Learning Networks consist of learners who are able to create, share and study learning activities. Through the emerging behaviour of such a network it may consist of a large amount of learning activities. Thus, the learners face the problem to select the most suitable learning activity regarding their learning goals in order to study the most efficient and effective learning path. This simulati...

this study was conducted to compare the impact of two vocabulary learning techniques, namely context learning and translation learning, on vocabulary recall of sixty pre-university iranian learners of english as a foreign language. they were divided into two groups of high and low proficient. in regard to two vocabulary learning conditions, each group was divided into two subgroups of fifteen. ...

Web based learning provides an unprecedented flexibility and convenience to both learners and instructors. However, it also creates a great number of lonely learners. Hence, there is an urgent need for finding an efficient way to help the learners share their learning experiences and exchange their learning materials during the learning process. This paper reports on an attempt to construct a f...

This study focuses on learning in three different hypermedia environments that either support autonomous learning, learner-controlled learning or system-controlled learning and explores the mediating role of academic self-regulation style ( ASRS; i.e., a macro level of motivation) on learning. This to gain more insight in the conditions under which learning in hypermedia environments is effecti...

autonomy plays a crucial role in the enhancement of important learning qualities in the learners. in that line of thinking, this study was launched to discover how english language learners exposed to an autonomously managed versus teacher controlled conditions would respond to the learning determinants. two classes of english language learners at isfahan university of technology, iran were thu...

One of the major advantages of recent e-learning systems is that learning-logs are available. By looking at the learninglogs, teachers can obtain learning processes of learners. However, the teachers cannot know facial expressions of the learners and the objects in course materials that the learners focused on while the learners use the e-learning system. In a classroom lecture, it is very impo...

This qualitative study analyzes the reasons of college students for learning English as a foreign language (EFL) in Costa Rica and the reasons of high school students for learning German as a foreign language (GFL) in the US. It asks to what extent the learners’ reasons align with or deviate from neoliberal discourses that commodify foreign languages. The analysis of 27 interviews in a US high ...