying works, summary or introduction of new or fresh idea in these areas are welcome, too)

Education
Awards and Education Basic Science in Education Bridging the gap of Education and the Requirements of the Real Life Changes and Challenges in Education

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Classroom Monitoring Computers for Education Continuing Education & Its Delivery Continuous Collaboration of Industry and Education Distributed computing and distributed data bases for education Distributed multimedia and Networks for education Education Reforms Educational Software and Development Educational technologies for People with Special Needs Educational technologies for Women and Minorities Educational Textbooks Election of Faculty Members Environment and educational technologies Examinations and Tests via Internet Globalization in education Challenges and problems
Grants, Funds, Prizes and Projects for the New Educational Technologies Integration of Computers, Internet, Multimedia for Educational Purposes

Intelligent Robots as Teachers International Recognition of Qualifications Internet for Education Management of Educational Institutes Methodologies in examinations and relevant problems Multimedia for Education Networking, Reliability aspects for Education New types of Examinations Privacy issues for education Promotion of the Cultural Heritage through educational technologies Psychological Aspects and Relations between lecturers and students Quality Assurance in educational technologies Resources and Funds in educational technologies Social and cultural impact of modern communications for education Studies in Engineering and the needs of the Production and Market Supervision and Re-Organization of Laboratories with New Technologies Transfer of Know-how for educational technologies Virtual school, Virtual Classroom Web-based Education Web-Management of education

Learning
Adaptive e- and u-Learning and intelligent apps & tools Adoption of e- and u-Learning by academic and industry staff Advanced use of multimedia Anytime/anywhere e- and u-Learning and wearable network devices

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Application of instructional design theories Applications of metadata and virtual reality Asynchronous interaction Blended learning approaches Communities of practice Content Development and Management Cost models for e- and u-Learning Course development strategies Distance Learning and Distance Teaching Distributed e- and u-Learning environments e- and u-Learning adoption and Pedagogy e- and u-Learning and social justice e- and u-Learning design, usability, evaluation e- and u-Learning Groupware e- and u-Learning implementation and cognitive styles e- and u-Learning industry and University programs e- and u-Learning portals e- and u-Learning to support communities and individuals e- and u-School & e- and u-University e-books Evaluation of Learning technologies Faculty development and e- and u-Learning Human resource development using e- and u-Learning at the company Impact of the e- and u-Learning and Society Integrated learning and educational environments Inter-institutional education program cooperation Issues in e- and u-Learning Research Knowledge management Learner characteristics Learning Content Management Systems & Learning Management Systems Lifelong e- and u-Learning Management using ICT Marketing and promoting e- and u-Learning Mobile learning National and international projects on e- and u-Learning New partnerships to deliver e- and u-Learning Online and computer aided assessments Open Education Pedagogy for e- and u-Learning teachers Practical uses of authoring tools Pricing and economic analysis of web-based systems for education Remote and wireless teaching technologies Satellite campus issues

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Satellite technologies for e- and u-Learning Simulations and virtual learning environments Social and collaborative e- and u-Learning Societal and cultural issues in e- and u-Learning Structural representations of e-Lessons Support for lifelong learning Synchronous and Non-Synchronous e- and u-Learning The future of e- and u-Learning The Learning Commons Tutoring e- and u-Learning applications and services Web 2.0 technologies and the classroom Other/specialist e- and u-Learning topics

Advisory/Editorial Board

Jacinta Agbarachi Opara, Federal College of Education(Technical),Omoku, Nigeria

Abdullah Al Zoubi, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Amman, Jordan Ali Moeini, University of Tehran, Iran Amine Berqia, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal Andrew Goh, International Management Journals, Singapore Anita Welch, North Dakota State University, USA Asha Kanwar, Commonwealth of Learning, Canada Birgit Oberer, Kadir Has University, Turkey Bulent Acma, Anadolu University,Eskisehir, Turkey Cheah Phaik Kin, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) Kampar, Malaysia Chitharanjandas Chinnapaka, London Metropolitan University, London

David Guralnick, University of Columbia, USA Florin D. Salajan, North Dakota State University in Fargo, ND, USA Francisca Onaolapo Oladipo, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria

