In recent years, learner models have emerged from the research laboratory and research
classrooms into the wider world. Learner models are now embedded in real world …

An emerging field of educational data mining (EDM) is building on and contributing to a wide
variety of disciplines through analysis of data coming from various educational technologies …

Early in 2005, Phil Harris, Executive Director of the Association of Educational
Communications and Technology, approached Mike Spector and asked if he would like to …

What do we mean by the word 'context'in education and how does our context influence the
way that we learn? What role can technology play in enhancing learning and what is the …

Establishing optimal challenge enhances intrinsic motivation, interest, and the probability of
success in the learning activity. In K–12 problem-based learning (PBL), students may …

Having improved emotional (affective) state may have several benefits on learners, such as
promoting higher cognitive flexibility and opens the learner to discovery of new ideas and …

Pair programming has a documented history of benefits, such as increased code quality,
productivity, self-efficacy, knowledge transfer, and reduced gender gap. Research …

Adaptive instruction embodies all instructional forms that accommodate the needs and
abilities of different learners. This chapter summarizes five approaches to adaptive …

This paper examines motivational factors affecting higher education (HE) students in the
Faculty of Technology at the University of Portsmouth. A reliable identification of motivational …

This paper describes a Conceptual Framework underpinning “Systems that Care” in terms of
educational systems that take account of motivation, metacognition and affect, in addition to …