As computers become more powerful and prevalent, more researchers are exploring computer tools to help novices gain an understanding into new work domains. The development of such tools involves what has been termed a “learner-centered design” process. But while there is an intuitive notion of what is meant by learner-centered design, there is no formal definition. Here we present our definitio...

background: every year a number of iran’s faculty members in medical science universities got promoted to a higher scientific rank with respect to their history of administrative and scientific services and research and educational activities. one of the faculty promotion criteria is assessing the quality of their educational activities which encompass four areas (training, professional and soc...

Scaffolds are a good method of implementing self-regulated learning. Use of prior knowledge makes the learner to understand a topic better. Learner adaptation enables a learner to be presented with content that matches his/her level of understanding. The main aim of this project is to use the adaptive scaffolds in form of concept maps in web-based elearning systems to play the role of learner g...

The concept of education has undergone tremendous change over the last many years. Two important changes, which are making their presence felt are a shift to learner centered learning and secondly, it's importance as a life long process(l). We now no longer believe in imparting few facts and figures over a period of time—rather, the objective is to arm the learner with strategies and concepts t...

This article explores the use of various learning technologies as tools for facilitating learner-centered teaching. The article offers another perspective on the scholarship of teaching with technology—through discussion of various theoretical models of learner-centered teaching, the role of technology on the student/instructor relationships, the impact on technology in different educational se...

Education for sustainability (EfS) poses new challenges to higher education as it necessitates various shifts: from teacherto learner-centered pedagogies, from inputto output-orientation and from a focus on content to problem-solving and process orientation. E-learning, which follows the principles of situated, constructivist learning, addresses some of these challenges and offers opportunities...