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...

Many teachers still use in-class multiple choice exams in their classes, the primary goal of which is to see how much the students have already learned. The assessment strategies we will examine in this paper change the focus from assessing whether students have learned anything to creating assessments which double as learning experiences themselves. Assessments do not have to merely measure wh...

This study attempted to investigate the relationship among learning strategy, autonomy and language proficiency of Chinese university EFL students. To achieve this objective, purposive sampling and cluster sampling methods were used to select 422 non-English major students as participants in three universities, Henan province, China. Oxford’s (1990) Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SIL...

In order to promote a more dynamic and flexible communication between the learner and the system, we present a structure of a new innovative and interactive e-learning system which implements emotion and level of cognition recognition. The system has as inputs the emotional and cognitive state of the user and re-organises the content and adjusts the flow of the course. Our concept aims to incre...

Few universities are currently offering an online course with collaborative learning component in Instructional Design. This study shared information on an on-going evaluation of online Instructional Design courses from 94 graduate students who have taken this course, hoping to find out the most effective way to deliver similar courses. This research focused on how effectively the instructor in...

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...