Literature reviews on hypermedia learning have yet failed to show consistent positive effects of learner-controlled nonlinear information access. We argue that a possible reason for this lack of evidence in favor of hypermedia learning results from the fact that not sufficient attention is paid to the strategies of information utilization learners deploy. The few studies that do analyze these s...

Using Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) to develop learner autonomy is a challenging task in the context of teaching English as a foreign language (EFL). A new, double channel model for developing learner autonomy is proposed. This provides the basis for an experimental study, which investigates the impact of an autonomous learning platform (ALP). Both self-directed learning and social...

We investigate the use of web search queries for detecting errors in non-native writing. Distinguishing a correct sequence of words from a sequence with a learner error is a baseline task that any error detection and correction system needs to address. Using a large corpus of error-annotated learner data, we investigate whether web search result counts can be used to distinguish correct from in...

this paper investigates learner-initiated responses to english language teachers’ referential questions and learner initiatives after teachers’ feedback moves in meaning-focused question-answer sequences to analyze how interactional practices of language teachers, their initiation and feedback moves, facilitate learner initiatives. classroom discourse research has largely neglected learner init...

High potential variation in prior knowledge, metacognitive skills, and motivation within learner populations can prompt design strategies that combine explicit structuring and scaffolding with increased learner control. We examine the use of such a strategy—a structured inquiry cycle—in a corpus of online modules (50) for adult informal learners using process mining. We apply process analysis t...

This manuscript is to provide an action research report on the issues behind the prototyping of a student-centered creative knowledge environment (CKE), which focuses on developing student responsibility, making learning meaningful, promoting overt knowledge construction, performing learner assessment, and showcasing learner achievements. The primary idea is to create an electronic knowledge sp...

Personality and individual differences are effective parameters in human activities such as learning. Since the learning style of each learner is different, we must fit learning to the different needs of learners. In this paper, an innovative learning approach is proposed by considering the learner’s preferences. Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator’s (MBTI) tools, a framework for adaptive tea...

To be effective change agents, continuing education (CE) professionals must be able to develop strategies that assess and affect learners’ motivation to learn about specific topics and engage in specific learning activities. This article suggests a framework for assessing and influencing learner motivation. Need reduction theory based on discrepancy analysis provides one way to explain and pred...