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Learner Control and Personal Learning Environment: A Challenge for Instructional Design
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Valjataga, Terje; Laanpere, Mart – Interactive Learning Environments, 2010
In an increasingly networked and technologically mediated world, people need to continuously update their knowledge and skill base, so as to be able to self-direct their intentional learning projects. In addition to teaching domain-specific knowledge and skills, the role of higher education should be reorganizing current teaching and studying…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Intentional Learning, Foreign Countries, Educational Environment
The Development of Technology Enhanced Learning: Findings from a 2008 Survey of UK Higher Education Institutions
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Jenkins, Martin; Browne, Tom; Walker, Richard; Hewitt, Roger – Interactive Learning Environments, 2011
This article summarises the key findings from a UK survey of higher education institutions, focusing on the development of technology enhanced learning (TEL). TEL is defined as any online facility or system that directly supports learning and teaching. The 2008 survey builds upon previous UCISA surveys conducted in 2001, 2003 and 2005 and for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries, School Surveys
Cognitive Skills Acquisition in Life-Long Learning (Part I).
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Kinshuk – Interactive Learning Environments, 2002
Articles in this special issue on the theme of cognitive skills acquisition in lifelong learning begins with an analysis of cognitive skills, then moves to various methodologies and approaches for their effective acquisition, and concludes with a specific implementation of computer systems facilitating this acquisition. (AEF)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Continuing Education, Educational Development
Learning by Creating: Letting the Student Do the Work.
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Kemp, R. H.; Stewart, T.; Fung, I. P. W.; Orban, B. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2002
There is evidence to suggest that mature students learn particularly effectively in a problem-solving environment, and that they appear to be especially responsive to analogies and metaphors. Three examples are given of domains where the student has to convert a formulation into an equivalent diagram. Arguably, the process of performing this…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
Cognitive Skills Acquisition in Life-Long Learning (Part 2).
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Kinshuk – Interactive Learning Environments, 2003
Introduces three papers that discuss the design methodology for developing learning systems for cognitive skills acquisition. Provides specific examples of processes that underlie the acquisition of cognitive skills. Confirms that through the embrace of lifelong learning, cognitive skills-based learning environments are finding a more prominent…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Continuing Education, Educational Development
Computer-Supported Training of Psycho-Diagnostic Skills
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Westera, W.; Hommes, M. A.; Houtmans, M.; Kurvers, H. J. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2003
This paper outlines and discusses a self-contained multimedia-training program on psychological diagnostics. The program aims to play an intermediate role between theory and working practice, while offering students a simulated environment to prepare for practical work with real humans. The program simulates the entire diagnostic cycle in…
Descriptors: Simulated Environment, Program Design, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries