scholarly journals E-Learning and Constructivism: From Theory to Application

10.28945/3321 ◽  
2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Koohang ◽  
Liz Riley ◽  
Terry Smith ◽  
Jeanne Schreurs
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Learning Assessment ◽  
Learning Design ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Team Assessment ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
E Learning

This paper presents a learner-centered model for designing e-leaming assignments/activities within e-learning environments. The model is based on constructivism learning theory. The model includes two categories - the learning design elements (comprised of fundamental design elements and collaborative elements) and the learning assessment elements (self-assessment, team assessment, and facilitator’s assessment). The application of the model is shown through various working examples. A factual situation using the model within an e-learning course is presented to further demonstrate the application of the model in an actual e-learning environment.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Students’ Preferences for Online and Blended Learning: Motivational Vs. Cognitive

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sinan Keskin ◽  
Halil Yurdugül
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Task Value ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Individual

AbstractToday’s educational institutions are expected to create learning opportunities independent of time and place, to offer easily accessible learning environments and interpersonal communication opportunities. Accordingly, higher education institutions develop strategies to meet these expectations through teaching strategies, such as e-learning, blended learning, mobile learning, etc., by using teaching technologies. These new technology-based teaching strategies are mainly shaped by decision-makers in education. This study seeks to analyse the individual factors that affect learners’ mode of teaching and learning delivery preferences. In this study, blended and online learning is considered as preferences of learners’ mode of teaching and learning delivery. The individual factors discussed in this research are cognitive learning strategies, e-learning readiness, and motivation. The data were obtained from the pre-service teachers at the end of the academic semester when they experienced online and blended learning. Data were analysed using optimal scaling analysis. The analysis method provides a two-dimensional centroid graph which shows the correlations between the variable categories. According to study findings, there is a correlation between the preferences of the learning environment, and the constructs of self-efficacy, e-learning motivation, and task value. It can be said that the motivational variables are more effective in the learning environment preference. The students with high task value, e-learning motivation, and self-efficacy preferred studying in blended learning environments. Cognitive strategies, self-directed learning, learner control, and test anxiety factors are independent of the learners’ learning delivery preferences.

scholarly journals Implementasi Model Project Based Learning Mata Pelajaran Geografi di Kelas X SMA Negeri 8 Luwu Timur

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 130
Author(s):  
Syarifuddin Syarifuddin ◽  
Ramli Umar ◽  
Rosmini Maru
Keyword(s):  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Learning Assessment ◽  
Skills Assessment ◽  
Learning Design ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Project Completion ◽  
Assessment Of Learning ◽  
Model Project ◽  
Written Test

 This study aims to describe the implementation of Project-Based Learning models in geography learning. The type of research is survey research. The subjects in this study were the teacher of geography, the deputy head of the curriculum, and the principal. Data collection techniques are interviews, observation, and documentation. The results showed that the form of Project-Based Learning implementation in learning geography with details: learning planning, learning implementation, and learning assessment. In learning planning is done by analyzing the contents of the 2013 curriculum content and learning design planning. Furthermore, the implementation of learning is done by determining the project, designing project completion steps, preparing project implementation schedules, completing projects, preparing reports, presenting project results, and evaluating project processes and results. Meanwhile, the assessment of learning is carried out on the aspect of attitude using observation techniques, self-assessment, and assessment between friends. Assessment of aspects of knowledge using written test techniques and assignments, as well as skills assessment using project results assessment techniques.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan implementasi  model Project-Based Learning pada pembelajaran geografi. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian survei. Subjek pada penelitian ini adalah guru mata pelajaran geografi, wakil kepala bidang kurikulum, dan kepala sekolah. Teknik pengumpulan data adalah wawancara, observasi, dan dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa bentuk implementasi Project-Based Learning pada pembelajaran geografi dengan rincian: perencanaan pembelajaran, pelaksanaan pembelajaran, dan penilaian pembelajaran. Pada perencanaan pembelajaran dilakukan dengan menganilisis standar isi kurikulum 2013 dan desain  pembelajaran. Selanjutnya, pelaksanaan pembelajaran dilakukan dengan penentuan proyek, perancangan langkah-langkah penyelesaian proyek, penyusunan jadwal pelaksanaan proyek, penyelesaian proyek, penyusunan laporan, presentasi hasil proyek, dan evaluasi proses serta hasil proyek. Sementara, penilaian pembelajaran dilakukan pada aspek sikap dengan menggunakan teknik observasi, penilaian diri, dan penilaian antar teman. Penilaian pada aspek pengetahuan dengan menggunakan teknik  tes tertulis dan penugasan, serta penilaian keterampilan dengan menggunakan teknik penilaian hasil proyek.

