Engaged by Design: Using Simulations to Promote Active Learning

Monica Bulger; Richard E. Mayer; Kevin C. Almeroth

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 1770–1777

We test our hypothesis that student in-class Internet actions reflect their attention levels. We predict that an engaging learning environment will result in students performing a higher number of on-task Internet activities. To test our hypothesis, ...

Topics: Internet, Students, Classrooms, Behavior