Journal of Interactive Learning Research最新文献

{"title":"A Skype-Buddy Model for Blended Learning","authors":"Carmen E. Macharaschwili, Linda Skidmore","doi":"10.4018/978-1-4666-4912-5.CH024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4912-5.CH024","url":null,"abstract":"Universities are challenged with providing quality educational experiences that meet students’ needs for engagement and collaboration. The availability of computer-mediated communication tools provides opportunities for such needs to be met as well as allows students the opportunity to complete higher education degree requirements in virtual environments This chapter discusses how Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) was used in a unique Skype-Buddy system to provide virtual face-to-face participation in traditional doctoral classrooms. Students’ and professors’ satisfaction, benefits, challenges, and surprises in this system are examined. Results and recommendations from this study are applicable in undergraduate and secondary level classrooms.","PeriodicalId":39726,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Learning Research","volume":"24 1","pages":"167-190"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70427895","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":"Conversational Agents and Their Longitudinal Affordances on Communication and Interaction","authors":"A. Doering, G. Veletsianos, Theano Yerasimou","doi":"10.25316/IR-65","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25316/IR-65","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, we investigate the effects of conversational agents on communication and interaction when used to assist participants in developing an online portfolio. Data from 52 participants were gathered and analyzed through questionnaires, written reflections, transcripts of student-agent interactions, and focus groups. Data revealed that participants communicated with the agents on issues ranging from portfolio development to popular culture. Although participants did not view the agents as particularly helpful in completing class activities, they did use them as social companions throughout the four-week study. Implications of the findings for future design and research include: (a) learner-developed conversational agents, (b) improved \" intelligence \" with which agents deliver content-based knowledge, and (c) further developed virtual characters that can meet users' humanistic and utilitarian expectations. Virtual characters are becoming more common within industry and academia where they have been used in a variety of domains for multiple purposes, such as assisting learners on how to complete a task (e.g., Baylor and Ryu, 2003) or to report sports news online conducted on the use of virtual characters in educational environments although these have come to no consensus as to whether virtual characters improve learning and teaching. argued that the use of agents does not generally contribute to improved performance. Specifically, Baylor (2002) observed that student performance on the development of an instructional plan did not differ among agent conditions. Craig, Gholson and Driscoll (2002) discovered that agent properties (agent only, agent with gesture, no agent) were not able to explain differences in students' performances for retention, matching, transfer, and multiple choice questions; and Mayer, Dow and Mayer (2003) found no significant difference on problem-solving transfer performance regarding the presence of the agent's image on the screen. found that students who interacted with an agent and received text in audio format attained higher scores than those working without an agent and receiving instruction via written text. Dehn and van Mulken (2000) and Gulz (2004) examined the proposed benefits of agent-enhanced learning environments and found that the evidence for integrating agents in educational settings is at best mixed. This lack of unanimity is further complicated by differences in the design of agents and experiments (Clark and Choi, 2005). For example, Cole et al. (2003) had used an agent that was described as a disembodied head lacking natural facial expressions, while Louwerse et al. (2005) used a Conversational Agents 4 This DRAFT copy is provided …","PeriodicalId":39726,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Learning Research","volume":"7 1","pages":"251-270"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69174659","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":"Embodying Our Values in Our Teaching Practices: Building Open and Critical Discourse through Computer Mediated Communication","authors":"David R. Geelan, P. Taylor","doi":"10.1163/9789087903640_017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/9789087903640_017","url":null,"abstract":"Computer mediated communication—including web pages, email and web-based bulletin boards—was used to support the development of a cooperative learning community among students in a web-based distance education unit for practicing science and mathematics educators. The students lived in several \u0000Australian states and a number of Pacific Rim countries. They reported increased satisfaction with their studies, decreased feelings of isolation, and better support for their learning processes. This article describes the iterative processes of research and design involved in developing and refining the unit, which was based in a social constructivist/constructionist conception of teaching and learning, between 1997 and 1999. Issues and implications \u0000for others planning to develop web-based teaching units, including the time and energy commitment involved, and the \u0000challenges of credibly assessing online participation, are also considered.","PeriodicalId":39726,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Learning Research","volume":"12 1","pages":"375-401"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"64568593","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":"Interactive storytelling systems for children","authors":"BersMarina Umaschi, CassellJustine","doi":"10.5555/313715.313721","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5555/313715.313721","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39726,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Learning Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71140200","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 mapping for cognitive assessment in project-based science","authors":"J. Laffey, Jon Singer","doi":"10.5555/313722.313729","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5555/313722.313729","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39726,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Learning Research","volume":"502 1","pages":"363-387"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71140232","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}