This study has three major purposes, including designing mobile natural-science learning activities that rest on the 5E Learning Cycle, examining the effects of these learning activities on students’ performances of learning aquatic plants, and exploring students’ perceptions toward these learning activities. A case-study method is utilized and the science club with 46 fourth-grade students is ...

This paper focuses on the potential of integration of Multiple Learning Activities in Interactive Constructions (MLA -ICs), appropriate to support student learning of a specific learning subject. In fact, these constructions could be transformed using appropriate macros to support a variety of learning activities, beginning with real-life activities and gradually moving to more sophisticated sc...

Several types of learning environments have been classified under the umbrella term of CSCL (ComputerSupported Collaborative Learning). Literature has acknowledged the importance facilitators have in CSCL environments. Nevertheless these environments still lack support to the activities carried out by facilitators during learning activities. In this work we address the needs of supporting the f...

As students work through online learning systems such as the Reasoning Mind blended learning system, they often are not confined to working within a single educational activity; instead, they work through various different activities such as conceptual instruction, problemsolving items, and fluency-building games. However, most work on assessing student knowledge using methods such as Bayesian ...

This chapter describes how a mind mapping tool, Compendium, is being used to help designers and teachers create and share learning activities. Initial evaluation of the use of the tool for learning design has been positive; users report that it is easy to use and helps them organise and articulate their learning designs. Importantly the tool also enables them to share and discuss their design s...