Data modelling is an important skill tbr students undertaking university courses in computing and Infi~rnlation Systems. It is a complex task which is not currently well provided with tool based support. This paper describes extensions to a learning environment for data modelling which is based on a text based virtual reality panldigm. This learning environment has been enhanced by the inclusio...

on animated pedagogical agents at the Center for Advanced Research in Technology for Education (CARTE) at the University of Southern California/Information Sciences Institute. Animated pedagogical agents, nicknamed guidebots, interact with learners to help keep learning activities on track. They combine the pedagogical expertise of intelligent tutoring systems with the interpersonal interaction...

Educational robotics are learning and teaching tools which can effectively promote exploratory learning and investigative work within several disciplines as Science, Technology and Design, Mathematics. The potential of these technologies can be developed within a learner-centered environment based on the constructivist approach. Besides building and programming autonomous robots is an ideal con...

Web-videoconference systems offer several tools (like chat, audio, and webcam) that vary in the amount and type of information learners can share with each other and the teacher. It has been proposed that tools fostering more direct social interaction and feedback amongst learners and teachers would foster higher levels of engagement. If so, one would expect that the richer the tools used, the ...

The aim of this work is to advance the teaching and learning of practical based subjects in the Higher Education (HE) sector. Part of the study involved the development of a model that enhanced the teaching and learning of textiles within large groups of clothing design learners. This paper begins by reviewing current literature regarding adult learning. The middle section discusses the finding...

 Current educational environments rely primarily on a text-based syllabus approach to describing course content as well as whole curricula. This traditional approach is too limiting, especially when it comes to distance learning environments. It fails to delineate the relationship of concepts and skills covered in a given course to those covered in other courses. It also fails to show the know...

By creating (semi-)autonomous group structures in enterprises the work content of the workers changes. Workers are confronted with new working which are enriched by new technologies. Existing training tools for apprentices do not present the interaction between different tasks within a workshop. MuTil will implement a scenario with a complex combination of problems typically appearing in a work...

Modern learning environments would greatly benefit from a better management of two apparently conflicting goals. On the one hand, in order to support autonomous, self paced, and discovery oriented learning, learners must be offered access to a large amount of information and tools. On the other hand the quantity and variety of the information and tools provided should not overwhelm learners who...

Data-driven learning (DDL) developed from corpus linguistics plays a pioneering role in the evolution of EFL teaching, allowing the learners to indentify and induce language rules by observing numerous real corpora concordances. With the guidance of new teaching notion advocated by College English Curriculum Requirements in China, DDL model has become the tendency for college English learners' ...

The aim of this work is to advance the teaching and learning of practical based subjects in the Higher Education (HE) sector. Part of the study involved the development of a model that enhanced the teaching and learning of textiles within large groups of clothing design learners. This paper begins by reviewing current literature regarding adult learning. The middle section discusses the finding...