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Article: Strategies for enhancing and evaluating interactivity in web-based learning and teaching

TitleStrategies for enhancing and evaluating interactivity in web-based learning and teaching
Authors
KeywordsConversational learning community (CLC)
Evaluation
Interactivity
Learning
Teaching
Web-based education
Web-based instruction
Issue Date2010
PublisherIdea Group Publishing. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.idea-group.com/IJWLTT
Citation
International Journal Of Web-Based Learning And Teaching Technologies, 2010, v. 5 n. 4, p. 18-43 How to Cite?
AbstractInteractivity is often discussed in constructivist approaches to education, which enable the student to evolve, understand, or construct new ideas from existing concepts. Constructivist approaches rely on active participation in the learning situation. Interaction and participation are crucial ingredients in the learning process. But interactivity, as a specific learning concept that underlies the general notions of interaction and participation, is not easily tracked and evaluated. This paper examines how to evaluate interactivity. It outlines a number of criteria and student activities to evaluate success in interactive web-based teaching. These theoretical issues are illustrated in the context of two linguistics courses that involve both web-based course delivery and face-to-face course delivery. Measures taken to achieve interactivity in these courses are discussed before proposing qualitative and quantitative criteria for evaluating interactivity. Teachers in higher education can encourage students to have a more positive attitude through effective ways of increasing interaction, such as structuring the learning environment in such a way as to achieve a 'conversational learning community', a learning model that promotes informal, relaxed, and interactive communities of learners and teachers. Copyright © 2010, IGI Global.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/143000
ISSN
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.260
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dc.date.issued2010en_HK
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal Of Web-Based Learning And Teaching Technologies, 2010, v. 5 n. 4, p. 18-43en_HK
dc.identifier.issn1548-1093en_HK
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dc.description.abstractInteractivity is often discussed in constructivist approaches to education, which enable the student to evolve, understand, or construct new ideas from existing concepts. Constructivist approaches rely on active participation in the learning situation. Interaction and participation are crucial ingredients in the learning process. But interactivity, as a specific learning concept that underlies the general notions of interaction and participation, is not easily tracked and evaluated. This paper examines how to evaluate interactivity. It outlines a number of criteria and student activities to evaluate success in interactive web-based teaching. These theoretical issues are illustrated in the context of two linguistics courses that involve both web-based course delivery and face-to-face course delivery. Measures taken to achieve interactivity in these courses are discussed before proposing qualitative and quantitative criteria for evaluating interactivity. Teachers in higher education can encourage students to have a more positive attitude through effective ways of increasing interaction, such as structuring the learning environment in such a way as to achieve a 'conversational learning community', a learning model that promotes informal, relaxed, and interactive communities of learners and teachers. Copyright © 2010, IGI Global.en_HK
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dc.subjectConversational learning community (CLC)en_HK
dc.subjectEvaluationen_HK
dc.subjectInteractivityen_HK
dc.subjectLearningen_HK
dc.subjectTeachingen_HK
dc.subjectWeb-based educationen_HK
dc.subjectWeb-based instructionen_HK
dc.titleStrategies for enhancing and evaluating interactivity in web-based learning and teachingen_HK
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