We describe the concept and development of a learner-centered student-run clinic with a view to improving the pharmacotherapy skills of future doctors.
The persistence of resident errors was the impetus for the development of a learner-centered diabetes curriculum designed to activate learners, empowering them to be participants in sessions, rather than relying on the passive learning in traditional lectures.
This approach allows the teacher to qualitatively assess the development of an individual learner or even a group of learners to clearly identify a problem, to establish a prognosis, and to provide fine-tuned assistance (i.e., instruction) that is suited to the learner's ZPD.
The research findings will contribute to the ongoing development of a sustainable learner-centred education delivery approach, as well as provide insight into elements of dynamic team based general practice learning environments that support learning.
It was reiterated that while basic competencies in reading, writing and arithmetic are important and should not be overlooked, the enduring effects of a child's social and emotional competence are of even greater importance for the holistic development of a life-long learner.
The 'Kindergarten Curriculum Framework' emphasized that while early academic competencies in numeracy, literacy (reading and writing), or science are necessary and should not be overlooked, the enduring effects of social and emotional competences are of even greater importance for the holistic development of a life-long learner (Tan 2007).
The development of a virtual community of learners is also discussed as a critical element of on-line teaching and learning.
The adaptive learning systems literature reports numerous accounts of learner model development, but there are no reports on the methodological aspects of developing learner models and the relation between the development of the learner model component and the rest of the system.
The intended outcome of the Competent Learner Model (CLM) is the development of Competent Learner Repertoires (CLRs), which allow learning to occur in everyday circumstances within and across school, home, and community settings.
We describe how social media interactions and MOOCs may be used in transmedia learning, and how data mining social media and experience tracking can inform the development of computational learner models for transmedia learning campaigns.
