Opportunities for New "Smart" Learning Environments Enabled by Next Generation Web Capabilities
Abstract
Empirical evaluations suggest that the use of interactive technologies can reduce the costs of instruction by about one-third, and either increase achievement by about one-third while holding time constant, or reduce time by about one-third needed to achieve targeted instructional objectives. These technologies can be delivered over the Web, which also can support systems that generate instruction on demand. Development of either generative instruction or pre-specified interactions will benefit from a ready supply of instructional objects, such as those specified by the Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM), which is now receiving wide international acceptance. SCORM will be further enhanced by the development of the Semantic Web, which will allow more extensive links between available representations of knowledge and enhance the discovery of learning objects for use in instruction.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA430759
Entities
People
- John Dexter Fletcher
- Philip Dodds
Organizations
- Institute for Defense Analyses