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

"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...

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Corporate Authors: IGI Global
Group Author: Hai-Jew, Shalin (Editor)
Published: IGI Global,
Publisher Address: Hershey, Pa. :
Publication Dates: 2012.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-61350-320-1
Summary: "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 information strategically, collaborate with other learners, and build their own skill sets"--Provided by publisher.
Carrier Form: PDFs (250 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9781613503218 (ebook)
Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
Index Number: LC33
CLC: G434
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.