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Barber, Wendy – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2020
This paper is a mixed methods case study measuring student perceptions of a pedagogical strategy called "Digital Moments" (DM) for developing creative interactive online learning communities. The theoretical framework within which this resides is the Fully Online Learning Community (FOLC) model (vanOostveen et al, 2016), based on a…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Online Courses, Communities of Practice, Teaching Methods
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Obikwelu, Chinedu; Read, Janet; Sim, Gavin – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2013
For a child to learn through Problem-Solving in Serious games, the game scaffolding mechanism has to be effective. Scaffolding is based on the Vygotzkian Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) concept which refers to the distance between the actual development level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Learning Strategies, Child Development
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Barber, Wendy; King, Sherry; Buchanan, Sylvia – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2015
The purpose of this paper is to qualitatively examine the relationship between problem based learning, authentic assessment and the role of community in fostering learning in digital contexts. The authors used "Digital Moments" to create a meaningful learning environment and build the online class community. They then collaboratively…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Cooperative Learning, Online Courses, Communities of Practice