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Lam, Ho Cheong – Interactive Learning Environments, 2022
Variation theory, which is a theory of learning developed by Marton and others, has quickly become popular in education research. Our purpose of this paper is to articulate the application of variation theory in the form of a number of concrete design principles that offer prescriptive and practical guidelines for improving the designs of…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Computer Software, Educational Technology, Instructional Design
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Amory, Alan – Interactive Learning Environments, 2014
This design-based research project is concerned with the design, development and deployment of interactive technological learning environments to support contemporary education. The use of technologies in education often replicates instructivist positions and practices. However, the use of Cultural Historical Activity Theory (C), authentic…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Relevance (Education), Active Learning, Curriculum Design
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Zottmann, J. M.; Goeze, A.; Frank, C.; Zentner, U.; Fischer, F.; Schrader, J. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2012
Analytical competency in classroom situations can be seen as a crucial aspect of teachers' professional competency. While case-based learning is considered to have great potential for teacher education, particularly with respect to the promotion of teachers' analytical skills, there have been very few attempts to investigate the effects of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Competence, Preservice Teacher Education, Learning Processes
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Johnson, Mark; Liber, Oleg – Interactive Learning Environments, 2008
We present the Personal Learning Environment (PLE) as a practical intervention concerning the organization of technology in education. We explain this by proposing a cybernetic model of the "Personal Learner" using Beer's Viable System Model (VSM). Using the VSM, we identify different regulatory mechanisms that maintain viability for learners, and…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement, Cybernetics
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Lofstrom, Erika; Nevgi, Anne – Interactive Learning Environments, 2008
This article focuses on how the teachers' pedagogical awareness is displayed and shaped while they learn to use information and communication technology (ICT) in their teaching and the aim here is to increase our understanding of university teachers as learners and as developers of their pedagogical awareness. The pedagogical awareness of teachers…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, College Faculty, Educational Technology, Electronic Publishing
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Villar, Luis M.; Alegre, Olga M. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2008
Online education is used for a variety of purposes in higher education. Two such purposes are improving one's performance over time and understanding one's professional development in the context of online teaching and learning. Relying on data from online staff development courses delivered in five Spanish universities, this article explores…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Quality Control, Faculty Development, College Faculty
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Pea, Roy D.; Gomez, Louis M. – Interactive Learning Environments, 1992
Examines the prospects for learning and education through the use of interactive multimedia technologies (IMT) connected through telecommunications to create distributed multimedia learning environments. Highlights include a theoretical orientation on learning and teaching processes; teachers' roles; implications of learning theory for IMT design;…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer System Design, Distance Education, Educational Environment