Educational research and development into e-learning mainly focuses on the inclusion of new technological features without taking into account psycho-pedagogical concerns that are likely to improve a learner's cognitive process in this new educational category. This paper presents an instructional model that combines objectivist and constructivist learning theories. The model is based on the co...

This research took a qualitative approach, focusing on the perceptions and experience of consultants and consultees. The rationale is explored in the light of previous research, which concentrates on a quantitative approach and does not explore consultation from the participants’ perspective. This research adds to the research base because it investigates the experience of participants in consu...

Electronic textbooks, or e-texts, will have an increasingly important role in college science courses within the next few years due to the rising costs of traditional texts and the increasing availability of software allowing instructors to create their own e-text. However, few guidelines exist in the literature to aid instructors in the development and design specifically of e-texts using soun...

This documental study has the qualitative approach of a case study. It analyzes how autonomy has been developed in nursing students process of knowledge construction, in a context mediated by the use of educational chat in Learning Management Systems (LMS). The analyzed materials were eight discussions promoted by students, professors, and monitors in the chat session of TelEduc LMS. The softwa...

This article describes a research-driven heuristic for the scholarly evaluation of teaching and learning interventions, which is systematic, collaborative, and discipline focused. We offer this guide to educational developers and other instructional support staff who are tracking the impact of interventions in teaching and learning with academic colleagues who lack backgrounds in educational ev...

We consider the design and provision of websites with respect to gender issues from various perspectives. A general view of the field is given and educational issues are specifically considered in relation to gender differences in the use of IT as an effective educational aid, especially by children. Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) models at different levels of abstraction are presented, toget...

Rhodes AE, Rozell TG. A constructivist approach to e-text design for use in undergraduate physiology courses. Adv Physiol Educ 39: 172–180, 2015; doi:10.1152/advan.00011.2015.—Electronic textbooks, or e-texts, will have an increasingly important role in college science courses within the next few years due to the rising costs of traditional texts and the increasing availability of software allo...

When disasters strike, local physicians are at the front lines of the response in their community. Curriculum guidelines have been developed to aid in preparation of family medicine residents to fulfill this role. Disaster responsiveness has recently been added to the Residency Review Committee Program Requirements in Community Medicine with little family medicine literature support. In this ar...

In recent years, university educators have moved from singular reliance upon the didactic lecture hall format to a composite system that uses a full array of course development, delivery, maintenance and management tools. This paper briefly introduces such as system by discussing the concept of a “smart and flexible campus education”. The system offers an integrated series of educational tools ...