An evaluation of scaffolding for virtual interactive tutorials
Pahl, ClausORCID: 0000-0002-9049-212X
(2002)
An evaluation of scaffolding for virtual interactive tutorials.
In: International Conference on E-Learning in Business, Government and Higher Education, November 2002, Montreal, Canada.
Scaffolding refers to a temporary support framework used during construction. Applied to teaching and learning it describes measures to support a learner to become confident and self-reliant in a subject. In a Web environment scaffolding features need to replace the instructor. We discuss our approach to Web-based scaffolding based on the cognitive apprenticeship and activity theories. We suggest a set of four scaffold types that have made our scaffolding-supported virtual interactive tutorial successful. We present a novel evaluation approach for virtual tutorials that is embedded into an iterative, evolutionary instructional design.
Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002.
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Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education.
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Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education