...Running head: LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS Interactive Learning Environments Shammanika Renfro Grand Canyon University: UNV 501 December 14, 2011 Interactive Learning Environments The article titled, ‘Interactive Learning Environments', written by Nagel, L., Blignaut, S. A., & Crongé, J. C., set out to inform us of the importance of “creating an online community amongst a peer group and a facilitator.” The article informed the reader on many things such as literature, the debate on online participation, improved learning, community of learners just to name a few. The article was well put together and very understandable and informative. I understand and agree with the information that this article has provided. Creating a community in the online class is vital to the success of some students. In most cases, when a student feel a sense of belonging he puts more effort into his or her online learning participation and this will in turn ensure course completion. The article also informs the reader that “a facilitator who participates and interacts with students prevent them from abandoning their course (Clark and Feldon 2005). When students interact with their teacher this creates a bond that will motivate the student to succeed. “Students become more involved in an online conference when the facilitator participates as guide, providing extensive critique, feedback, and encouragement (Collison et al., 2000). . The author’s purpose of writing this article is to...
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...ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT Interactive learning in the classroom help students prepare more successfully for the outside world than those who do not. Engaged learners who actively participate in their own education are more apt to remember more from a lesson and then transfer newly acquired skills to different situations. Interactive learning in a classroom is to maintain a teaching style, like the Socratic Method, that encourages healthy debate between students and the teacher. Although it may sound simple, it is hard to actually foster an atmosphere in which students feel free to question authority because they fear reprisal or embarrassment. The development of true critical-thinking skills, however, requires just such an open and honest exchange of ideas. Discussion in class is one of the interactive learning during lectures. When the lecturer ask his/her students to discuss about a specific topic in class, it will helps to motivate students toward further learning, to allow students to apply information in new settings, or to develop students' thinking skills, then discussion is preferable to lecture. Students are able to express out their own opinions during the class. They will have chance to talk in front of their friends and lecturer. So it will help them to gain self confidence to talk. Interactive environment is good for the learners to present themselves in front of everyone where this is the...
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...the first ever networked multiplayer game (running on the PLATO network), before the internt as we now know it (Mark 2011). E-learning educators in particular stand to learn a lot about building next-generation learning environments from games. While online courses are usually little more than "online course notes," games offer entire worlds to explore (Gee 2005). While educators wonder if it is possible to create good online learning communities, game designers create virtual societies with their own cultures, languages, political systems, and economies. While completion rates for online courses barely reach 50%, gamers spend hundreds of hours mastering games, writing lengthy texts, and even setting up their own virtual "universities" to teach others to play games (Gee 2005). In short, games have developed a reputation for being fun, engaging, and immersive, requiring deep thinking and complex problem solving. These facts make functional and interactive games a necessity it the modern everyday classroom in schools or online. Implications, Uses, and Capabilities Some educators may still be suspicious of online learning games because of the amount of negative publicity video games have acquired from the educational realm, as well as off-putting criticism in the media. What teachers should know is that there is a huge difference between online learning games and recreational games. To...
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............... 5 Definition of Web-Based Instruction............................................................. 5 Importance of Web-Based Instruction ........................................................... 5 Web-Based Instruction Design Issues ........................................................... 6 Chapter 3: Methodology Design .................................................................. 7 Top Ten Web Design Mistakes ..................................................................... 7 Interface Design for Computer-based Learning Environments........................... 8 Measurement Scores .................................................................................. 9 Anticipated Results .................................................................................... 9 Selection of the Web-Based Instruction Course .............................................. 9 Description of the HTML 3 Interactive Course............................................... 11 Chapter 4:...
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...Online Learning and Face-to-Face Contrast and Comparison When personal computers were introduced into the workforce, they were used to automate and simplify many of our work routines. With the growth and population of the computer, it was natural for the automation of training to follow. Many trainers began to look for ways to automate training, and ways to move traditional training to the computer. This was the dawn of electronic learning, more commonly referred to as e-learning. With the invention and explosion of the Internet and web browsers, many organizations and trainers have taken and are taking advantage of technology. Accessing training via the Internet is called online learning. Even though there is a difference between e-learning and online learning, most people think of online learning as any learning that involves a computer, whether the Internet is involved or not. For the sake of this paper, online learning refers to all types of interactive training that uses the Internet. As online training has evolved, organizations and trainers have come to learn that there are many similarities and differences when compared to face-to-face or formal training. Organizations and trainers have learned that most, if not all, of the content delivered in a face-to-face training can be delivered in an online training. In order to achieve success with online training, trainers should fully understand what online training and face-to-face trainings are and the differences between...
