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Online Peer Review: Encouraging Student Response and Development
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Lansiquot, Reneta; Rosalia, Christine – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2015
This study explored the use of a tailored online peer review program for first-year undergraduate students at an urban college of technology. The program facilitated group peer review in meaningful and technologically elegant ways. Students in a composition class were divided into two groups. One group acted as first reviewers, and the other group…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Student Reaction, Student Development, Online Systems
Can Interactive Working Memory Training Improve Learning?
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Alloway, Tracy – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2012
Background: Working memory is linked to learning outcomes and there is emerging evidence that training working memory can yield gains in working memory and fluid intelligence. Aims: The aim of the present study was to investigate whether interactive working memory training would transfer to acquired cognitive skills, such as vocabulary and…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Outcomes of Education, Educational Objectives, Short Term Memory
A Comparison between Flash and Second Life Programs as Aids in the Learning of Basic Laboratory Procedures
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Booth, Paula; Henderson-Begg, Stephanie – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2011
Invited as a paper from E-Learn 2009 This study compared two programmes developed as a learning tool for students to practise basic laboratory procedures. One was a Flash simulation programme, the other a Second Life virtual reality programme. A cohort of 93 bioscience students participated in the between trial. A control group was used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Laboratory Procedures, Science Instruction