{"title":"The effect of feedback during computerised system training for visual temporal integration","authors":"N. Gavish, Hagit Krisher","doi":"10.1504/IJLT.2016.076064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLT.2016.076064","url":null,"abstract":"The current research focuses on the effect of feedback given to trainees using a computerised training system to improve visual temporal integration. Two training groups were compared: one that received feedback during training feedback group and one that did not no feedback group, with 15 trainees in each group. The results demonstrated that the feedback group's performance was significantly poorer compared to the no feedback group as assessed by two very important measures - number of errors in new sets measured during training and number of commission errors in the d2 test of attention the post-training transfer task. While the guidance hypothesis predicts the decline in the transfer task, the deterioration observed in performance during training is not a common phenomenon. We explain these results by the theory of overconfidence.","PeriodicalId":367062,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Learn. Technol.","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127294972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using virtual world simulators (Second Life) in social work course assignments","authors":"S. Anstadt, Belinda Bruster, S. B. Girimurugan","doi":"10.1504/IJLT.2016.076061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLT.2016.076061","url":null,"abstract":"This article describes an initial exploration of Second Life SL, a virtual platform that affords immersive opportunities for students to sensitise and educate themselves in a structured yet self-directed course-design framework. With the use of SL as a virtual reality platform, students are able to choose which resources are used to train them in basic navigation and which communities, representing a wide variety of cultural practices of interest to them, they would choose to study. In a two-year study, student attitudes of engagement and desire to learn cultural competencies through this media are compared, using two methods of course design introducing students to SL. Student surveys show significant improvement in SL navigation when entry into SL include interviews with key informants and a central teleportation hub for exploration to key sites. Student surveys show significant increase in student involvement and appreciation for the use of SL regarding the EPAS core competencies as published by the Council on Social Work Education in 2008 for cultural diversity and application to client assessment.","PeriodicalId":367062,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Learn. Technol.","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131474255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using an online homework management system in tax accounting: does it advance learning?","authors":"Ramon P. Rodriguez, L. Smith","doi":"10.1504/IJLT.2016.076062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLT.2016.076062","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents effects of an online homework management system OHMS in a tax accounting course. An examination is made of student performance and perceptions with and without use of an OHMS in an undergraduate upper-level tax accounting course. Students indicated that they perceived their learning performance was enhanced due to use of the OHMS; however, this perception was not supported by the actual performance results. Empirical evidence indicates that an OHMS does not increase student learning performance. At the same time, an OHMS does provide an objective measurement of homework performance along with instant and convenient feedback to students.","PeriodicalId":367062,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Learn. Technol.","volume":"93 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123818029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the effectiveness of a novel feedback mechanism within an intelligent tutoring system","authors":"Jeremiah Sullins, Scotty D. Craig, Xiangen Hu","doi":"10.1504/IJLT.2015.072358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLT.2015.072358","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of a new feedback mechanism within an intelligent tutoring system called AutoTutor LITE. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three feedback manipulation conditions within the context of complex scientific material: 1 learners' characteristics curves; 2 random; 3 no feedback. Results revealed that the participants receiving the new feedback mechanism LCC showed significantly higher learning gains when compared to the random feedback or no feedback manipulations. Additionally, there were no differences discovered between random feedback and no feedback. Interpretation and implications of results are discussed.","PeriodicalId":367062,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Learn. Technol.","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121622656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Manuel Santos-Trigo, I. Reyes-Martínez, Francisco Ortega-Moreno
{"title":"Fostering and supporting the coordinated use of digital technologies in mathematics learning","authors":"Manuel Santos-Trigo, I. Reyes-Martínez, Francisco Ortega-Moreno","doi":"10.1504/IJLT.2015.072360","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLT.2015.072360","url":null,"abstract":"The wide use of different digital technologies in social and daily activities has been transforming ways in which people interact and communicate. To what extent can the coordinated use of several digital technologies foster and enhance students' development of mathematical knowledge? What kind of reasoning do problem solvers construct as a result of using several digital technologies to represent, explore and solve a mathematical problem? Addressing these questions led us to outline a framework that aims to characterise ways in which multiple purpose technologies and ad hoc technologies can be used in problem solving approaches. In particular the construction of dynamic models of tasks or problems plays a crucial role in looking for mathematical relationships and novel approaches to solve those problems.","PeriodicalId":367062,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Learn. Technol.","volume":"255 13","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113988980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Student assignment involving perceptual mapping via multidimensional scaling and multi-attribute