E-Learning Systems, Environments and Approaches: Theory and Implementation

✍ Scribed by Pedro Isaías, J. Michael Spector, Dirk Ifenthaler, Demetrios G. Sampson (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 334
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The volume consists of twenty-five chapters selected from among peer-reviewed papers presented at the CELDA (Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age) 2013 Conference held in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, in October 2013 and also from world class scholars in e-learning systems, environments and approaches. The following sub-topics are included: Exploratory Learning Technologies (Part I), e-Learning social web design (Part II), Learner communities through e-Learning implementations (Part III), Collaborative and student-centered e-Learning design (Part IV). E-Learning has been, since its initial stages, a synonym for flexibility. While this dynamic nature has mainly been associated with time and space it is safe to argue that currently it embraces other aspects such as the learners’ profile, the scope of subjects that can be taught electronically and the technology it employs. New technologies also widen the range of activities and skills developed in e-Learning. Electronic learning environments have evolved past the exclusive delivery of knowledge. Technology has endowed e-Learning with the possibility of remotely fomenting problem solving skills, critical thinking and team work, by investing in information exchange, collaboration, personalisation and community building.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
E-Learning Systems, Environments and Approaches: Theory and Implementation....Pages 1-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Measuring Problem Solving Skills in Portal 2....Pages 11-24
iPads in Inclusive Classrooms: Ecologies of Learning....Pages 25-37
Supporting the Strengths and Activity of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in a Technology-Enhanced Learning Environment....Pages 39-55
Learning with the Simpleshow....Pages 57-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Live, Laugh and Love to Learn Turning Learning from Traditional to Transformational....Pages 69-81
The Configuration Process of a Community of Practice in the Collective Text Editor....Pages 83-94
Using an Ontological and Rule-Based Approach for Contextual Semantic Annotations in Online Communities....Pages 95-115
Recognizing and Analyzing Emotional Expressions in Movements....Pages 117-131
Student-Driven Classroom Technologies: Transmedia Navigation and Tranformative Communications....Pages 133-144
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
ICT Support for Collaborative Learning—A Tale of Two Cities....Pages 147-163
The Investigation of Pre-Service Teachers’ Concerns About Web 2.0 Technologies in Education....Pages 165-179
Teacher Training Using Interactive Technologies: Performance and Assessment in Second Life and Simschool....Pages 181-198
A Study on Improving Information Processing Abilities Based on PBL....Pages 199-210
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
Constructivism vs Constructionism: Implications for Minecraft and Classroom Implementation....Pages 213-227
Student-Centered, e-Learning Design in a University Classroom....Pages 229-246
Some Psychometric and Design Implications of Game-Based Learning Analytics....Pages 247-261
Self-Assessment and Reflection in a 1st Semester Course for Software Engineering Students....Pages 263-275
Don’t Waste Student Work: Using Classroom Assignments to Contribute to Online Resources....Pages 277-285
The Ancestor Project: Aboriginal Computer Education Through Storytelling....Pages 287-304
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
Perceived Affordances of a Technology-Enhanced Active Learning Classroom in Promoting Collaborative Problem Solving....Pages 305-322
Back Matter....Pages 323-329

✦ Subjects

Educational Technology; Learning & Instruction