The Filipino learner: A socioemotional perspective

On Annotating Learner Language: A CL Perspective

Andragogy and the Socratic Method: The Adult Learner Perspective

One of the teaching methods available to teachers in the ‘andragogic’ model of teaching is the method of ‘Socratic Seminars’. This is a teacher-directed form of instruction in which questions are used as the sole method of teaching, placing students in the position of having to recognise the limits of their knowledge, and hopefully, motivating them to learn. This paper aims at initiating the di...

A learner perspective on barriers to e-learning

This study aims to identify and categorize barriers to e-learning adoption and the relative impact of those barriers on learners. It contributes to the understanding of learner perceptions of barriers, the different types of barriers and their relative importance. This study used a quantitative methodology grounded in previous literature. The study is based on a self-administered questionnaire ...

Facilitating Communication with Open Learner Models: A Semiotic Engineering Perspective

We introduce the notion of open learner models as artifacts and resources, situated in school level to illustrate a context of multiple user types. We suggest a new direction for research, focussing on open learner models as a facilitator of communication from a semiotic engineering perspective.

Filipino women's tuberculosis care seeking experience in an urban poor setting: a socioecological perspective.

Urban, poor Filipino women tend to delay seeking care for tuberculosis (TB), which increases their risk for morbidity and mortality. We interviewed 13 women and conducted three focus group discussions to characterize their TB care seeking pathways and identify the barriers and facilitators that influence care seeking at multiple levels. The quality of health services, shame associated with TB, ...