Second language writing instruction has been greatly influenced by the growing importance of technology and the recent shift of paradigm from a cognitive to a social orientation in second language acquisition (Lantolf & Thorne, 2006). Therefore, the applications of computer assisted language learning and activity theory have been suggested as a promising framework for writing studies. The prese...

Recent widespread use of hypermedia in education may be challenging to some learners because of information overload, technical novelty, and multiple levels of decision making, requiring their more self-regulatory learning ability. In scaffolding learners to be more self-regulated, it would be critical to expand our understanding about how learning with hypermedia relates to self-regulation. Th...

The field of hypertext/hypermedia has mushroomed so much in the last five years that an article such as this cannot hope to be all-embracing. Rather, what we will do is provide a perspective on hypertext/hypermedia while offering guidance to the published literature. The perspective we give is essentially user-centred since we believe that ultimately it is user issues which will determine the s...

The technology-assisted teaching and learning process has seen a spurt in growth the last two decades. education technology field rapidly embraced new tools techniques to enhance student experience. With evolution of multimedia elements such as digital images, audio, video, graphics, animation, supported by made flexible accessible terms time place. Wi-Fi enabled campuses, it is much easier for...

In this paper we present a multimedia system for computer science education that illuseates a new class of educational multimedia applications characterized by a seamless integration of different multimedia data types. The combination of hypertext, computer animation. and digital video results in an interactive hypermedia leaming environment impossible to redize before the advent of multimedia ...

Information search in hypermedia system involves several cognitive resources, which can lead to a cognitive load. We observed the user navigation behavior during information seeking tasks in a hypertext environment. In this paper, we present qualitative results about navigation strategies employed in information seeking in order to reduce the cognitive load caused by the task and the interface.

Traditional expository texts typically follow formats that have been well established and predictable. However, design of hypertext systems depend to a large extent on the epistemological, instructional and design perspectives that the design team espouses. Therefore, one of the important differences in learning from hypertext compared to learning from traditional text is that students need to ...

the effect of motivational self-regulatory strategies on l2 learners’ achievement has scarcely been examined within the context of our country, iran. this study is concerned with examining the relationship between motivational self-regulatory strategies and their l2 reading and l2 writing achievement. it also explores the relationship of motivational self-regulatory strategies and use of langua...