models","authors":"S. Linnhoff, K. Smith","doi":"10.1504/IJLT.2015.072356","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLT.2015.072356","url":null,"abstract":"Research shows that college students are deficient in statistical skills. There is a need today for the development of learning tools that can help students overcome their anxiety of statistical applications. This study seeks to respond to that need by describing a student assignment involving multivariate statistics. The assignment integrates aspects of perceptual mapping via multidimensional scaling and multi-attribute models. A feedback questionnaire revealed that the assignment was well-received by students and successful in increasing their knowledge of statistics. Students felt the assignment did increase their knowledge of perceptual maps, multi-attribute models, and multidimensional scaling. Students showed an interest in learning more about statistics and marketing research. Since the assignment increased the student's interest in statistics and willingness to learn and use statistics, findings suggest that the students anxiety regarding statistics was reduced.","PeriodicalId":367062,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Learn. Technol.","volume":"332 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134453518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aikaterini-Maria Souki, F. Paraskeva, Aikaterini Alexiou, K. Papanikolaou
{"title":"Developing personalised e-courses: tailoring students' learning preferences to a model of self-regulated learning","authors":"Aikaterini-Maria Souki, F. Paraskeva, Aikaterini Alexiou, K. Papanikolaou","doi":"10.1504/IJLT.2015.072357","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLT.2015.072357","url":null,"abstract":"The systematic design of personalised e-learning courses so as to place emphasis on preferred ways of studying and to motivate learners to manage their own learning process poses a major challenge. To meet this challenge, the design and implementation of the 'SR-INSPIREus-Learning Framework' applying aspects of self-regulated learning SRL theory for modelling learning strategies that match various learning preferences and exploit the adaptive functionalities of INSPIREus, is proposed. A preliminary quasi-experimental study with comparison groups in pre/post tests and experimental and control groups was conducted in order to examine aspects of SRL cognitive and affective domain and learners' performance. The findings provide evidence about the potential of the framework in increasing specific aspects of SRL and students' performance.","PeriodicalId":367062,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Learn. Technol.","volume":"355 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115934016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Video diaries: a discussion of their use for researching the learner experience in higher education","authors":"A. Jefferies","doi":"10.1504/IJLT.2015.072359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLT.2015.072359","url":null,"abstract":"This paper considers the rationale for using video diaries as a method of qualitative data gathering for research into students' experiences of higher education HE. In particular, the paper considers how video diaries have been employed for researching students' views and attitudes to their own learning and development. The paper examines the literature on the purpose of reflective video diary research as the method has moved beyond its initial primary development in medical research and specifically into their use in HE. The particular benefits of personal video-diary compilation are considered in terms of the autonomy of the participant. A methodology for employing video diaries as a research method for data collection is discussed within the context of three case studies with undergraduate students at a UK university. The conclusions highlight the unique value of participant-generated video diaries for researching the nature of the student learning experience in HE.","PeriodicalId":367062,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Learn. Technol.","volume":"519 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121114751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Math word problem solving by English learners and English primary students in an intelligent tutoring system","authors":"C. Beal, Federico Cirett","doi":"10.1504/IJLT.2015.070686","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLT.2015.070686","url":null,"abstract":"Math word problem solving in an online tutoring system was compared for high school students who were native speakers of English English primary and their peers who were learning English English learners. Word problems were written in English, the language of instruction. Data records for word problems that had been solved by students in both language groups were located and compared. Results indicated that the English learners were less likely to answer correctly, had more incorrect answer attempts, and took longer per problem on average than English primary students. When word problems were matched for math operation, students in both language groups performed worse on problems with more challenging text. There were no differences for the two language groups with regard to self-reported math motivation, plans to attend college, or off-task 'gaming' behaviour, suggesting that the lower performance of the English learners could not be attributed to lower effort.","PeriodicalId":367062,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Learn. Technol.","volume":"2015 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132600242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Instructional principles and practices in a digital storytelling one-to-one laptop English language program","authors":"P. Towndrow","doi":"10.1504/IJLT.2015.070688","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLT.2015.070688","url":null,"abstract":"This study presents a narrative account of an English teacher's experiences of teaching digital storytelling in the context of a school-wide one-to-one laptop program. The results show that the transfer of exemplary language performance from the oral physical realm is not as straightforward as it first appears. While there is certainly potential to enhance storytelling digitally, there is also a need to understand and practice how stories are constructed and how meaning making is designed and realised through various semiotic modes of representation.","PeriodicalId":367062,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Learn. Technol.","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124405954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}