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...E-learning refers to the use of electronic media and information and communication technologies (ICT) in education. E-learning is broadly inclusive of all forms of educational technology in learning and teaching. E-learning is inclusive of, and is broadly synonymous with multimedia learning, technology-enhanced learning (TEL), computer-based instruction (CBI), computer-based training (CBT), computer-assisted instruction or computer-aided instruction (CAI), internet-based training (IBT), web-based training (WBT), online education, virtual education, virtual learning environments (VLE) (which are also called learning platforms), m-learning, and digital educational collaboration. These alternative names emphasize a particular aspect, component or delivery method. E-learning includes numerous types of media that deliver text, audio, images, animation, and streaming video, and includes technology applications and processes such as audio or video tape, satellite TV, CD-ROM, and computer-based learning, as well as local intranet/extranet and web-based learning. Information and communication systems, whether free-standing or based on either local networks or the Internet in networked learning, underly many e-learning processes.[1] E-learning can occur in or out of the classroom. It can be self-paced, asynchronous learning or may be instructor-led, synchronous learning. E-learning is suited to distance learning and flexible learning, but it can also be used in conjunction with face-to-face...
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...Learning with Technology: A Customized Learning Theory Dallas Ventre Liberty University Throughout history, all learning was achieved by reading books and making observations about the world. However, recent technologies have changed the way people think, act, and even learn. Since the beginning of the 21st century, technology has gone beyond word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations. Technology now seems to be the dominating factor in everyone’s life, especially students. It is impossible to visit a shopping mall, restaurant, or even school, without seeing someone with their hands and face glued to a smartphone, but we rarely associate technology with learning. However, there are actually a variety of educational apps that can help students practice their skills in areas such as math and reading. Many changes have occurred in the classroom due to technology, including instruction delivery, submission of assignments, and collaboration between students. Teachers and students alike are now members of online communities that allow them to share information via blogs, wikis, social media posts, and more. Google Drive, Facebook, Twitter, and Glogster are just a few examples of hundreds of interactive websites available on the internet. This paper focuses on recent technological advances and how these developments are helping teachers achieve their goal of leading an effective classroom. Learning Theory and Theory Importance Every successful classroom begins with an...
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...Society for Training and Development (ASTD) reports that less than $1500 per employee was spent for training in 1996. The largest part of that (49 percent) was spent for technical and professional training. Only two percent was spent for New Employee Orientation and three percent on quality, competition and business practices training (Reh, 2012). Computers and associated technology have become central to modern life. In a society where the population is rapidly ageing, the acceptance and utilization of developing technologies by an older population is becoming increasingly important (Broady, Chan, & Caputi, 2010). While all learners, irrespective of age, should receive sufficient time for training in a positive and supportive environment, due consideration ought to be given to the amount of time allowed for older users to learn new skills and the manner in which learners are treated in a...
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...Benefits of Online Learning Often when thinking about higher education, typically a brick and mortar building comes to mind. When you attend a four-year school and obtain a degree, you will land a great job. This is what we have been told our whole lives. This viewpoint is changing with the increase of technology and use of the Internet is becoming widely available. There are numerous benefits to obtaining an education through online learning instead of attending lectures on campus. Online education is available to everyone due to the increase of technological accessibility. Through an online program you can obtain a degree, perhaps through an Ivy League school, for less than attending on campus classes. Finally, various studies have determined that learning in an online setting can be as effective as learning in a typical classroom setting. With online education becoming more widely accessible it is easier for non-traditional students to obtain or complete their educational goals. Johnson (2013) cites a study from Sloan Consortium which “found that 62.4 percent of the colleges in the study offered degrees that could be obtained entirely online, up from 32.5 percent ten years ago” (para. 10). This is creating hybrids and blended classes that still bring the experience of campus and online classes into one. As Ukpokodu (2008) in the Journal of Interactive Online Learning, states that “Program coordinators … are encouraging, in some cases, demanding that online programs and...
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... The goal of a teaching strategy is to facilitate learning‚ to motivate learners‚ to engage them in learning‚ and to help them focus. * Lecture - is the process of teaching by giving spoken explanations of the subject that is to be learned. - is often accompanied by visual aids to help students visualize an object or problem. - provides a way to communicate a large amount of information to many listeners, maximizes instructor control and is non-threatening to students. - however‚ it minimizes feedback from students, assumes an unrealistic level of student understanding and comprehension, and often disengages students from the learning process causing information to be quickly forgotten. * Case Method - provides an opportunity for students to apply what they learn in the classroom to real-life experiences. - works well in cooperative learning or role playing environments to stimulate critical thinking and awareness of multiple perspectives. * Discussion - involves planning on the part of the instructor and preparation on the part of the students. Example: some faculty begin a lesson with a whole group discussion to refresh students’ memories about the assigned reading(s). Other faculty find it helpful to have students’ list critical points or emerging issues, or generate a set of questions stemming from the assigned reading(s). * Collaboration - allows students to actively participate in the learning process by talking with each other and listening to...
