Computer-mediated world-wide networks have enabled a shift from contiguous learning
groups to asynchronous distributed learning groups utilizing computer-supported collaborative …

This article presents a review of research comparing the effectiveness of individual learning
environments with collaborative learning environments. In reviewing the literature, it was …

Current discussions about educational policy and practice are often embedded in a mind-set
that considers students who were born in an age of omnipresent digital media to be …

Evidence for the superiority of guided instruction is explained in the context of our knowledge
of human cognitive architecture, expert–novice differences, and cognitive load. Although …

There is much talk of a change in modern youth – often referred to as digital natives or
Homo Zappiens – with respect to their ability to simultaneously process multiple channels of …

C ognitive load theory (CLT) can provide guidelines to assist in the presentation of information
in a manner that encourages learner activities that optimise intellectual performance. It is …

Ten Steps to Complex Learning presents a path from an educational problem to a solution
in a way that students, practitioners, and researchers can understand and easily use. …

Complex learning aims at the integration of knowledge, skills, and attitudes; the coordination
of qualitatively different constituent skills; and the transfer of what is learned to daily life or …

Authenticity is an important element of new modes of assessment. The problem is that what
authentic assessment really is, is unspecified. In this article, we first review the literature on …

A team is more than a group of people in the same space, physical or virtual. In recent years,
increasing attention has been devoted to the social bases of cognition, taking into …