scholarly journals Assistive Technologies and Environmental Design Concepts for Blended Learning and Teaching for Disabilities within 3D Virtual Worlds and Learning Environments

2012 ◽  
pp. 50-74
Author(s):  
Noha Saleeb ◽  
Georgios A. Dafoulas
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learners ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Learning Spaces ◽  
Educational Facilities ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Virtual Spaces ◽  
E Learning

3D Virtual Learning Environments (3D VLEs) are increasingly becoming prominent supporters of blended learning for all kinds of students including adult learners with or without disabilities. Due to the evidenced effect of architectural design of physical learning spaces on students’ learning and current lack of design codes for creating 3D virtual buildings, this case study aims at evaluating the suitability of the architectural design elements of existing educational facilities and learning spaces within 3D VLEs specifically for delivering blended e-learning for adult students with disabilities. This comprises capturing student contentment and satisfaction levels from different design elements of the 3D virtual spaces in an attempt to issue recommendations for the development of 3D educational facilities and hence initiate a framework for architectural design of 3D virtual spaces to augment accessibility, appeal and engagement for enhancing the e-learning experience of under-graduate, post-graduate and independent-study adult learners with disabilities within these virtual worlds.

Emotional Elements in Learning Platforms in Open and Distributed Environments

2019 ◽  
pp. 125-148
Author(s):  
Lazarus Ndiku Makewa
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Distributed Environments ◽  
Classroom Engagement ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Platforms ◽  
Multiple Challenges ◽  
Facilitated Learning

E-learning is viewed as an innovative approach for delivering quality-designed, learner-centered, interactive, and facilitated learning environments to all, anywhere, any moment by putting in use the skills, knowledge, and resources of diverse technologies together with other teaching and learning resources suited for open, and distributed learning environments. Success story in an e-learning system involves a clear process regarding planning, designing, developing, evaluating, and implementing online learning courses where interaction is actively encouraged and facilitated. Emotional experiences can easily provide multiple challenges to students' online and classroom engagement and academic performance. For example, academic fears have wide-ranging effects, affecting strategy use, classroom and/or online performance, and subject choice. This chapter will therefore discuss emotional elements and their impacts in learning platforms in open and distributed environments.

Securing the Infrastructure for Service-Based E-Learning Environments

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Simon Schwingel ◽  
Gottfried Vossen ◽  
Peter Westerkamp
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
User Authentication ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
Single Sign On ◽  
User Data ◽  
E Learning

E-learning environments and their system functionalities resemble one another to a large extent. Recent standardization efforts in e-learning concentrate on the reuse of learning material only, but not on the reuse of application or system functionalities. The LearnServe system, under development at the University of Muenster, builds on the assumption that a typical learning system is a collection of activities or processes that interact with learners and suitably chosen content, the latter in the form of learning objects. This enables us to divide the main functionality of an e-learning system into a number of stand-alone applications or services. The realization of these applications based on the emerging technical paradigm of Web services then renders a wide reuse of functionality possible, thereby giving learners a higher flexibility of choosing content and functionalities to be included in their learning environment. In such a scenario, it must be possible to maintain user identity and data across service and server boundaries. This chapter presents an architecture for implementing user authentication and the manipulation of user data across several Web services. In particular, it demonstrates how to exploit the SPML and SAML standards so that cross-domain single sign-on can be offered to the users of a service-based learning environment. The chapter also discusses how this is being integrated into LearnServe.

