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Learning strategies in an ‘ideal’ computer‐based learning environment
Author(s) -
Ford Nigel,
Ford Rosalind
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.1992.tb00330.x
Subject(s) - ideal (ethics) , computer science , documentation , human–computer interaction , educational technology , learning environment , computer assisted instruction , computer assisted learning , multimedia , mathematics education , psychology , programming language , philosophy , epistemology
An experiment was conducted with 30 postgraduate students to discover how they might go about learning from an ‘ideal’ computer‐based environment. A system was created which preserved the appearance of a computer‐based interaction, yet which freed itself from the constraints of current technology. The students, although not aware of this at the time, were in fact interacting with two human experts, backed up with appropriate documentation and computer files, via a computer screen. The results suggest a number of different learning strategies linked to relatively successful and less successful learning. Implications for the design of computer‐based learning materials are discussed.