Journal of Interactive Learning Research articles from December 2006

Journal of Interactive Learning Research archives from December 2006

Robotic technologies: when parents put their learning ahead of their child's.
December 22, 2006... New technologies are slowly making it into the early childhood classroom; however, many families expose their children to these technologies before they encounter them in the formal school setting. Thus, many parents serve as the first teachers...

Examining preservice teachers' involvement in online science education.
December 22, 2006... In various western countries, preservice teachers are electing to learn how to teach primary science education though online coursework. Debate arises over the quality of online course-work to deliver adequate knowledge and skills for teaching...

Exploring the relationship between mediating tools and student perception of interdependence in a CSCL environment.(computer supported collaborative learning)
December 22, 2006... This study investigated how different tools differentially mediate the way groups interact and how the differential tool use and interactivity influence interdependence in online collaborative activity. Activity Theory is used as a framework to...

The technology/inquiry typology: defining Instructional Technology.
December 22, 2006... Instructional Technology is an ill-defined field of study. This paper proposes a definition of Instructional Technology that embraces the artifactual nature of technology and its application in the work of instruction. Technology, in all its...

Improving performance support systems through information retrieval evaluation.
December 22, 2006... This study examines existent and new methods for evaluating the success of information retrieval systems. The theory underlying current methods is not robust enough to allow testing retrieval using different meta-tagging schemas. Traditional...