Green School Buildings as Dynamic Learning Environments

2016 ◽  
pp. 108-133
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
School Buildings ◽  
Dynamic Learning ◽  
Green School

scholarly journals Weaving a Personal Web: Using online technologies to create customized, connected, and dynamic learning environments

2010 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica McElvaney ◽  
Zane Berge
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Learning Networks ◽  
Dynamic Learning ◽  
Social Bookmarking ◽  
Personal Learning ◽  
Web Technologies ◽  
Online Technologies ◽  
Learning Principles ◽  
The Relationship

This paper explores how personal web technologies (PWTs) can be used by learners and the relationship between PWTs and connectivist learning principles. Descriptions and applications of several technologies including social bookmarking tools, personal publishing platforms, and aggregators are also included. With these tools, individuals can create and manage personal learning environments (PLEs) and personal learning networks (PLNs), which have the potential to become powerful resources for academic, professional, and personal development. Résumé : Cet article explore les diverses façons dont les technologies Web personnelles peuvent être utilisées par les apprenants, ainsi que la relation entre ces technologies et les principes d’apprentissage connectivistes. Y sont également présentées les descriptions et les applications de plusieurs technologies, y compris les outils sociaux de mise en signet, les plateformes de publication personnelles et les agrégateurs. Ainsi outillées, les personnes peuvent créer et gérer des environnements d’apprentissage personnels (EAP) et des réseaux d’apprentissage personnels (RAP) qui recèlent le potentiel de devenir de puissantes ressources de perfectionnement sur les plans universitaire, professionnel et personnel.

Some Insights into the Impact of ICTs on Learning Agency and Seamless Learning

2011 ◽  
pp. 64-75
Author(s):  
Hitendra Pillay ◽  
John A. Clarke ◽  
Peter G. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Dynamic Learning ◽  
Learning Capacity ◽  
Innovation Transfer ◽  
Seamless Learning ◽  
Diverse Learning ◽  
Learning Competencies ◽  
The Impact

The learning capacity of individuals is becoming recognised as the most valued commodity in a knowledge and information society and this has fostered an increased attention on the innovation, transfer, and management of knowledge. To explain these processes, it is necessary to move beyond what has traditionally been conceived of as a learning environment and to develop alternative models that acknowledge and accommodate the learning competencies required to successfully engage with a contingent and dynamic learning culture, the changing nature of knowledge, and the influence of the cultural background of learners. Such models need to explain the lifelong and continuous nature of learning as learners move seamlessly among a range of diverse learning environments. This chapter proposes the concept of learning agency which incorporates the intelligence inherent in learning environments as a mechanism to explain seamless learning within and across environments, particularly those that are rich in technology.

scholarly journals Online and other ICT-based Training Tools for Problem-solving Skills

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (06) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Athanasios Drigas ◽  
Maria Karyotaki
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Metacognitive Skills ◽  
Dynamic Learning ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Social Dynamic ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Real World Learning

Problem-solving requires creative skills, critical thinking as well the ability to implement ideas and theories in practical ways. Moreover, interactive and self-managed problem-solving experiences promote students’ motivation as expressed through the developmental progression of learners’ metacognitive skills, such as self-monitoring and self-reinforcement. Effective learning based on constructivist didactics, encompassing self-organized learning in combination with active and creative problem-solving in collaborative settings, advances students’ concomitant cognitive and meta-cognitive processes. Hence, students’ co-construction of knowledge embodied in social dynamic learning environments, such as school-based tasks leverage the semantic relationships rising from exercising, verifying and testing of knowledge through information sharing and discussion. Future studies should focus on designing interactive, adaptable, ill-defined, real-world learning environments to elicit students’ cognitive and meta-cognitive processes as a key factor for the effective training of problem-solving skills.

