Constructing self-discovery learning spaces online scaffolding and decision making technologies /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Hai-Jew, Shalin.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2011.
• Subjects: Self-culture > Computer network resources.; Computer-assisted instruction.; Automated discovery learning; Guided discovery learning; Human perception and discovery learning; Immersive environments; Problem solving through self-discovery; Self-assessment and planning; Self-discovery for writing; Self-discovery learning opportunities; Service design; Theories of discovery learning
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"This book raises awareness of the strategies supporting self-driven learner efficacy on a number of site types, educating readers about self-discovery learning and what learners need in terms of scaffolding to help them make the right decisions, assess their own level of learning, vet informat...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Human motivations and discovery learning / Brent A. Anders
• 2. Who are self-discovery learners-online?: a literature review / Shalin Hai-Jew
• 3. The LiveAbility House: a collaborative adventure in discovery learning / Sarah D. Kirby and Debra M. Sellers
• 4. NASATalk as a discovery learning space: self-discovery learning opportunities / Debra C. Burkey Piecka ... [et al.]
• 5. Knowledge spaces for online discovery learning / Roger W. McHaney
• 6. Web-based 3D virtual learning environments / Nicoletta Adamo-Villani, Kari L. Clase, Robin J. Heyden and John Wiecha
• 7. A case study on using discovery learning within a learning management system: Axio LearningTM / Brent A. Anders
• 8. The meeting point of second life and Web 2.0: self-discovery for writing / Ya-Chun Shih
• 9. Applied informal problem-solving through self-discovery online: an approach / Shalin Hai-Jew
• 10. Design guidelines for self-assessment support for adult academic distance learning / Maria Menendez Blanco ... [et al.]
• 11. Unconstrained walking plane to virtual environment for non-visual spatial learning / Kanubhai K. Patel and Sanjay Kumar Vij
• 12. Engaging learners in the digital age through self-discovery learning / Ramesh C. Sharma and Paul Kawachi
• 13. Addressing the "commitment problem": driving long-term persistent focus in self-discovery learning (a thought experiment) / Shalin Hai-Jew.