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LEARNING

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  "One has learned when one has developed new understanding or capacity."   A.H. Schoenfeld, 1999       IMPORTANT LEARNER ASPECTS Capacities and Capabilities (refers to physiological and intellectual prerequisites, previous knowledge concerning the topic) Interests, learning strategies, metacognitions, conceptions of learning, motivation, emotions, attitudes, content, social competencies, etc. 2 FACTORS ESSENTIAL IN LEARNING 1. SOCIAL CONTACTS AND RELATIONSHIP TO PEOPLE (communities of practice, communities of communication, and cooperation;  family, classmates, teachers, peers, community members) 2. LEARNING OBJECT (learning materials - tools, videos, tape, multimedia products, physical objects, artifacts, and virtual learning tools) *Environment in which learning takes place influences learning. It includes structure, condition, and access to the environment itself. LEARNING GOALS are a combination of: 1. Declarative Knowledge (Knowing What) 2. Skills (Kn...
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MULTIMEDIA AND INTERACTIVITY

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MULTIMEDIA Variety  of artistic/communicative media. contains text, graphic, animations, video, and sound in an integrated way and can be structured and presented differently. FORMS OF INTERACTIVITY (Rhodes and Azbell 1985) REACTIVE INTERACTION - Learners give responses to                           a presented stimulus.   PROACTIVE INTERACTION - Learners control the program. They make decision on the order of tasks or where to navigate within the application. MUTUAL INTERACTION - Learners and program are able to adapt to each other. INTERACTIVITY CONTAINS A BROAD RANGE OF POSSIBILITIES FOR INFLUENCING THE PROCESS OF LEARNING AND THE CONTEXT OF STUDIES (Reiman, 1997) LINEAR NAVIGATING - moving forward or backward on the screen. HIERARCHIC NAVIGATING - the possibility of selecting sites or contents using special menus. INTERACTIVE HELP FUNCTIONALITY - most effective when adapted to the topical presentation ...
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