The 3rd International scil Congress offers a great opportunity for both educational managers and researchers to learn from good practices, reflect on own experiences and become familiar with new trends in learning and educational management. Early registration discounts are available until 29 February 2008.

The congress will revolve around the central theme: "the changing face of learning" and will focus on creating value through the right balance.

- New Learners? Balancing the needs of different generations and types of learners- New Learning Models? Balancing the right learning mix- New Learning Content and Systems? Balanced Learning Infrastructure- New Learning Business Models? Balanced Governance Scorecard- New Learning Issues? Balancing strategic priorities for learning

Detailed information and congress registration on http://www.scil.ch/congress

Best regards,your scil-team ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:42:07 Update

The 3rd International scil Congress offers a great opportunity for both educational managers and researchers to learn from good practices, reflect on own experiences and become familiar with new trends in learning and educational management. Early registration discounts are available until 29 February 2008.

The congress will revolve around the central theme: "the changing face of learning" and will focus on creating value through the right balance.

- New Learners? Balancing the needs of different generations and types of learners- New Learning Models? Balancing the right learning mix- New Learning Content and Systems? Balanced Learning Infrastructure- New Learning Business Models? Balanced Governance Scorecard- New Learning Issues? Balancing strategic priorities for learning

Detailed information and congress registration on http://www.scil.ch/congress

Best regards,your scil-team ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:42:07 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/pedagogy/2009-cooperative-learning-feedback-e-learning-statistics/
In their article, Krause et al. report on a study examining the effects of cooperative learning and a feedback intervention on the learning success of statistics students in an e-learning environment. The computer-based learning environment, named Koralle, is aimed at university students of the social sciences in an advanced statistics class. In terms of content, it deals with correlation analysis. Koralle is based on the principles of situated learning, i.e. the learners deal with complex probl...

Review by Taiga Brahm, scil - Swiss Centre for Innovations in Learning, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:57:55 GMT publicationid463 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/human-computer-interaction/2007-muller-mirza-et-al-using-graphical-tools-phased-activity-enhancing-dialogical-skills-digalo/
This article appeared in a special issue of the International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (ijCSCL) entirely devoted to the use of argument graphs to support collaborative learning. It describes an experimental application of an argumentative software called Digalo to support a learning activity with the aim of examining how students construct knowledge and develop argumentation skills while debating a controversial question. This encompasses different disciplines: - ...

Review by Silvia De Ascaniis, New Media in Education Lab - University of Lugano, Switzerland. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Wed, 06 May 2009 17:19:58 GMT publicationid462 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/pedagogy/2008-cambridge-fernandez-kahn-kirkpatrick-smith-impact-open-source-portfolio-learning-assessment/
The article inquires into the impact of using an electronic portfolio system (the Open Source Portfolio - OSP) in higher education, presenting case studies from four US universities. The authors' aim is to give an overview of the current state of OSP portfolio practice in higher education institutions (HEIs) presenting different implementations of various functionalities of OSP. The case studies have been conducted by the Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research (http://ncepr.o...

Review by Tobias Jenert, IWP-HSG - Institute of Business Education and Educational Management, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Wed, 06 May 2009 16:45:45 GMT publicationid461 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/pedagogy/communication/collaborative-learning/2003-baker-computer-mediated-argumentative-interactions-co-elaborations/
The chapter begins with a brief but consistent overview of what argumentation is and how it can be analyzed. During collaborative problem-solving, argumentation occurs basically under three conditions: a) when more than one solutions is proposed, b) when a single proposed solution is not mutually accepted or c) when the interlocutors attribute different epistemic statuses to the same solution. According to the author, the epistemic status is defined by the extent to which an interlocutor is wil...

Review by Chrysi Rapanta, New Media in Education Lab - University of Lugano, Switzerland. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Fri, 01 May 2009 13:57:24 GMT publicationid460 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/pedagogy/assessment/2009-peer-assessment-social-perspective-interpersonal-variables-structural-features/
Assessments of student learning, in particular, peer assessment have seen many developments in recent years. Peer assessment can be defined as a process through which groups or individual students rate their peers (van Gennip et al., 2009, 41). Peer assessment does not only include the evaluation of the outcomes but also of the process of learning. The authors of the paper reviewed studies on the effect of peer assessment on learning, taking into account the role of interpersonal variables and s...

