Research in online education has demonstrated that sense of classroom community is an important factor in learning. This study extends the research to the new learning environment of virtual worlds and compares classroom community and learning satisfaction with different learning tasks in two distance learning courses. Students’ perceptions of classroom community and learning satisfaction were ...

Technological advances related to information and communication technologies are having profound impacts on the education and training industries and learning processes. As technology-mediated learning (TML) becomes commonplace back-dropped against continued primary reliance on the traditional classroom (TC), there are significant implications for TC learning. Moreover, in light of Leidner and ...

Classroom climate has been demonstrated to associate with individuals’ various attributes and outcomes. Recent research has also confirmed students’ goal orientations deserving to be recognized as a significant achievement-related outcome. In this line, the current study intended to examine the relationship between Iranian EFL students’ perceptions of their classroom environment and their achie...

OBJECTIVE Physical activity is positively related to improved student behaviors. Stability balls have been used as interventions to affect student behavior. The objective of this study was to determine whether the use of stability balls elicits more physical activity than the use of regular chairs and whether stability balls positively influence behavior. METHOD Participants (n = 43 fourth gr...

The world-wide-web has revolutionized the way in which information is disseminated. This has led to new paradigms for commerce, entertainment, and the way in which the physical world can be experienced. Over 20 years ago, Stanford University introduced a new concept to learning: the use of video for distribution and broadcast of classroom lectures[Ref 1]. In the last few years, video broadcasti...

The world-wide-web has revolutionized the way in which information is disseminated. This has led to new paradigms for commerce, entertainment, and the way in which the physical world can be experienced. Over 20 years ago, Stanford University introduced a new concept to learning: the use of video for distribution and broadcast of classroom lectures[Ref 1]. In the last few years, video broadcasti...