Jeton McClinton, Jackson State University, USA Khitam Shraim, An-Najah National University Mads Bo-Kristensen, Resource Center for Integration, Vejle, Denmark Marga Franco i Casamitjana, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain

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Michel Plaisent, University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada Mohd Helmy Abd Wahab, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), Malaysia Mona Laroussi, Institut National des Sciences Appliques et de la Technologie, Tunisia Pankaj Kamthan, Concordia University, Canada Philip L. Balcaen, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada Osman Sadeck, Western Cape Education Department, South Africa Ramayah Thurasamy, University Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia Robert Wierzbicki, University of Applied Sciences Mittweida,Germany Rozhan Mohammed Idrus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia Sapna Tyagi, Institute of Management Studies(IMS), India Satyadhyan Chickerur, M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, India Selwyn Piramuthu, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA Sheila Jagannathan, World Bank Institute, Washington, USA Sheryl Buckley, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Soh Or Kan, Asia e University (AeU), Malaysia Stella Lee, Athabasca University, Canada Tae-Young Byun, Catholic University of Daegu, Korea Toor, Saba Khalil, T.E.C.H Society, Pakistan Yana Tainsh, University of Greenwich, London

Editorial Secretary:
Yvette E. Gelogo Ronnie D. Caytiles

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Foreword and Editorial

International Journal of Education and Learning

We are very happy to publish this issue of an International Journal of Education and Learning by Science and Engineering Research Support soCiety. This issue contains 3 articles. Achieving such a high quality of papers would have been impossible without the huge work that was undertaken by the Editorial Board members and External Reviewers. We take this opportunity to thank them for their great support and cooperation. The paper A Cost-Benefit Analysis of HRD Masters Degree On-line Programaims to estimate the break-event number of students and return on investment (ROI) for HRD online program with a case of F University in the U.S. Achieving this goals, the study calculated the costs required to course development and delivery and revenue by enrolled students over twenty years (2013-2032). The results showed that the total cost per course was $44,530, and the break-even number of students is 32 per course. In addition, as the result of the long-term projection (2013~2032), this program will get a net benefit of $41,400,587 (ROI of 452%), other things being equal. For the sustainable success of the program, the study suggested the university should make an investment in program advertizing to recruit students and maintain the quality of the program in terms of design, content, delivery method, student support, and accessibility to enhance student retention and completion rate as well. Paper Managing Career Success of Geodetic Engineers examined several variables that may contribute to Geodetic Engineers objective (fringe benefits) and subjective (life satisfaction) success. Predictive variables include professional development, networks and professional linkages. The construction business involved in this study will be properly informed of predictors of career success that will lead to satisfaction of Geodetic Engineers. This will also help management students to manage their career through planning and provide them with insight on how geodetic engineers can be successful in their chosen career and be satisfied with their work life. Hence, the contractors will be able to save a lot of time, effort and money in training. Some of the interesting insights are: (a) The Geodetic Engineers received high fringe benefits; (b) Geodetic Engineers are promoted because of their professional development; (c) Geodetic Engineers are only satisfied with life satisfaction and (d) Network and professional linkages predictors generally displayed stronger relationship both objective career success and subjective career success. The Authors of Competency-Based Calisthenics of Learning Outcomes for Engineering Education discusses that today the number of students pursuing education in various engineering disciplines is on the rise. With the growing demand for higher achievements of

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learners, engineering institutions are expected to develop and implement a competence-based curriculum. Hence designing curriculum and courses in engineering education with stress on learning outcomes is the goal. This paper presents a practical approach to perception of teaching-learning process in engineering education, systems model of human behavior and design of curriculum based on learning outcomes.

March, 2012

Sabah Mohammed, Lakehead University, Canada Wai-Chi Fang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Editors of the March Issue on International Journal of Education and Learning

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Table of Contents

A Cost-Benefit Analysis of HRD Masters Degree On-line Program

Sung-Hyun Cha

Managing Career Success of Geodetic Engineers

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Tomas Ucol-Ganiron Jr. and Tomas Malvecino-Ganiron

Competency-Based Calisthenics of Learning Outcomes for Engineering Education

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D. Asir Antony Gnana Singh and E. Jebamalar Leavline