One-to-One Technology in the K-12 Classroom

Education ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea H. Parrish
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
The United States ◽  
Dynamic Learning ◽  
Computing Device ◽  
Access To Technology ◽  
One To One ◽  
K 12 ◽  
The Impact

In Toward a New Learning Ecology: Teaching and Learning in 1:1 Environments (cited under General Overviews), one-to-one learning environments are described as classrooms in which every student has access to a personal computing device (such as a laptop or a tablet) and continuous access to the Internet. This model for student computing was first discussed in educational research beginning in the 1980s, most notably in the Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (ACOT) project, a research collaborative among public schools, universities, and research teams funded by Apple and outlined in The Evolution of Teachers’ Instructional Beliefs and Practices in High-Access-to-Technology Classroom: First-fourth Year Findings (cited under Origins of One-to-One Technology: Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow [ACOT]). The original premise, based on the work of computer scientist and mathematician Seymour Papert, is rooted in the idea that ubiquitous access to technology can create more dynamic learning environments. In recent years, the proliferation of mobile technology has caused a renewed interest in one-to-one computing, as the improved portability and functionality of technology tools coupled with advances in wireless Internet capability makes one-to-one computing attainable for many schools and districts. Despite the continued debate about the impact of technology on learning, the U.S. Department of Education elevated the concept of a one-to-one technology ratio from unique innovation to moral imperative in its document, Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education: 2017 National Education Technology Plan Update (cited under Resources). Even before this, the prevalence of one-to-one computing initiatives increased, both in the United States is discussed in The New Digital Learning Playbook: Understanding the Spectrum of Students’ Activities and Aspirations (cited under General Overviews) and around the world in Large-Scale 1:1 Computing Initiatives: An Open Access Database (cited under International Perspectives on One-to-One Technology). The growth of these initiatives has been accompanied by an increase in peer-reviewed research and evaluation reports that document the impact of one-to-one technology on teaching and learning. A topic that was once dominated by white papers and evaluation reports now boasts a growing body of peer-reviewed studies, research syntheses, and government reports. The references cited in this article provide a cross-section of these various forms of literature that depict the use of one-to-one technology in K-12 classrooms, including implementation resources for districts and key empirical findings.

AN EVALUATION OF INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OCCUPANT WELL-BEING IN MANITOBA SCHOOL BUILDINGS

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Radwan ◽  
Mohamed H. Issa
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Well Being ◽  
School Buildings ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Green School

This exploratory research aims to evaluate indoor environmental quality in the classrooms of three school buildings in Southern Manitoba, Canada, and to evaluate the well-being of these schools' teachers as it pertains to their perception of their classrooms' indoor environment. The schools include a middle-aged, conventional school; a new, non-green school; and a new, green school certified using the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system. The methodology involved using a mobile instrument cart to conduct snapshot measurements of thermal comfort, indoor air quality, lighting and acoustics in classrooms and an occupant survey to evaluate teachers' long-term satisfaction with their classrooms' indoor environmental quality. The results showed that the new, green and new, non-green schools' classrooms performed better than the conventional, middle-aged school's classrooms with respect to some aspects of thermal comfort and indoor air quality only. Teachers in the new, green school and in the new, non-green school were more satisfied than teachers in the conventional, middle-aged school with their classrooms' overall indoor environmental quality, lighting quality and indoor air quality. Surprisingly, the new, green and new-non green school classrooms' performance were very comparable with the new, green school's classrooms performing statistically significantly better with respect to relative humidity. Similarly, none of the differences in teachers' satisfaction ratings between the new, green and new, non-green school were statistically significant.

Green School Characteristics, Sustainability, and Student Learning

2015 ◽  
pp. 25-37
Author(s):  
C. Kenneth Tanner
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Sustainable Design ◽  
Alternative Pathway ◽  
School Characteristics ◽  
School Design ◽  
Green Schools ◽  
General Theme ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Green School

An exploration of learning environments within and around green schools provides the basis for this chapter. One of its most important goals is to encourage research on where students learn and the quantity of information that students learn, with parallel emphasis on sustainability, school design, and green schools. A general theme is to encourage the study of green schools within the broader context of the total physical environment, while viewing learning experiences and achievement of students through social, economic, efficacy, and sustainability perspectives. Several sustainable design perspectives are included in this chapter, and findings in five areas of school design research are associated with selected green school concepts. As a rather unique component akin to the affective dimension of explaining research findings, acknowledgement of the biophilia hypothesis is suggested as an alternative pathway to view context and enhance depth in research methods, procedures, and interpretation.

