Problem-Based Learning in web environments: how do students learn? Evidences from the |Virtual eBMS| system
DOI: 10.1504/IJCEELL.2008.016073 | Giustina Secundo, Gianluca Elia, Cesare Taurino | This paper presents a case study of applying the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) approach in a web-based environment. It first describes the rationale and the main features behind the PBL for creating business leaders in the emerging competiti... | 6 - 25 |
The Project Method e-course: the use of tools towards the evolution of the Greek teachers| online community
DOI: 10.1504/IJCEELL.2008.016073 | Marianna Vivitsou, Niki Lambropoulos, Dimitris Konetas, Michael Paraskevas, Evangelos Grigoropoulos | The second web generation (Web 2.0) opens up new perspectives for community building through communication and collaboration. Open Source Software (OSS) have contributed to the viability of educational courses and extended the potential of ... | 26 - 39 |
Concept mapping instrumental support for problem solving
DOI: 10.1504/IJCEELL.2008.016073 | Slavi Stoyanov, Piet Kommers | The main theoretical position of this paper is that it is the explicit problem-solving support in concept mapping software that produces a stronger effect in problem-solving performance than the implicit support afforded by the graphical fu... | 40 - 53 |
LOCO-Analyst: semantic web technologies in learning content usage analysis
DOI: 10.1504/IJCEELL.2008.016073 | Jelena Jovanovic, Dragan Gasevic, Christopher Brooks, Vladan Devedzic, Marek Hatala, Timmy Eap, Griff Richards | This paper demonstrates how we use semantic web technologies to improve the state-of-the-art in e-learning environments and bridge the gap between students and learning-content authors/teachers. In particular, we use our Learning Object Con... | 54 - 76 |
Towards a learning path specification
DOI: 10.1504/IJCEELL.2008.016073 | Jose Janssen, Adriana Berlanga, Hubert Vogten, Rob Koper | Flexible lifelong learning requires comparability and exchange-ability of courses, programmes and other types of learning actions both in a national and international context. In order to achieve comparability and exchangeability, a uniform... | 77 - 97 |
Smart indicators to support the learning interaction cycle
DOI: 10.1504/IJCEELL.2008.016073 | Christian Glahn, Marcus Specht, Rob Koper | This paper focuses on the relevant information for collecting and presenting contextual information, its effects and impact on the learning interaction cycle and mechanisms of controlling it. The core principle of the learning interaction c... | 98 - 117 |
A reference model for mobile social software for learning
DOI: 10.1504/IJCEELL.2008.016073 | Tim De Jong, Marcus Specht, Rob Koper | This paper provides a reference model for mobile social software and uses it to analyse the current state-of-the-art in its applications for learning. A general overview of the literature in the field and the available projects will be give... | 118 - 138 |
Improving learning design practices through strategic integrated evaluation
DOI: 10.1504/IJCEELL.2008.016073 | Chien-Sing Lee | Strategic INtegrated Evaluation Methodology (SINEM) addresses three problems: first, the time needed to formulate strategies and identify evaluation criteria to meet objectives; second, the diversity of evaluation criteria among evaluation ... | 139 - 153 |
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