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This study explores the potential for applying Object-oriented programming characteristics as constructivist aids to everyday cognition and learning beyond programming tasks. The theoretical approach in this study was to consider the characteristics ...

This paper describes our design for a meta-authoring tool capable of generating domain specific learning activity across a variety of instructional designs. MetaTool will support collaborative authoring of instructional technology, and facilitate...

Mental models have been researched and explored as a construct for understanding how people think since Kenneth Craik first suggested that the mind constructs "small-scale models" of reality to reason and anticipate events (Craik, 1943). However,...

It is known that the key to understanding complex systems is to decompose it into smaller, manageable chunks and that the method of decomposition has an effect on the understanding of the system. This study seeks to explore the potential of an...

This paper presents the challenges during the first year of an iPad program at the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine. The iPad program is a part of the iMedEd Initiative to transform the traditional medical school curriculum into...

This paper explores the Apple iPad as a potential resource in the anatomy lab. The frequency of web-based computer aided instruction as a supplement to dissections has been shown to have significant correlations with exam grades (McNulty et al.,...