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Kevan, Jonathan M.; Ryan, Paul R. – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2016
This emerging technology report describes the Experience API (xAPI), a new e-learning specification designed to support the learning community in standardizing and collecting both formal and informal distributed learning activities. Informed by Activity Theory, a framework aligned with constructivism, data is collected in the form of activity…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Learning Activities, Alternative Assessment
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Cole, Anne; Berge, Zane L. – Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
Corporate training professionals led the explosion of e-learning solutions in the 1990s. Yet in 2008, as new generations of technology-savvy, computer games-oriented employees are entering the workforce, corporate training departments are far behind universities in exploring the use of virtual worlds like Second Life or Protosphere as platforms…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Training, Electronic Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Cameron, Ian; Crosthwaite, Caroline; Norton, Christine; Balliu, Nicoleta; Tadé, Moses; Hoadley, Andrew; Shallcross, David; Barton, Geoff – Advances in Engineering Education, 2008
This work presents a unique education resource for both process engineering students and the industry workforce. The learning environment is based around spherical imagery of real operating plants coupled with interactive embedded activities and content. This Virtual Reality (VR) learning tool has been developed by applying aspects of relevant…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Industry, Electronic Learning, Simulated Environment
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Lainema, Timo – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2004
The constantly changing business environment has forced many organizations to move away from focusing on individual tasks and functions to focusing on more integrated and coordinated ways of work. Higher-level business and information systems (IS) education is also in a state of change, as the traditional curriculum does not coincide with business…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Business, Game Theory, Constructivism (Learning)
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Westera, W.; Hommes, M. A.; Houtmans, M.; Kurvers, H. J. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2003
This paper outlines and discusses a self-contained multimedia-training program on psychological diagnostics. The program aims to play an intermediate role between theory and working practice, while offering students a simulated environment to prepare for practical work with real humans. The program simulates the entire diagnostic cycle in…
Descriptors: Simulated Environment, Program Design, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries