What is the right mix of workshop-learning and lectures, e-learning and face-to-face dialogue in teaching Human Computer Interaction at university level, where academic reflection is supposed to go hand in hand with learning basic skills in interface design and usability testing? A didactic pattern for teaching HumanComputer Interaction is outlined based on experience from a course in Human Com...

Mediated communication technologies, conveying verbal and nonverbal cues, are more and more employed in learning activities. Nevertheless, their effects on teacher-student interaction have been not clearly stated yet. Through two experimental studies, we investigated on the effects of nonverbal communication cues (kinesic and ostensive-inferential) on synchronous mediated tutoring dialogue, in ...

This paper considers the skills that enable teachers to foster interaction and collaboration in online language learning. Drawing on Hampel and Stickler’s (2005) skills pyramid for online language learning and teaching, it presents the pre-service and in-service training programme that Associate Lecturers in the Department of Languages at the Open University undergo in the context of teaching l...

bedside teaching is a vital component of medical education. it is applicable to any situation where teaching is imparted in the presence of patients. in teaching in the patients’ presence, learners have the opportunities to use all of their senses and learn the humanistic aspect of medicine such as role modeling, which is vital but difficult to communicate in words. unfortunately, bedside teach...

It has been a long time since the wireless technologies are used in learning activities to promote the interaction between teacher and learners. The recent advance in the mobile technologies has created new chances improving the flexibility, efficiency, and functionality of the learning interaction systems. This investigation identifies the weakness of the existing systems, and integrates the e...

Purpose: The learning style of students is one of the important factors that help teachers prepare the conditions for students to learn. As a result, the purpose of this research was to identifying the dimensions and components of education based on reverse learning in the elementary school. Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was descr...