Posts Tagged ‘learning’

Effectiveness of Personalised Learning Paths on Students Learning Experiences in an e-Learning Environment

Personalisation of e-learning environments is an interesting research area in which the learning experience of learners is generally believed to be improved when his or her personal learning preferences are taken into account. One such learning preference is the V-A-K instrument that classifies learners as visual, auditory or kinaesthetic. In this research, the outcomes of […]

Turnitin Systems: A Deterrent to Plagiarism in College Classrooms

Computer technology and the Internet now make plagiarism an easier enterprise. As a result, faculty must be more diligent in their efforts to mitigate the practice of academic integrity, and institutions of higher education must provide the leadership and support to ensure the context for it. This study explored the use of a plagiarism detection […]

Teaching and Human Memory, Part 2

Last month I wrote an overview about recent research on the workings of human memory, with the help of a journal article on the subject published in College Teaching.Michelle Miller, a cognitive psychologist at Northern Arizona University, wrote the article and agreed to answer some questions I had, for this two-part series, on how memory […]

Teaching and Human Memory, Part I

Imagine you have a sore shoulder, so you visit a physical therapist and come away with a set of exercises that she says will help improve your condition. A month later, with your shoulder no better, you return and ask why the exercises aren’t working.“I have no idea,” she responds. “I don’t actually know anything […]

Augmented Reality for Learning

It Has Been Shown To Accelerate Comprehension and Increase Engagement For All Ages In Numerous DisciplinesSOURCE: ELEARNINGRead the Full Article