LEARNER DIFFERENCES AND LEARNING NEEDS

Older Learner Needs and Requirements for Learning with ICT

The emergence of the knowledge society implies that every citizen must be digitally literate in order to be on a better footing in terms of equal opportunities in a world in which digital functions are proliferating (Merchant 2004). In the knowledge society, those who can use the new media are more advantaged than those who do not. While the possession of basic ICT skills is now taken for grant...

Learner Differences and Hint Content

Learner Differences in Hint Processing

Although ITSs are supposed to adapt to differences among learners, so far, little attention has been paid to how they might adapt to differences in how students learn from help. When students study with an Intelligent Tutoring System, they may receive multiple types of help, but may not comprehend and make use of this help in the same way. To measure the extent of such individual differences, w...

Reducing length of stay and satisfying learner needs

A complicated relationship exists between emergency department (ED) learner needs and patient flow with solutions to one issue often negatively affecting the other. Teaching shifts that allow clinical teachers and learners to interact without the pressure of patient care may offer a mutually beneficial solution. This study investigated the relationship between teaching shifts on ED length of st...

The transition from learner to provider/teacher: The learning needs of new orthopaedic consultants

BACKGROUND Given the relatively sudden change from learner to teacher-provider that new consultants experience and the likely clinical and managerial challenges this may pose, there is a relative dearth of research into the problems they may have in relation to their new roles, or how supported they feel by senior colleagues acting in a mentoring role. This research sought to determine new cons...