Review by Taiga Brahm, scil - Swiss Centre for Innovations in Learning, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:01:39 GMT publicationid458 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/technology/2007-kerres-rottman-stratmann-pruefen-pc-evaluierungsbericht-praxiseinsatz/
Computergestuetzte Pruefungen in der Berufsbildung Im Zuge des Bologna-Prozesses und dem damit verbundenen zunehmenden Bedarf an Pruefungsdurchfuehrungen, der fortschreitenden Durchdringung mit entsprechender Technologie sowie einer zunehmender Expertise bei den Anbietern, werden in Hochschulen immer haeufiger computergestuetzte bzw. internetbasierte Pruefungen durchgefuehrt. Diese werden in der Regel unter Aufsicht abgelegt und automatisch ausgewertet. Auch in Teilen der beruflichen Weiterbi...

Review by Dr. Sandra Schaffert, Edumedia Salzburg Research, Austria. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:55:17 GMT publicationid457 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/technology/2008-dillenboug-integrating-technologies-educational-ecosystems/
In this article, P. Dillenbourg takes a quite revolutionary perspective regarding the current use of technologies in education. Being himself a teacher, a professor, and a computer scientist, his opinions in the Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) field are respectable and quite realistic. The starting phrase of his article already hints at what is going to follow. Very 'innocently' he asks the reader a rather provocative question: 'When teachers use a blackboard to teach, do they claim to do ch...

Review by Chrysi Rapanta, New Media in Education Lab - University of Lugano, Switzerland. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT publicationid456 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/pedagogy/2008-motivation-instruktion-leistungszielorientierung/
In ihrem Artikel untersucht Marsden die Art der Instruktion in E-Learning-Veranstaltungen, da diese von besonderer Bedeutung fuer die Motivation ist. Dabei wird unterschieden zwischen Lernziel- und Performanzzielorientierung. Bei Vorliegen von Lernzielorientierung ist eine Person bestrebt, bestimmte Inhalte zu verstehen oder neue Kompetenzen zu entwickeln. Mit Performanz- oder auch Leistungszielorientierung wird dagegen das Erreichen einer bestimmten Leistung im Sinne einer positiven Beurteilung...

Review by Taiga Brahm, scil - Swiss Centre for Innovations in Learning, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT publicationid455 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/technology/2008-scheibel-architektur-wissens-bildungsraeume-informationszeitalter/
Virtuelle und Reale Bildungsraeume Besucht man Mainz, wenn man ZDF schaut? Ist man in Muenchen, wenn man BRF hoert? Beides klingt komisch. Beim Internet spricht man hingegen sehr wohl davon, dass man sich wohin oder wo hinein bewegt, obwohl das technisch nicht zutreffend ist, man laedt die Daten ja auf seinen eigenen Rechner: Man bewegt sich "im Netz", das man als Raum wahrnimmt. Das war auch schon zu Zeiten so, als das World Wide Web noch vor allem aus Texten und Bildern bestand und 3-D-Welt...

Review by Dr. Sandra Schaffert, Edumedia Salzburg Research, Austria. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT publicationid452 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/human-computer-interaction/2009-shen-et-al-collaborative-tabletop-research-evaluation-interfaces-interactions-direct-touch/
As opposed to traditional displays, interactive surfaces, i.e. displays that allow users to directly interact with the surface by hands or input devices and see the visual feedback, provide a more intuitive and natural form of interaction, facilitating face-to-face collaboration. This article provides a broad overview of research on horizontal interactive surfaces (aka. tabletops). The article presents several challenges that tabletop designers and researchers have to take into account and techn...

Review by Son Do-Lenh, Centre de Recherche et D'Appui pour la Formation et ses Technologies (CRAFT), Switzerland. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT publicationid454 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/competence-development/competence-higher-education/2008-hogarth-introducing-collaborative-technology-strategy-higher-education-students-recommendations/
The article addresses the introduction of group and team work (the terms are used synonym-ously in the text) settings as well as supporting collaborative technology in higher education (HE). The main goals are to (1) gain deeper insight into which group work and technological skills are demanded by employers, (2) what HE students' attitudes towards group work and collaborative technologies are, and (3) to identify barriers of and needs for a successful im-plementation of group work and collabora...

Review by Tobias Jenert, IWP-HSG - Institute of Business Education and Educational Management, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT publicationid451 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/culture/change-management/2008-reiss-spejic-neue-medien-change-management-web-20-einsatz-urteil-experten/
In diesem Artikel diskutieren die Autoren Reiss/Spejic das Potential von Web 2.0-Instrumenten im Change Management. Ausgangspunkt der Ueberlegungen bildet eine Uebersicht zum "State-of-the-Art" von Web 2.0-Instrumenten. Im Rahmen des Change Managements laesst sich bis zum heutigen Zeitpunkt eine starke Fokussierung auf konventionelle Instrumente (z.B. Workshops, Top-Management Praesenz, Seminare oder Mitarbeiterzeitschriften) und Instrumente aus der so genannten "Web 1.0-Generation" (z.B. Disk...

