Presents a model of instructional games and learning that elaborates key features of games that are of interest from an instructional perspective; the game cycle of user judgments, behavior, and feedback; and types of learning outcomes that can be achieved. Discusses implications for the design and implementation of effective instructional games.…

Small business owner-managers were grouped in networks in a collaborative approach to management learning. Establishment of these communities of trust helped overcome lack of time and resources for reflection, lack of peer contact, and the expectation that small business managers must be omniscient. (Contains 27 references and 12 additional…

Presents a historical overview of ideas related to distributed cognition. Highlights include distributed cognition in cognitive science and in educational psychology; the influence of cultural-historical psychology; and implications for educational practice, including curriculum revision, social dimensions, and learning processes. (Author/LRW)

Considers whether electronic learning can be effective for performance improvement in business. Topics include the prevalence of online instruction; electronic learning as one tool among many effective ones; different ways of learning; cost effectiveness; reasons to invest in electronic learning; and assessing learning needs. (LRW)

Shows how, through shared inquiry into literacy processes, both the teachers and students become learners. Describes the shared inquiry that took place in a classroom of 10- and 11-year olds in which teachers and students explored the meanings, purposes, and outcomes of their literacy curriculum. (SR)

Describes how a teacher-researcher used knowledge modeling as a basis for assessing students' knowledge. Discusses how the scoring template was created and how the students' recollections were scored. Finds that students with no prior knowledge of a subject were at a disadvantage in the classroom. (PRA)

Examines the implications of the term "goal directed," or "intentional behavior," in the context of instructional design strategies. Models developed by Piaget and Vygotsky regarding development and learning are reviewed; intentionality and situated activities are discussed and examples given; and principles regarding…

Five stages of development in the facilitation of adventure experiences in order of sophistication are letting the experience speak for itself; speaking for the experience by the instructor; debriefing the experience through reflection; frontloading the experience with prebriefing; and framing the experience isomorphically. (KS)

Considers the nature of distance education and presents specific ways in which computers and computer-assisted language learning (CALL) can be used effectively. Topics include costs; and designing curricula for CALL distance learners, including testing, appropriate training, student attitudes, and learning dynamics. Contains 32 references. (LRW)

Considers the appropriate role of technology in higher education, particularly in teacher-education programs. Topics include problems with too much technology, preparing students for the use of technology, the need for backup plans if problems with the technology arise, learning processes, and teaching style. (LRW)

Explains scaffolding as temporary steps in the learning process where higher skills build on mastering more simple skills, often with the help of an expert. Topics include elaboration theory; joint problem solving; promoting self-regulation; Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD); and inner speech and external speech. (LRW)

Describes empirical research in the fields of neurology and cognitive science that is being conducted to determine how and why the brain learns. Explains ways that video is compatible with how the brain learns and suggests it should be used more extensively by teachers and library media specialists. (LRW)

Explains a nested hierarchy of conceptions of teaching and suggests a process of expanding awareness among academic staff of the relation between learning and teaching. Presents a case study of one lecturer's changing conceptions and discusses how conceptual change may be encouraged in academic staff. (Author/LRW)

Discusses the Alexandria Digital Earth Prototype (ADEPT), part of the Alexandria Digital Library at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Describes a classroom evaluation of system use by faculty and students, and a laboratory-based usability study that investigates users' mental models of ADEPT and student learning. (Contains 29…

Includes two articles that highlight changes in Eastern Europe's distance education in higher education institutions since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Examines the high demand for distance education in the Czech Republic and the need for training in distance education technology; and reports on the fourth Romanian Internet Learning Workshop.…