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...education/school system has seen a tremendous growth in online learning programs, defined as learning experiences in which students and instructors are separated by space and/or time. The development of online distance learning school is a relatively new wave. Online schools have become ideally suited to meet the needs of government officials, politicians, calling for school choice, high school reform and preparation for the 21st century workforce. The growing numbers of students learning online and the importance of online learning as a solution to educational differences has increased the demand to study more closely the factors that effect learning in a virtual school environment. Many students who have participated and who participate in online education programs are attracted to online schooling because it offers advantages over a classroom based program. The benefits of distance (online) education for youth are increasing in enrollment is because these educational programs are reaching undeserved regions and districts, broadening educational opportunity for students who are unable to attend a traditional setting, are not accessible to resources and the teachers are not available locally which creates a better student teacher communication. Students in virtual schools showed greater improvement that their conventional school counterparts in critical thinking, researching, using computers, learning independently, problem-solving, creative thinking, decision-making...
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...CORPORATE E-LEARNING: EXPLORING A NEW FRONTIER Trace A. Urdan Cornelia C. Weggen turdan@wrhambrecht.com cweggen@wrhambrecht.com 415.551.8600 “In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.” Eric Hoffer, in Vanguard Management, 1989 2 March 2000 Equity Research TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary .....................................................................................................................................1 Education in the 21 Century – Creating a Learning Economy.......................................................................2 Why e-Learning?...........................................................................................................................................3 The Solution – Bring Learning to People .......................................................................................................6 Definitions – e-Learning versus Online Learning ............................................................................................8 Key Trends – The End of Learning as We Know It ........................................................................................10 The Corporate e-Learning Market – The Pie is Big ......................................................................................13 Market Segmentation – Claiming a Stake on the New Frontier ................................
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...2012 in SciRes (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ce) DOI:10.4236/ce.2012.38b014 Critical Success Factors for Online Distance Learning in Higher Education: A Review of the Literature Bussakorn Cheawjindakarn1, Praweenya Suwannatthachote2, Anuchai Theeraroungchaisri3 1 Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Email: bussakornonline@gmail.com, praweenya@gmail.com, anuchai@gmail.com 2 Received 2012 The aim of this paper is to specify the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for Online Distance Learning (ODL) in Higher Education (HE). Research methodology was analyzing and synthesizing the literature review. The literatures were reviewed to determine items relevant to online learning success as implementation, criteria and indicator. A total of 19 papers, published during 2000-2012, were selected from Chulalongkorn University reference databases. Data analysis method was using one of the popular analysis techniques for qualitative research works or the content analysis. The results on the CSFs for ODL can be grouped into 5 factors: 1) institutional management, 2) learning environment, 3) instructional design, 4) services support and 5) course evaluation. Each of these 5 factors includes several important elements that can assist to enhance efficiency of online learning courses in higher education institutions. It is a concrete approach to lead functions of an online institute or course...
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...JRTE, 40(3), 281–307 Benefits and Constraints of Distributed Cognition in Foreign Language Learning: Creating a Web-based Tourist Guide for London Susanne Narciss and Hermann Koerndle Dresden University of Technology Abstract This paper uses the framework of distributed cognition to discuss benefits and constraints of technology adoption and use in social-constructive language learning scenarios. The purposes of this paper are (a) to describe how the open-ended knowledge construction and communication tools TEE (The Electronic Exercise) and EF-editor (Exercise Format Editor) can serve socialconstructive language learning from a distributed cognition point of view, (b) to report how TEE and EF-editor have been used in a foreign language classroom with 25 seventh grade students for creating a Web-based tourist guide to London, and (c) to present the results of an evaluative study investigating the benefits and constraints the teacher and students experienced through this learning scenario. Finally, these results are discussed with regard to the heuristic value of distributed cognition for technology-enhanced social-constructive learning-scenarios. (Keywords: Distributed cognition, multimedia tool, social-constructive language learning, multimedia literacy.) INTRODUCTION Foreign language learning is crucial to students’ academic and personal education. In many domains, a person’s professional and individual success is related more or less to her ability to communicate...
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.......................................................................... 24 FIGURES Figure 1: Information Processing Cycle …………………………………………………8 Figure 2 Plot of CPU transistor counts Figure 3: Strategic Planning Process Figure 4 Porters Five Forces Model …………………….…………………………11 …………………………………….…………20 ……………………………………………….22 TABLES Table 1 Student SWOT Analysis ……………………………………………………….22 QUESTION 1 (25) Discuss how Information Technology can be used in tertiary institutions like MANCOSA to enhance teaching and learning. Confine your discussion to any tertiary institution of your choice. Answer: Question 1 Introduction Information and communication technology (ICT) is an indispensable part of the contemporary world. The field of education has certainly been affected by the penetrating influence of information and communication technology worldwide and in particular developed countries, ICT has made an impact on the quality and quantity of teaching, learning, and...
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