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Recent Research on Interactive Learning

Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

This list of existing research and articles on interactivity in learning was put together by Janhavi Padture, Director of Research, Analysis and Strategy at Harbinger Knowledge Products. That is the Question!!!

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The Future of Reading: eReaders in the Digital Age

Kitaboo

Amazon followed this trend and released its own eReader, the Amazon Kindle, in 2007, which sold out within hours and became a huge success in a short span. In 1997, E Ink Corporation developed the technology of ePaper, or electronic paper, a display screen that reflects light and resembles the look of ordinary paper imprinted with ink.

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eLearning & mLearning: Using Color in Learning, Part II

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

In a study done for the Journal of Experimental Psychology by Felix A. Use red to teach brain surgery and blue to stimulate the invention of new products. Wichmann, Lindsay T. Sharpe and Karl R. Gegenfurtner, test subjects were shown a series of photographs, half in color and the other half in black and white.

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What Is the Difference between Audiobooks and Digital Books?

Kitaboo

Fast forward a few years to 2007, when Amazon launched the Kindle, and the rest is history. No limitations on the type of content : Digital books support images, videos, graphics, and illustrations, which are key elements for educational material or scientific journals. The following advantages they offer are the primary reason.

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The changing Web

Learning with e's

They like to share their ideas, and they enjoy playing their part in the production of knowledge. It truly is the ‘architecture of participation’ (Barsky and Purdon, 2006) and demands active engagement as a natural part of its character (Kamel Boulos and Wheeler, 2007). Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, 27, 65-67.

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Writing & Grammar Workshop: Do Training Examples Need to Keep it Real?

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

And in 14 years working as a publications manager and setting production budgets for technical journals, I was never asked to create a "tritotal." " Now, I'm from out of town, but I think that the tradition for a quarterly total is that it covers three months, or one quarter of the year, not four months.

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TrainingMagazine Network Presentation Resources: Interactivity, Games and Gamification: Creating Engaged Learners

Kapp Notes

Here are some videos of the gamification products we discussed. In a study conducted by Yee and Bailenson (2007), it was found that negative stereotyping of the elderly was significantly reduced when participants were placed in avatars of old people compared with those participants placed in avatars of young people. & Kim, Y.