Teacher-Based Courses Versus Internet-Driven Courses in EFL Milieux: A Contrastive Proposal

Making a Difference in Teacher Education Courses: A Psychological Reconsideration

Curriculum Evaluation of Teacher Training Courses in Education

Curriculum Evaluation of Teacher Training Courses in Education G. Ahmadi, Ph. D. The two year teacher training programs in Iran include courses in education that form the very foundation of the professional performance of the future teachers. As such, the curricula of these courses need to be evaluated in order to determine their probable shortcomings and take the necessary remedial steps...

Indicators of constructivist principles in internet-based courses

The purpose of this study was to provide greater assurance of quality in Internetbased courses. Current literature supports the assumption that the inclusion of constructivist principles in online courses adds to course quality. Therefore, identifying indicators of constructivist learning theory is important to the development of online courses. A peer-nominated panel of national experts in con...

A Learning Style-based Grouping Collaborative Learning Approach to Improve EFL Students' Performance in English Courses

Learning English is an important and challenging task for English as Foreign Language (EFL) students. Educators had indicated that, without proper learning support, most EFL students might feel frustrated while learning English, which could significantly affect their learning performance. In the past research, learning usually utilized grouping, but few studies have considered the difference in...

Developing Adaptive Internet Based Courses with the Authoring System NetCoach

Developing adaptive internet based learning courses usually requires a lot of programming efforts to provide session management, keeping track of the learners current state, and adapting the interface layout to specific requirements. NetCoach is designed to enable authors to develop adaptive learning courses without programming knowledge. In this paper, we describe the adaptive, the adaptable, ...