Learning Activity Spaces: Towards Flexibility in Learning Design?

  • Authors:
  • Anne Lejeune;Muriel Ney;Armin Weinberger;Margus Pedaste;Lars Bollen;Tasos Hovardas;Ulrich Hoppe;Ton de Jong

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-;-;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • ICALT '09 Proceedings of the 2009 Ninth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Designing a computer-supported learning scenario involving a constructivist approach of learning lays on a paradox. On the one hand, learning flows must be precisely described – including role distribution, required resources, tools, and scaffolds – to be realized in computer-supported environments. On the other hand, a fine-grained formalization of learning flows diverges from the constructivist notion of learning that learners are responsible for their knowledge (co-)construction. This paper draws upon the fundaments of a new concept so called “Learning Activity Space” (LAS) aiming at realizing some necessary flexibility when designing learning scenarios. LAS is the basis of a graphical scenario modeling language intelligible for non-computer scientists but still rich enough in detail to describe a large set of computer-supported learning scenarios.