In order to follow a discussion in a forum, mediators and learners must check conference development regularly once it is not possible to know when other participants will send their messages. Forum mediators, particularly, must be in attendance on discussion progress even more promptly to promote quality learner participation in the discussion as well as intervene if necessary. Mediators also ...

This paper argues that transparency promotes interactivity and participation in collaborative Web 2.0 learning environments. Teaching with transparency requires a learner–centered pedagogy for research, writing, and the production of new knowledge in open communities. Transparency is a catalyst for interaction and participation that supports open learning in multiple disciplines and institution...

The proposed learner environment presented in this paper is based on constructive perspective (learner focus) learning according to Hadjerrouit (2007). This model offers an environment where focus is on the learner and encourages them to construct new ideas by testing theory through the solving of problems. Associated pedagogy with this model is: the provision of an interactive environment for ...

Finding similar e-learners in a distributed and open elearning environment and help them to learn collaboratively is becoming one of the urgent challenges of personalized e-learning services. Literature shows that current e-learner community building approaches are generated from qualitative studies of small-sized learner-centered classrooms which may need the teacher's participation. However, ...

BACKGROUND Effective lectures often incorporate activities that encourage learner participation. A challenge for educators is how to facilitate this in the large group lecture setting. This study investigates the individual student characteristics involved in encouraging (or dissuading) learners to interact, ask questions, and make comments in class. METHODS Students enrolled in a Doctor of V...

This paper discusses a data-driven learning (DDL) tool, which consists of a learner corpus for L2 learners of German. The learner corpus, in addition to submissions from ongoing current users, has been constructed from millions of submissions from a variety of activity types of approximately 5000 learners who used the E-Tutor CALL system over a period of five years. By following a cyclical proc...

This paper considers learner misconceptions information which is presented to the learner in an open learner model. We suggest that specific information about misconceptions may be of benefit to the learner, to help them reflect on their knowledge and understanding. We investigate acceptance of their misconceptions presented as animations and step-by-step text descriptions by two groups of user...

0360-1315/$ see front matter 2008 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2008.07.001 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +31 20 5988917; fax: E-mail address: [email protected] (F.R. Prinsen) Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) is aimed at enhancing and supporting the active participation of all students in knowledge sharing and knowledge co-construction. In this study, an experimental ...