AHAB is an architecture for simulator-based ICAI)programs to teach troubleshooting in complex, dynamic environments. The architecture posits three elements of a computerized instructor: the task modet, the student model, and the instructional module. The task model is a prescriptive model of expert performance that uses symptomatic and topographic search strategies to provide students with dire...

Sociocultural constructivism assumes that a learner’s capacity for intellectual growth increases with the presence of scaffolding or support during interaction. Moreover, from participating in dialogic interaction, there is appropriation of the knowledge shared and jointly created by learners which could transform individual understandings. Hence, interactions are opportunities for scaffolding ...

This design-based research study investigated instructional scaffolding for knowledge building discourse among participants (n=17, n=20) in two online graduate courses. In particular, designs of software-based scaffolding as found in web-based Knowledge Forum’s scaffold support feature were refined. Analyses of the student discourse data suggests that Knowledge Forum’s scaffold supports offer a...

This design-based research study investigated instructional scaffolding for knowledge building discourse among participants (n=17, n=20) in two online graduate courses. In particular, designs of software-based scaffolding as found in web-based Knowledge Forum’s scaffold support feature were refined. Analyses of the student discourse data suggests that Knowledge Forum’s scaffold supports offer a...

Distance education, reaching students through accessible, high quality, individualized instruction is a major challenge for today’s universities. Increased access to computers and the Internet has made this idea more feasible, but researchers are still working on the most effective ways to deliver individualized instruction in inexpensive, expandable ways. This paper explores the evolution of t...

OBJECTIVE To implement a "flipped classroom" model for a renal pharmacotherapy topic module and assess the impact on pharmacy students' performance and attitudes. DESIGN Students viewed vodcasts (video podcasts) of lectures prior to the scheduled class and then discussed interactive cases of patients with end-stage renal disease in class. A process-oriented guided inquiry learning (POGIL) act...

Given the focus on developing highly-qualified teachers to improve education (National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future, 2003), teacher education programs face increasing responsibility to prepare new teachers who can effectively enhance learning in all students. Standards and assessment criteria developed by national organizations in the United States address the qualifications of b...