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Learning Design: Concepts, Susan J. Bennett, Rob Koper
Learning Design: Concepts, Susan J. Bennett, Rob Koper
Faculty of Education - Papers (Archive)
Crucial in any learning process are the activities that learners undertake: reading, thinking, discussing, exploring, problem solving, etc. When learners are passive you cannot expect them to learn much. The primary role of any instructional agent, whether it is a teacher, the learners themselves or a computer, is to stimulate the performance of learning activities that will gradually result in the attainment of the learning objectives. The instructional agent defines the tasks, provides the contexts and resources to perform the tasks, supports the learner during task performance and provides feedback about the results. The learning activities that are needed to …
Authentic Field Experiences: The Design Of Complex Web-Based Tasks, Janice A. Herrington, Gwyn J. Brickell
Authentic Field Experiences: The Design Of Complex Web-Based Tasks, Janice A. Herrington, Gwyn J. Brickell
Faculty of Education - Papers (Archive)
For students in todays society the learning environment has been extended to provide a range of educational opportunities from excursion venues such as museums to outdoor settings such as field study centres, often supported with the use of information and communication technologies. Such contexts encourage students to engage and participate in the learning process in developing a range of skills, often associated with problem-based learning, that look at the complex relationship between evidence, ideas and the impacts on society in a range of situations. In this paper we describe the development of a web-based educational program that incorporates current knowledge …