This paper describes the development of a variety of computer-based assessment opportunities, both formative and summative, that are available to a large first year biology class at The University of Sydney. These materials include: weekly quizzes; a mock exam; quiz sections in tutorials; and special self-assessment modules (SAMs). The weekly quiz is password protected and secure but the remain...

3-D virtual worlds are increasing in popularity as a means of pedagogical delivery in higher education. In this research, we assess the relative effectiveness of a 3-D virtual world learning environment, Second Life, and traditional face-to-face learning environment. We also assess the efficacy of instructional strategies in these two learning environments and their effects on interactivity, pe...

Narrative-centered learning environments offer significant potential for creating effective learning experiences in which students actively participate in engaging story-based problem solving. As the capabilities of narrativecentered learning environments expand, a key challenge is identifying experiential factors that contribute to the most effective story-based learning. To investigate the im...

Research has shown that quality teacher-student interactions far outweigh all other considerations to produce positive learning outcomes. Although this may be inherently obvious, few teacher preparation programs dedicate much time to training teachers how to create positive interactive, constructivist learning environments. Much can be learned about how to develop participatory learning skills ...

virtual learning is a type of electronic learning system based on the web. it models traditional in- person learning by providing virtual access to classes, tests, homework, feedbacks and etc. students and teachers can interact through chat rooms or other virtual environments. web 2.0 services are usually used for this method. internet audio-visual tools, multimedia systems, a disco cd-roms, vi...

Many robots are pre-programmed for specific tasks/environments and perform poorly in real-world environments with diverse end-user demands. We propose a behaviorbased interactive learning approach that enables an end-user to “program” a robot for dynamic tasks. The end-user can teach the robot new primitive behaviors or improve pre-programmed ones, which make up hybrid higher level behaviors. T...

At the IASTED conference “Computers and Advanced Technology in Education – CATE’99” [?] we presented a teaching concept using action based interactive learning modules in several phases of the teaching process. Based on that concept, in this paper we discuss some technical and didactical aspects of requirements in interactive learning modules used to support the self study of foreign students. ...

Using a separate editor and interpreter provides many distracting obstacles for inexperienced students learning a programming language. Professional interactive development environments, however, confuse and distract these students with their excessive features. Hence this paper presents Heat, an interactive development environment specially designed for novice students learning the functional ...

Task design constitutes a growing core of research in mathematics education. In particular, task Dynamic and Interactive Mathematics Learning Environments (DIMLEs) has become very popular, although it remains under-researched. This study aims to systematically analyze the current state on DIMLEs. The literature was searched through Web Science, 10 articles were included review. Results show tha...