A classroom with a blackboard and some rows of desks is obsolete in special education. Depending on the needs, some students may need more tactile and inspiring surroundings with various pedagogical accessories while others benefit from a simplified environment without unnecessary stimuli. This understanding is applied to a new Finnish special education school building with open and adaptable l...

Making educational material be available on a network cannot be reduced to merely implementing hypermedia and interactive resources on a server. A pedagogical schema has to be defined to guide students for learning and to provide teachers with guidelines to prepare valuable and upgradeable resources. Components of a learning environment, as well as interactions between students and other roles ...

Pedagogical agents (PAs) are virtual characters in computer-based learning environments. PAs can train humans in various domains. Here, a PA cues subjects to learn vocabulary items through enactment, i.e., to perform an illustrative gesture while learning a word. It is well known that enactment impacts memory. Also, imitation is a natural mechanism driving learning. Combining both enactment and...

İçinde yaşadığımız yüzyıl itibariyle toplumun ihtiyaçları ve teknolojideki gelişmeler eğitime de yansımış eğitimin uygulayıcısı olan öğretmenlerin sorumlulukları bir kat daha artmıştır. Öğretmenlerin edinmesi gereken bilgi beceriler değiştikçe, bu becerilerin incelenmesi tartışılması önem kazanmaktadır. 2012 yılında gerçekleştirilen 1. Pedagojik Alan Bilgisi Zirvesi'nden dört yıl sonra düzenlen...

Name pattern name Intent what the instructor wants to teach, or avoid, or ... Idea how this pattern can achieve the Intent Motivation describes why the instructor wants to achieve the Intent with this pattern Note: Think of the above three sections in the following way: “I want to (the Intent), using (the Idea), because (the Motivation).” Indications circumstances in which this pattern is most ...