Expert systems: An introduction

Expert systems encode human expertise in limited domains by representing it usingif-then rules. This article explains the development and applications of expert systems.     

Media Education‐‐a call for a change in teaching

The ever growing importance of mass media in social life makes media education one of the most challenging tasks for modern schools. While educators generally agree on the topics for this new area of study, the implications of media studies for teaching have long been overlooked. We should not teach about media as we teach about any other subject; media education calls for a change in the classroom. This article describes some of the consequences of media studies for classroom communication and points out the new opportunities for meaningful teaching.     

Developing a prototype information system framework to handle pedagogical knowledge in a secondary school modern foreign languages department

This paper reports a small-scale project to develop a prototype web-based information system to support teaching and learning within the modern languages department of a comprehensive secondary school. The system was developed in close consultation with the teaching staff and the work is presented within the broader context of knowledge management systems and their potential use in an educational environment.     

The ethical status of non-commercial spam

Much attention has been given in recent years to the moral status of commercial spam. Less attention has been focused on newer, non-commercial varieties of spam, such as spam from political parties, community sector organizations and governments. This article makes a start on evaluating the moral status of these non-commercial varieties of spam, drawing on arguments used to evaluate commercial spam.