There have been conflicting accounts regarding the effectiveness of animations for learning. Procedural motor learning represents one of the few areas in which animations have consistently shown to be facilitative. Some have suggested that this benefit is related to activation of the mirror neuron system (MNS), with higher activation leading to better performance. This study examines this expla...

Innovations to increase learning outcomes for STEM/ICT disciplines are urgently being sought. At the same time, enrollment increases of students with more varied skill backgrounds present new challenges. As enrollments increase, instructional tasks of faculty and GTAs also increase proportionally. Thus, an approach is sought to maintain and increase learning outcomes, while refocusing tasks of ...

Sociocultural constructivism assumes that a learner’s capacity for intellectual growth increases with the presence of scaffolding or support during interaction. Moreover, from participating in dialogic interaction, there is appropriation of the knowledge shared and jointly created by learners which could transform individual understandings. Hence, interactions are opportunities for scaffolding ...

With the advanced development of technology, educational research has focussed on exploring the relationship between technology and learning. For example, “learning from technology” research emphasizes the effectiveness of instructional media. The focus on “learning with technology”, views technology as a learning tool which allows students to create their own knowledge representation, and thro...

Effective assessment is vital in educational activities. We propose IWAS (intelligent Web-based assessment system), an intelligent, generalized and real-time system to assess both learning and teaching. IWAS provides a foundation for more efficiency in instructional activities and, ultimately, students’ performances. Our contributions are summarized as: (1) Given the causes (student knowledge l...

SPOC is characterized by improving teaching effectiveness. Currently open teaching mode is the popular trend, which is mainly related to several aspects: how to carry out teaching practice by using MOOC proprietary, high-quality online teaching resources in open education, that is, deep integration of curriculum resources and teaching design. On the basis of SPOC development, combined with open...

This study used a single-subject multiple baseline across participants design to evaluate the effectiveness of a modified picture exchange communication system (PECS) teaching protocol with tactile symbols. Three students (two male, one female) aged 12-17 years who had autism and were blind participated in the study. The instructional program involved three phases. First, each participant learn...

RUSS SKIBA AND REECE PETERSON ABSTRACT: Though less explicit than the academic curriculum, the expectations, rules, and consequences that form the social curriculum of schools are no less important in determining school success. Methods of discipline that emphasize school removal have not yielded evidence of effectiveness in teaching appropriate behavior or ensuring safe and effective school cl...

0360-1315/$ see front matter 2009 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2009.01.010 Abbreviation: SL, Second Life. * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 512 232 3302; fax E-mail addresses: [email protected] (L. J [email protected] (A. Trivedi). While many reports espouse the potential impact that 3-D virtual worlds are expected to have on teaching and learning in higher education in a few...

This paper critically examines the current state of research on the use of instructional design and development (IDD) procedures to develop work-related training that is inclusive of all age groups. The approach included a Best Evidence Synthesis of books, academic journals, and conference proceedings in the fields of instructional design and technology, training development, and human resource...