Discusses the need for adequate planning in instructional design and describes the Bulletproof Model for the Design of Blended Learning, a model to guide instructional design for blended learning that combines elements of electronic learning with traditional instruction. Assumes that a performance analysis indicated the need for training. (LRW)

The article describes organizing a seminar in the humanities as a "metalogue" where the object of study is both a text and the occasion itself, as well as the conscious analogical relation between the two. Two examples of the seminar as metalogue are offered. (Author/DB)

Describes a view of learning that has its origins in consciousness and depicts the role of learning in building cultures that both liberate and restrict. Discusses the need to unlearn cultural habits and rituals that impede growth. (SK)

Explores reasons why creativity has only recently gained credibility as a legitimate research field and provides an overview of various disciplinary approaches and methodologies currently in use that are relevant to teaching and learning. Highlights include psychometrics; contextual approaches; experimental approaches; biographical, or…

Reviews literature from neuroscience and mass communications regarding how media affects learning and memory and relates research findings to interactive multimedia. Topics discussed include knowledge and media; neurological conceptions of memory; media and memory; and interactive multimedia and memory. (Contains 24 references.) (LRW)

Introduces the field of complex learning and describes the articles in this and a following special issue on complex learning in computer environments. Highlights include chaos theory; nonlinear systems; complexity theory, including the external complexity of the domain, interactive complexity, and internal cognitive complexity; and a…

Uses a Confucian-Socratic framework to analyze culture's influence on academic learning, comparing and contrasting ideals for learning that are culturally more Chinese (Confucian) with those that are more western (Socratic). Discusses expressions of these approaches in modern postsecondary contexts, noting the effects of these approaches on…

Interviews with 42 bank managers considered learning in the context of new technological projects. Case studies of projects provide evidence that learning from past mistakes is the exception and, therefore, even successful projects had a limited impact on organizations. (Contains 22 references.) (JOW)

New positron emission tomography (PET) and MRI technologies, which allow looking inside the brains, show that the brains of boys and girls differ both structurally and functionally that profoundly affect the human learning. These gender differences in the brain are corroborated in males and females throughout the world and do not differ…

A crucial task for sport research is to understand and explain the processes and conditions underlying skillful motor behavior. One way to account for these processes and conditions is to describe and analyze the distinct stages a learner goes through when acquiring a skill. This article starts by elaborating one of the most dominant…

The purpose of this article is to describe the basic paradigm of the epistemological belief system and to offer new ideas about the conception and study of personal epistemology, namely an embedded systemic model and coordinated teams approach to research. The epistemological belief system approach to personal epistemology is distinguished from…

This paper discusses the current fashion for brain-based learning, in which value-laden claims about learning are grounded in neurophysiology. It argues that brain science cannot have the authority about learning that some seek to give it. It goes on to discuss whether the claim that brain science is relevant to learning involves a category…

In the educational process, the disciplines D1, D2,...,Dn have a succession which is generated by the content and the final objective--the student formation. In this work, the disciplines are presented as structured text entities. The graph associated to the disciplines is established. A method for dependencies evaluation is proposed. The testing…

This article focuses on the theories and study of organizational and workplace learning. It outlines the landscape of learning in co-configuration settings, a new type of work that includes interdependency between multiple producers forming a strategic alliance, supplier network, or other such pattern of partnership which collaboratively puts…

Learning strategies have received a lot of attention in recent years. Many books have been written for both teachers and students, outlining strategies of and for the successful language learner. The research in this area confirms that the conscious use of learning strategies enhances language achievement and proficiency. A well-developed strategy…