The Automatic Evaluation of Website Metrics and State
This paper focuses on studying website structural and related metrics that can be used as indicators of the complexity of the website and predict maintainability requirements. The second goal of the study is to evaluate possible correlations between ...
Strategies for Enhancing and Evaluating Interactivity in Web-Based Learning and Teaching
Interactivity is often discussed in constructivist approaches to education, which enable the student to evolve, understand, or construct new ideas from existing concepts. Constructivist approaches rely on active participation in the learning situation. ...
Fostering Higher Knowledge Construction Levels in Online Discussion Forums: An Exploratory Case Study
Prior research has suggested that higher levels of knowledge construction e.g., where opinions are argued, challenged, or negotiated have rarely been demonstrated in student online discussions. In this study, the authors replicate prior research on ...
Exploring the Association Between Leisure Time Digital Immersion, Attention and Reasoning Ability in Pre-Teens
Some researchers claim that digital natives are endowed with greater cognitive abilities than digital immigrants, due to the interactive nature of digital technologies. This study investigates relationships between different types of digital activity, ...