Review by Tanja Fandel, scil - Swiss Centre for Innovations in Learning, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT publicationid450 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/technology/2008-park-ertmer-impact-problem-based-learning-teachers-beliefs-technology-use/
This article is concerned with changing teachers' beliefs regarding technology use. Although nowadays technology has become very common in everyday life, it yet has to be embedded in the teaching practice to unfold its full potential. While access and training are no longer considered significant barriers, teachers' beliefs about technology use are thought to be potentially impedimental for the integration of technology in the teaching practice. The aim of the study the article is based on was...

Review by Jenny Dommen, IWP-HSG - Institute of Business Education and Educational Management, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT publicationid449 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/technology/2008-alexander-chasm-web-20-gaming-course-management-systems/
Bryan Alexander's article traces the different lines of development that the use of online tools in the academic and the non-academic world has taken in recent years. It approaches the question of how to combine the traditional way of teaching via the web, i.e. making use of Learning Management Systems, and alternative ways provided by Web 2.0 and gaming applications. In the introductory part of the article, the author gives a general overview of the three aspects he considers: By referring to...

Review by M.A. Monika Haberer, eTeaching Service Center - Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT publicationid448 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/pedagogy/educational-principles/2008-hochholdinger-meister-shaper-lernmotivation-lern-transfererfolg-betrieblichen-e-learning/
Betriebliches Lernen sieht sich in den letzten Jahren aufgrund sich rasch entwickelnder Technik und vielfaeltiger organisationaler und gesellschaftlicher Veraenderungsprozesse mit neuen Herausforderungen konfrontiert. Die Qualifizierung der Mitarbeiter gewinnt zunehmend an Bedeutung und kann durch traditionelle Bildungsmassnahmen allein nicht aufrechterhalten werden. Infolgedessen setzt man Hoffnungen in die Integration von E-Learning-Angeboten in die betriebliche Aus- und Weiterbildung. Die anf...

Review by Anja Gebhardt, IWP-HSG - Institute of Business Education and Educational Management, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT publicationid447 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/pedagogy/2003-garrison-anderson-elearning-21-century-framwork-research-practice/
The book 'E-Learning in the 21st century' is written by two Canadian authors, specialists in Educational Psychology and also professors in Higher Education. This twofold identity of its authors shows up in the double character of the book: theory and practice of e-Learning are combined and explained in such an integrative way, that many times the reader wonders if she reads a philosophical essay on educational technology or a practical guide dedicated to help professors in the knowledge society....

Review by Chrysi Rapanta, New Media in Education Lab - University of Lugano, Switzerland. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT publicationid446 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/culture/2007-lange-you-youtube-analysis-online-response-ability/
Youtube offers the possibility to experience the so-called "online sociality"; it has made it available to a constantly increasing number of people. Indeed, interesting experiments are being carried out also in education. (e.g.: http://it.youtube.com/user/mwesch). It is therefore pedagogically strategic to understand more deeply how this kind of socialization works. This article presents the research of Patricia Lange, researcher at the School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern Californi...

Review by Emanuele Rapetti, New Media in Education Lab - University of Lugano, Switzerland. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT publicationid444 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/technology/cognitive-tools/2003-van-gelder-enhancing-deliberation-computer-supported-argument-visualization/
The paper by Tim van Gelder, associate professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of Melbourne, is part of the discussion about the development of reasoning skills and the enhancement of group deliberation with the use of computers. It constitutes the 5th chapter of a book entirely dedicated to the Computer-Supported Argument Visualization, titled "Visualizing Argumentation" and edited by Kirschner et al. in 2003. The keyword in van Gelder's chapter is "deliberation". It refers to ...

Review by Silvia De Ascaniis, New Media in Education Lab - University of Lugano, Switzerland. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT publicationid443 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/pedagogy/learning-design/2008-schrackmann-et-al-computer-internet-primarschule-theorie-praxis/
Mein Gesamturteil gleich vorweg ... Das Buch beginnt unspektakulaer und skizziert in der Einleitung erst einmal, dass und inwiefern es das Resultat eines Forschungsprojektes ist, welches am Institut fuer Medien und Schule der Paedagogischen Hochschule Zentralschweiz - Hochschule Schwyz zwischen 2005 und 2007 durchgefuehrt wurde. Aus diesem Projekt stammt auch das Material fuer die beiden DVDs mit insgesamt 20 kommentierten Unterrichtsbeispielen, bei welchen der Leser zum Zuschauer wird und an...

