The learning process in Adaptive Educational Hypermedia (AEH) environments is complex and may be influenced by aspects of the student, including prior knowledge, learning styles, experience and preferences. Current AEH environments, however, are limited to processing only a small number of student characteristics. This paper discusses the development of an AEH system which includes a student mo...

The term student–centred learning (SCL) is widely used in the teaching and learning literature. Many terms have been linked with student–centred learning, such as flexible learning (Taylor 2000), experiential learning (Burnard 1999), self-directed learning and therefore the slightly overused term ‘student–centred learning’ can mean different things to different people. In addition, in practice ...

Over the past decade, instructors in colleges and universities increasingly have used Student Response Systems (SRSs)--typically in large classes to increase the level of student engagement and learning. Research shows that both students and instructors perceive SRSs to be beneficial, although evidence of improved learning has been less clear. Experts emphasize that instructors must consider ho...

This paper discusses a pilot program for a freshman engineering learning community at Binghamton University. The engineering learning community program is an integration of three courses, an introduction to engineering course, a technical writing course, and a calculus course, for students who reside in the same campus residence hall. The main objectives of the program are to improve student re...

The increasing advances of Internet Technologies in all application domains have changed life styles and interactions. With the rapid development of E-Learning, collaborative learning is an important for teaching, learning methods and strategies. Interaction between the students also student with the teacher is important for student to gain knowledge. Based on the four basic teaching styles for...

Student collaboration in traditional classroom settings has been shown to contribute to learning gains, cognitive and metacognitive skills, and to accrue social advantages. However, creating effective cooperative learning environments is challenging. Forming groups expected to generate the most beneficial outcomes and monitoring or scaffolding group interactions is difficult, especially when st...

The use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education is one important competence that student teacher should develop in their academic studies. To be capable of using ICT in education, students should study both pedagogical and technical issues. In order to affect student teachers’ willingness to use ICT in education, more attention should be paid to their learning experiences...

We read the publication by Liu (2016) on authorship misconduct with a great interest. In fact, the authorship misconduct is no uncommon and has to be managed. Liu (2016) noted that “Proper authorship embodies honesty, integrity, fairness and transparency, which surely are the very essence of any scientific pursuit.” Due to the present requirement on academic publication to support academic rank...

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