Journal of Interactive Learning Research
April 2009 Volume 20, Number 2
Editors
Enrico Gandolfi
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 5
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Pedagogy First! Making Web-Technologies Work for Soft Skills Development in Leadership and Management Education
Gareth Morgan & Jean Adams, Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada
Most will agree that the use of Internet to support teaching and learning has become a mainstay of management education with the widespread use of online content, discussion boards, document... More
pp. 129-155
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A Journey on Refining Rules for Online Discussion: Implications for the Design of Learning Management Systems
Der-thanq Chen, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Yu-mei Wang, University of Alabama - Birmingham, United States; David Hung, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Research on asynchronous online discussions has primarily focused on their efficacy in relation to learning outcomes. Rarely are there investigations on how the design of online learning activities... More
pp. 157-173
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MMOGs: Beyond the Wildest Imagination
Jonathan Gratch, University of North Texas, United States; Janet Kelly, Texas Christian University, United States
***Invited as a paper from SITE 2007*** Historically, Massive Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) have been used for entertainment purposes, but that is rapidly changing. Advances in computer... More
pp. 175-187
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Transfer of Online Professional Learning to Teachers’ Classroom Practice
Anthony Herrington, Jan Herrington, Garry Hoban & Doug Reid, University of Wollongong, Australia
Professional learning is an important process in enabling teachers to update their pedagogical knowledge and practices. The use of online technologies to support professional learning has a number ... More
pp. 189-213
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Application of Frameworks in the Analysis and (Re)design of Interactive Visual Learning Tools
Liang Hai-Ning & Kamran Sedig, The University of Western Ontario, Canada
Interactive visual learning tools (IVLTs) are software environments that encode and display information visually and allow learners to interact with the visual information. This article examines... More
pp. 215-254
