Many of the Intelligent Tutoring Systems that have been developed during the last 20 years have proven to be quite successful, particularly in the domains of mathematics, science, and technology. They produce significant learning gains beyond classroom environments. They are capable of engaging most students’ attention and interest for hours. We have been working on a new generation of Intellig...

We present details of a large, novel dataset that includes both Carnegie Learning Cognitive Tutor interaction data and various data related to learner interactions with human tutors via an online chat while using the Cognitive Tutor. We discuss integrating these two data modalities within LearnSphere and propose workflows (and corresponding analyses) germane to our U.S. Department of Defense Ad...

This paper describes a method for learner modelling for use within simulation-based learning environments. The goal of the learner modelling system is to provide the learner with advice on discovery learning. The system analyzes the evidence that a learner has generated for a specific hypothesis, assesses whether the learner needs support on the discovery process, and the nature of that support...

Learner preferences of students have been analysed within two modules that have been given in the department of media using Röll’s learner preference model. A qualitative analysis of the results of an online learner preference test based on this model has been conducted. This analysis showed that for the majority of the students the revealed results were valid. Starting from current methods use...

Attrition is a major concern in schools of nursing, and research shows that it is most prevalent in baccalaureate nursing students as they first encounter their initial nursing and core science courses. Nurse educators anticipate that beginning nursing students have the potential to be self-directed learners; and have the initiative to independently identify and implement resources and strategi...

This chapter is about the notion of agency and its role in language learning. The main principle involved is that learning depends on the activity and the initiative of the learner, more so than on any “inputs” that are transmitted to the learner by a teacher or a textbook. This does not, of course, diminish the need for texts and teachers, since they fulfil a crucial mediating function, but it...

Web 2.0 integration requires a high level of learner-centered skills to create a personal learning environment (PLE). The pedagogical capability of Web 2.0 could support and promote self-regulated learning (SRL) by enabling the constructions of PLEs. This study investigated how will each of the six aspects of self-regulated online learning (i.e., environment structuring, goal setting, time mana...