Science-policy interfaces for biodiversity: dynamic learning environments for successful impact

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (7) ◽  
pp. 1679-1702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob Tinch ◽  
Estelle Balian ◽  
Dave Carss ◽  
Driss Ezzine de Blas ◽  
Nicoleta Adriana Geamana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Dynamic Learning

scholarly journals Personalized Dynamic Learning Plan Generator for Smart Learning Environments

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 6175-6180
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Adaptive Learning ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Successful Completion ◽  
Dynamic Learning ◽  
Smart Learning ◽  
Smart Learning Environments ◽  
Learning Plan ◽  
Learning Plans

Transition of traditional online learning towards the Smart learning environments requires adaptation of the smart features. Personalized assistance is one of the most required characteristic. Learning plans are important building blocks for any teaching learning paradigms. Often an instructor makes a learning plan keeping stakeholders into consideration. However in an online learning environment the stakeholders are not able to adapt to these static plans as there is no personalization involved. As a result there is a considerable increase in dropout rates. Hence there is a need for adaptive learning plans which aims for dynamic adjustment of schedules/learning plans that may help in successful completion of course. This paper presents an approach for dynamic learning plan generator and also proposes a revised Learning plan template to achieve personalized assistance in Smart learning environments. The responses of stakeholders on traditional learning plans and that of individualized dynamic learning plans are received. The response depicted that almost 90% of the stake holders feel that the adaptive learning approach aids in successful completion of the course along with improved motivation levels

scholarly journals Containerization: Practical infrastructure and accessibility efficiency for the Virtual Learning Environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Bryce Antony
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Virtual Learning ◽  
Virtual Learning Environment ◽  
Structured Learning ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
Dynamic Learning ◽  
Learning Space

Containerization: Practical infrastructure and accessibility efficiency for the Virtual Learning Environment  Context and motivation: Containers are transforming modern application infrastructure, providing advantages for accessibility and allow many instances of existing legacy applications to be run at the same time on the latest operating systems. This can implement an ideal virtual learning environment which offers a dynamic learning space where instructors upload activities and resources to enhance learning. The goal is to provide a structured learning environment suited to both the student and the instructor, where materials are easily accessed, and that many files can be transferred at one time. The system should cope with the demands of many students occupying the same virtual learning space, providing each student with individual learning experiences. There are challenges when instructors attempt to adapt the learning environment to meet the learning objectives. Technology barriers to the education provider, primarily in the form of high cost of technology infrastructure requirements need to be overcome before widespread adoption of a virtual learning environment is seen. The potential to overcome these barriers through the application of containerisation provides the motivation behind this presentation (Katz & Council of Independent, 2016; Puvaneswary & Siew Hwa, 2019).   What will be demonstrated in this presentation? The use of containers provides the ability to supply many instances of the same application running on a single machine. Each instance is isolated, along with any associated dependencies, allowing efficient utilisation of system resources, such as processing and memory. The presentation will demonstrate how many instances of the same application can be activated and the resource advantages gained. The presentation will show a system that has been used to provide a complex structured virtual learning environment to level 7 students and discuss how the system was utilised to provide a positive, individualised learning experience to the students. Security and confidentiality is maintained within each containerized instance. The presentation will show how the system can be configured to be self-healing, respond to scheduling, and to automatically restart single instances as required.   The implications for future practice The presentation will show how the advantages of containerization can be integrated at many levels of the virtual learning environment, providing many separate and individual instances of the same application. The number of instances can be easily adjusted as required, and resources are automatically allocated, reducing support overhead and cost of infrastructure. The implications are that each instance can provide a unique experience to each student, whilst reducing the workload of the instructor, and minimizing the cost to the education provider.     References Katz, P. M., & Council of Independent, C. (2016). High-Tech or High-Touch? Online Learning and Independent Higher Education. Innovations in Teaching and Learning. Research Brief 5: Council of Independent Colleges. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.aut.ac.nz/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=ED569215&site=eds-live Puvaneswary, M., & Siew Hwa, Y. (2019). Navigating the Shortcomings of Virtual Learning Environments Via Social Media. International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments (IJVPLE), 9(2), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJVPLE.2019070101    

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