Online Learning Environments

2011 ◽  
pp. 678-685 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riu Hu ◽  
Shuyan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Electronic Communications ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Computer Communication ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Web

Online learning, which was defined as a learning environment using computer communication systems for learning delivery and interaction (Harasim, 1990), has been involved into all facets of society’s education. Online learning can be considered as a subset of the category of e-learning because it refers specifically to learning that is occurring via the Internet or Intranet. Online learning environment normally refers to learning via electronic communications, coursework, and/or information posted on the Web, and through other instructional activities by using Internet.

Computer Mediated Learning

2011 ◽  
pp. 73-86
Author(s):  
Alison Ruth
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Online Learning Environment ◽  
Mediated Learning ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Communication Needs

This chapter proposes that Burke’s (1969) dramatistic analysis using the Pentad (act, scene, agent, agency, purpose) is a valuable methodological tool for investigating how learning theory offers a better understanding of mediated learning environments. It is argued that this framework provides a coherent and comprehensive consideration of learning and communication mediated by electronic means. Research into computer mediated communication needs to acknowledge the intertwining notion of the agents, acts and agency (mediation) within a specific scene, particularly in an online learning environment. Burke’s (1969) work provides a useful framework for discussing and describing a mediated environment and appears to be a valid framework within which to analyze different learning and communicative environments.

Educational Interactions Quality in E-Learning Environment

2016 ◽  
pp. 216-232
Author(s):  
Tatiana Noskova ◽  
Olga Yakovleva
Keyword(s):  
Educational Technology ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Environment Quality ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Educational Interactions

The chapter is focused on the problem of educational interactions within E-learning environment. The main questions are: how E-learning environment participants initiate and maintain communication and how an E-learning environment quality can be accessed via the educational interactions analysis? Two directions of E-learning environment interactions assessment are described: formalized assessment, carried out by a teacher on the account of basic educational interactions algorithms; students' self-assessment. The first direction of assessment is proposed to be carried out with the use of basic algorithms of educational interactions in E-learning environment; while the second direction of assessment involves telecommunication reflexive educational technology.

Social Software and E-Learning

2007 ◽  
pp. 228-247
Author(s):  
Jon Dron
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Social Software ◽  
Learning Trajectory ◽  
Online Learning Environment ◽  
Networked Learning ◽  
E Learning

This book offers an exploration of the ways that a learning trajectory is determined, and, in particular, how an online learning environment can affect that trajectory. It provides suggestions about how, primarily through technologies that underlie what is vulgarly known as “Web 2.0,” networked learning environments should be constructed to give control to learners if they need it, as they need it, and when they need it.

Education and E-Learning Evaluation and Assessment

2009 ◽  
pp. 189-194
Author(s):  
Emilio Lastrucci ◽  
Debora Infante ◽  
Angela Pascale
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Needs Analysis ◽  
Assessment And Evaluation ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
E Learning ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Teaching Learning

The assessment of e-learning shares most of the needs and requirements of face-to-face teaching, including clarity of the main objective, needs analysis, comprehensibility of objectives, definition of resources, and balance report (Calvani & Rotta, 2000). However, in e-learning environments the qualities of both monitoring and formative assessment have prominence, and can even determine the success of the course (Moore & Kearsley, 1996). In the learner-centered approach, typical in e-learning, the student is the protagonist of the teaching-learning process and thus, assessment is considered from a new perspective. It can be defined as the systematic process of correction, revision, collection, and use of information regarding both the students and the course in order to favor the progress and the learning of each student (Palomba & Banta, 1999). Assessment and evaluation are two different concepts even though they are interconnected: the former determines the student’s knowledge, skills and attitudes while the latter is necessary to express an opinion on learning results and on the quality of teaching.

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