By means of its policy and supportive tools, the European Commission has undertaken numerous initiatives to increase innovativeness agricultural sector, with overall aim making Eu...

the present paper investigated the effectiveness of concept mapping as a learning strategy on efl students’ self-regulation (metacognitive self-regulation, time and study environment, effort regulation, peer learning, and help seeking). sixty university students participated in the study. they were randomly assigned to control and experimental groups, each including thirty students. they were a...

Despite the fact that collaboration is as well studied as any instructional strategy, online collaborative learning efforts have been slow to succeed. Client-server computing models are currently giving way to newer peer-to-peer models. At the same time, traditional conceptions of online learning as electronic page turning are falling to the learning object model. The new paradigm of peer-to-pe...

Developments in forms of peer learning 1981–2006 are reviewed, focusing mainly on peer tutoring, cooperative learning, and peer assessment. Types and definitions of peer learning are explored, together with questions of implementation integrity and consequent effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. Benefits to helpers are now emphasised at least as much as benefits to those helped. In this previo...

BACKGROUND Peer learning is an educational process wherein someone of the same age or level of experience level interacts with other students interested in the same topic. There is limited evidence specifically focusing on the practical use of peer learning in Iran. The aim of this study was to explore nursing students' experiences of peer learning in clinical practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS ...

There has been limited research examining the pedagogical benefits of peer feedback for facilitating project-based learning in an online environment. Using a mixed method approach, this paper examines graduate students’ participation and perceptions of peer feedback activity that supports project-based learning in an online instructional design course. Our findings indicate that peer feedback c...

This paper describes a new theory of peer-to-peer learning and teaching that we call paragogy . Paragogy's principles were developed by adapting the Knowles's principles of andragogy to peer-based learning contexts. Paragogy addresses the challenge of peer-producing a useful and supportive context for self-directed learning. The concept of paragogy can inform the design and application of learn...