Review by Prof. Dr. Gabi Reinmann, Institut für Medien und Bildungstechnologie, Sektion Medienpädagogik, Universität Augsburg, Germany. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT publicationid441 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/human-computer-interaction/2007-glahn-specht-koper-smart-indicators-support-learning-interaction/
The article focuses on research in supporting users in on-line learning activities: it analyses how the interaction cycle (the loop between learner's actions and system behaviour) could be improved using feedback structures. The authors work in the Educational Technology Expertise Centre of the Open University Netherlands (OUNL): Glahn is a Ph.D. student, Specht is an associate professor and Koper is a full professor in educational technology. The starting point for this paper arises from th...

Review by Luca Mazzola, New Media in Education Lab - University of Lugano, Switzerland. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT publicationid440 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/technology/2008-fromme-sesnik-paedagogische-medientheorie/
Medien und Paedagogik Mit der Medienpaedagogik hat sich eine paedagogische Teildisziplin etabliert, die den Umgang mit Medien und insbesondere den Aufbau von Medienkompetenz auf Grundlage allgemeiner paedagogischer Theorien und Erfahrungen in den Mittelpunkt stellt. Die Paedagogikprofessoren Johannes Fromme und Werner Sesink legen nun den Herausgeberband "Paedagogische Medientheorie" vor, weil "das Mediale eine fundamentale Dimension humaner Lebensbewaeltigung und -gestaltung darstellt, desse...

Review by Dr. Sandra Schaffert, Edumedia Salzburg Research, Austria. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT publicationid439 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/competence-development/competence-vocational-training/2006-nuissl-et-al-report-zeitschrift-fuer-weiterbildungsforschung-netzwerke/
Einhergehend mit der Aufloesung der allumfassenden staatlichen Fuersorge waechst dem Aufbau und dem Management von Netzwerken eine neue Rolle zu, um dem Individuum die bisherige Handlungsfaehigkeit zu erhalten und zur Bildung eines "eigenen Typs sozialer Struktur" beizutragen. Das gilt insbesondere fuer Weiterbildungsnetzwerke bzw. erwachsenenpaedagogische Netzwerkarbeit. Der Report mit dem Titel "Netzwerke" geht vertieft wissenschaftlich auf das Thema ein und greift sinnvollerweise vier primaer...

Review by Prof. Dr. Klaus Bredl, Faculty of Social Work and Education - Hochschule Neubrandenburg, Germany. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT publicationid437 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/human-computer-interaction/design-principles/2008-young-integrating-cultures-design-icts/
Patricia Young's article is a review of the literature on cultural issues in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI) and instructional design (ID) that has been published in recent years, reflecting the challenge to adapt ICT products to culturally divers target groups in a national and international context. Without claiming to be an exhaustive review, the focus of the article lies on discussing the findings of conceptual and empirical papers, while excluding the field of game design. ...

Review by M.A. Monika Haberer, eTeaching Service Center - Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT publicationid438 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/competence-development/competence-higher-education/2007-vom-brocke-buddendick-scheider-handlungskompetenz-im-elearning-theoretischer-bezugsrahmen/
Vor dem Hintergrund zunehmenden Wettbewerbs im Bildungssektor erhaelt das Angebot von E-Learning-Veranstaltungen fuer Hochschulen herausragende Bedeutung. Demgegenueber belegen aktuelle Studien jedoch, dass die Potenziale, die das E-Learning bietet, bisher weitgehend ungenutzt bleiben. Nach Ansicht der Autoren zeichnen mangelnde Kompetenzen der Hochschullehrenden in Bezug auf den sinnvollen Einsatz und die adaequate Gestaltung von E-Learning-Angeboten fuer diesen Missstand verantwortlich. Die Ve...

Review by Anja Gebhardt, IWP-HSG - Institute of Business Education and Educational Management, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT publicationid434 New Review http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/human-computer-interaction/1999-hansen-et-al-using-telematics-collaborative-knowledge-construction/
With this book chapter Hansen et al. contribute to the understanding of collaborative knowledge construction. They motivate their research saying that, in spite of the fact that geographically dispersed groups are known to have more problems in collaboratively constructing knowledge than groups that have the possibility to collaborate face-to-face, too little consideration is given to matching tools that support collaboration with the processes that are sought to be supported. The authors invest...

Review by Andreas Schmeil, New Media in Education Lab - University of Lugano, Switzerland. ]]> contact@elearning-reviews.org Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT publicationid431