Reflection on the process of learning is believed to be an essential ingredient in the development of expert learners. By employing reflective thinking skills to evaluate the results of one's own learning efforts, awareness of effective learning strategies can be increased and ways to use these strategies in other learning situations can be understood. This article describes how expert learners...

Allowing the student to have some control over the diagnosis inspecting and changing the model the system has made of him is a feasible approach in student modelling which tracks the dynamics of student behaviour and provides for reflective learning. We present an approach for maintaining the student model in interactive diagnosis where a computer and a student discuss about the student's knowl...

Simprac is web-based virtual patient simulation for the diagnosis and management of chronic illness. Users have the opportunity to manage patients over a series of consultations that vary, based on the management plan selected at the end of each consultation. Chronic illness is frequently a complex problem with multiple, and often competing, priorities and such an ill defined knowledge space mi...

A challenge of student modeling in adaptive virtual learning environments is to get enough information about the learner. Information about the learner such as the domain competence, the learning style or the cognitive traits of a learner is very important for an adaptive environment to achieve its main aim, namely to adapt to the learners’ needs. In this paper we investigate the interaction be...

This paper presents a design framework for online learning. The framework is based upon the taxonomy devised by Dettmer (2006). In a learner-centered focus, it draws together the cognitive, affective, social, and sensorimotor domains of learning, and is situated with the concept of online personal learning spaces and environments. It is at this intersection of learning domains that the graduate...

Social media technology provides educators with an opportunity to further engage learners in the online classroom, as well as to support development of learner skills and competencies. This case study research project explores the role of social media in promoting cognitive and meta-cognitive learner development and in creating more self-directed and capable learners using a heutagogical teachi...

Reflective thinking based on experiential learning is a key skill required for the lifelong learner and the socially mature professional. Following several semesters employing a written reflective journal as an assessable task, a fourth-year engineering management unit adopted an online reflective journal. During the initial semester of use, an evaluation was undertaken to investigate student p...

This essay offers a critical review of some key theoretical issues relevant to second language acquisition and considers the practical implications of these issues on language teaching. The discussion advocates a renewed communicative approach to language pedagogy, which entails the educators’ readiness to act as teacher-researchers, their cautious considerations of individual learner differenc...

The proper combination of Hypermedia and interactive multimedia systems for a particular learning style can greatly enhance the learning environment. By interacting with this virtual environment, the learner can gain practical experience. This paper describes a Web-based training application based on adaptive Hypermedia and interactive multimedia to train the users to configure and use a new so...