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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Learning interaction"”.
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Active Keyframe Learning (AKL): Learning Interaction and Constraint Keyframes from a Single Demonstration of a Task
… In this thesis, we present Active Keyframe Learning (AKL) for learning the task specification as an ordered sequence of keyframes to capture the physical interactions and geometric constraints from a single demonstration of a task given by a nonexpert. We learn the least restrictive task …
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Participation, collaboration and language use in English Foreign Language adult learning groups that share or do not share a common language besides English
… study attempts to answer the question: "How is learning, interaction and information exchange affected by whether learning groups are composed of people who share or do not share a common language (besides English)?" I carried out the research at English Foreign Language (EFL) classes which were …
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Developing A Framework for Guiding Interaction Design in Distance Learning
As one of the most critical elements in distance learning, interaction has been identified empirically as increasing learner motivation, satisfaction, participation, communication, and achievement. Fostering pedagogically effective interaction is a major challenge for educators in distance …
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Learnersourcing : improving learning with collective learner activity
… video interfaces are not designed to support learning, with limited interactivity and lack of information about learners' engagement and content. Making these improvements requires deep semantic information about video that even state-of-the-art AI techniques cannot fully extract. I take a …
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Towards understanding and improving the process of small group collaborative learning in software engineering education
… improve the process of small group collaborative learning in software engineering education. The research portfolio supporting the submission specifically deals with a number of background studies (the establishment of an optimal software life cycle process model for teaching software engineering …
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Interactive storybooks with a robot companion
… learn to read and what interventions aid the learning process. Research shows that children's reading ability improves through shared reading exercises with parents, personalized feedback and curriculums, and reinforced associations between audio and visual representations of words. These …
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Adaptive role switching in socially interactive agents for children's language learning
Learning language and literacy at a young age is important, as children's early language ability can impact their later educational success [1][2]. However, one of the major barriers to early language and literacy learning for many children around the globe is a lack of resources in homes and …
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Social and commercial enterprise interactions: Insights from UK business incubators
… understanding of the network dynamics, subtle interactions and influences that occur amongst peer groups of mixed social and commercial enterprises during business incubation. Drawing on social capital theory, the study utilises multiple methods through a practice-led, qualitative methodology. …
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From ‘preventing accidents’ to ‘creating safety’: a maverick approach to the challenges of workplace safety
… places central emphasis on my experiential learning and the consequences of my interventions. Through a blend of auto-ethnographical research and reflective practice I analyse, critique and reconceptualise the dominant perceptions and approaches to workplace safety around the world, and the …
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Promoting Informal Learning Using a Context-Sensitive Recommendation Algorithm For a QRCode-based Visual Tagging System
… educational field has demonstrated that Informal Learning is an effective way to learn. Due to its casual nature it is often difficult for academic institutions to leverage this method of learning as part of a typical curriculum. Aim: This study planned to determine whether Informal Learning could …
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Artificial Intelligence and Persuasive Computing Approach for Motivating Students and Enhancing their Learning Experience
… that could be leveraged to improve education and learning globally. Online educational systems, including learning management systems (LMS), have transformed education at all levels by making learning resources and services more accessible to diverse students across various levels of education. …
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Investigating Indonesian Teachers' Experience, Motivation, and Confidence in English-Medium Content Teaching through a Professional Development Blended Learning Environment
A blended learning approach has been adopted in many English language learning environments in secondary and higher education because it is seen as having the potential to maximise the benefits of both face-to-face and online learning. This research investigated a blended learning approach for the …
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Social networking software in higher education : investigating the influence of using different interaction levels on learners’ achievement and satisfaction
… with a lot of problems in particular the interaction between the teacher and learner in social networking software as a key factor affects the learners’ learning and satisfaction (Prammanee, 2005) where “to teach is to communicate, to communicate is to interact, to interact is to learn” …
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A comparison of mothers' attitudes and perceptions using two methods of Adlerian parent education
… the effectiveness of the auto-tutorial (ATPE) learning package with the effectiveness of the more traditional parent study group (APSG) on two dependent variables: (a) the mother's attitude toward child rearing and (b) the mother's perception of the behavior of a target child. It was expected …
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Effectiveness of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurial Orientation of Undergraduate Science Students in Rwanda
… which converge on the action and experiential learning as an alternative to classical business plan. Action-learning theory capitalises on the potential that human beings have in dealing with difficult challenges and problems through own learning experiences. It acknowledges that individual …
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Negotiation of meaning and comprehension in audio and videoconferencing: A mixed methods study
… on intermediate-level Russian language learners’ interaction with a native speaker, specifically in the context of 1) negotiation of meaning, 2) rates of comprehension, and 3) learners’ perceptions of interaction. The research is grounded in the theoretical framework of interaction hypothesis and …
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O skype como ferramenta de interacção e colaboração no ensino e aprendizagem de línguas estrangeiras em teletandem
… como nova opção em CALLT (Computer Assisted Learning Language and Teaching), poderá ser um modo de ensino-aprendizagem. Recorrendo a aplicativos de Instant Messaging (Msn, Skype, ...) e às suas ferramentas de escrita, leitura, áudio e vídeo, procura-se, através de actividades de interacção, …