Browsing by Author "Rana, Ahmed"

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A novel approach to e-learning: Yasar university e-Learning system (YES)
(Academic Conferences Limited info@academic-conferences.org, 2013) Ibrahim Zincir; Melih Zeytinoǧlu; Tohid Ahmed Rana; Samsun Mustafa Basarici; Basarici, Samsun; Zincir, Ibrahim; Rana, Ahmed; Zeytinoglu, Melih
Since 2009 every student who attends Yasar University (Izmir Turkey) regardless of their department has to take part in seven courses (Human Sciences Research Culture Design Culture Aesthetic Culture Ethic Culture Project Culture and a Social Responsibilities Project) defined as University Foundation Courses (UFND). These courses are part of the university's effort to graduate students who are not only hard-working and respectable but also who are responsible and beneficent to society and the environment that they are living in. Approximately 4000 students attend these courses every term which in return results in certain challenges. One of the more pressing challenges is shortage of lecturers and classrooms which is the root of a more visible problem, the complexity and difficulty of the timetable for the whole university. Hence in January 2012 it was decided that a new approach was needed. At the start of the 2012-2013 academic year a novel E-learning system was introduced to offer these seven courses online. Yasar University E-Learning System (YES) differs from its peers in one important aspect: YES assesses the students continuously. YES does this by not only monitoring but also by encouraging them to get involved in the courses much more actively than any other system. In addition to the assessment of the students continuously the new system evaluates the effectiveness of the users of the system by requiring them to attend the offered forums and live discussions with lecturers at least two times a week. This paper discusses the structure and the implementation of YES and the experiences so far. Furthermore the paper draws some comparisons between YES and other popular E-learning systems. © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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A Proposal for a Novel e-Learning System for the Visually Impaired
(ACAD CONFERENCES LTD, 2014) Ahmed Rana; Ibrahim Zincir; Samsun Basarici; Basarici, Samsun; Rana, Ahmed; Zincir, Ibrahim; R Orngreen; KT Levinsen
According to World Health Organization (WHO) 285 million people are estimated to be visually impaired worldwide: 39 million are blind and 246 million have low vision. It is a well-known fact that for the visually impaired it is not possible to access the information via drawings and figures as there is no interpretation. In addition it is not easy to search through a passage for the relevant information as Braille takes much more time to read and finally a lot of memorization is necessary in order to achieve success in life. As standard procedures and systems for education are not sufficient for these people a novel approach is necessary. The recent advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs) have placed e-learning at the front row of education methodologies for the disabled. E-learning applications and websites specifically designed for accessibility help to improve the quality of the education without undermining the functionality and the usability. This paper first outlines the challenges and the shortcomings of e-learning schemas for the visually impaired and then proposes a novel touch screen application implemented via an effective and interactive user-friendly e-learning system.
ELCARE: A Novel Approach for Educating Caretakers of Elderly
(ACAD CONFERENCES LTD, 2015) Ibrahim Zincir; Samsun Basarici; Ahmed Rana; Fisun Senuzun; Basarici, Samsun; Zincir, Ibrahim; Senuzun, Fisun; Rana, Ahmed; A Jefferies; M Cubric
Elderly care or simply eldercare is the fulfillment of the special needs and requirements that are unique to senior citizens. Elderly care emphasizes the social and personal requirements of senior citizens who need some assistance for daily activities and health care but who desire to age with dignity. With the improvements made in health technologies the life expectancy in EU is increasing and more than 80 million people are aged over 60 in Europe today. Experts believe that the increasing number of elderly people who need help with basic tasks but have been left to struggle by an unprecedented withdrawal of state-funded social care create a huge problem, lack of nurses/caretakers for the elderly. This paper discusses an e-learning system for elderly care that simply educates/trains the people who want to take care of the elderly, either those who want to become professional caretakers or those who are volunteers or social workers. The novel system inherits web and mobile apps and will be deployed multilingual. The main goal of the system is to increase the social intellectual and cognitive abilities of the target group like increasing the patience devotion physical endurance etc. The system is buildup of modules that have a linear character i.e. user has to pass a module successfully in order to proceed to the next one.
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The Security and the Credibility Challenges in e-Voting Systems
(ACAD CONFERENCES LTD, 2015) Ahmed Rana; Ibrahim Zincir; Samsun Basarici; Basarici, Samsun; Rana, Ahmed; Zincir, Ibrahim; N Abouzakhar
E-voting is one of the most emerging social innovations of the 21st century which is being adopted by many countries since it represents the peak of e-government solutions and also enables an easier way to vote for their citizens and expatriates. In addition e-voting systems will not only increase the amount of voters' participation but also will decrease the total cost of electoral process. The main concern with the e-voting system is security. Unlike any other offence it is first difficult to observe ambiguities in voting and also it is much more difficult to locate the lost or to detect the rigged votes. Challenges such as how to authenticate the voter how to securely cast his/her vote and then how to store and to count these votes without outside influence generate whole scrutiny over the e-voting systems. This paper first discusses these challenges and then proposes a unique approach to ensure public confidence and credibility over the electoral systems. This proposal inherits 2 independent modules, first module to verify authentication by implementing an e-government application and smartphone to identify a registered voter. After the completion of successful validation the second module that provides anonymity to the voter similar to TOR (The Onion Router) will be activated to cast the e-ballot.