Journal of Interactive Learning Research articles from June 2003

Journal of Interactive Learning Research archives from June 2003

Supporting current pedagogical approaches with neuroscience research.
June 22, 2003... In this article we attempt to appropriate relevant neuroscience research findings and draw possible implications to learning and instruction. In such an attempt, we also complement findings from the cognitive and learning sciences with...

Computer mediated communication: online instruction and interactivity.
June 22, 2003... A major concern for many educators appears to be that there is an inherent reduction in the type and level of interaction between the instructor and students in web-based and web-enhanced courses. This assumption, however, does not appear to be...

Supporting electronic discourse: principles of design from a social constructivist perspective.
June 22, 2003... With the ever-increasing popularity of the Interact in education, social constructivists among others claim that electronic discourse positively influences cognitive development. Unfortunately, not much research has been done to indicate that...

Piloting participatory designing within a collaborative learning environment.
June 22, 2003... The purpose of the study was to analyze the nature of virtual designing in a collaborative learning environment (Future Learning Environment, FLE2). The present investigators organized a collaborative design course in which six teams of...

Mapping online discussions with lexical scores.
June 22, 2003... Successful online learning requires the full and fruitful participation of learners in group discussions. These collaborative forums provide the basis for devising shared goals, encouraging comments, using the semantics of the subject area,...

A multimedia knowledge module Virtual Tutor fosters interactive learning.
June 22, 2003... The reported research merges qualities of an expert system with advantages of multimedia, thus creating a variety of innovative ways of knowledge mediation. An expert system as a multimedia knowledge module was developed. Because of the...