ITS 2008 - Roger Azevedo & Amy Witherspoon

During this hands-on activity, we will be working in groups to (1) analyze several data sources (including video, coded think-aloud protocols, behavioral patterns, performance data – all available on this secure website) of hypermedia learning, (2) draw conclusions about the learners’ SRL behavior and the deployment of the processes, and (3) generate principled instructional guidelines for the design of intelligent learning environments (ILEs). Each group (of 5 or 6) will develop its own goal for the activity, based on the composition of your respective group. These goals can include 1) advancing implications for the design of a learner model within an adaptive learning environment, 2) generating methods for analyzing complex metacognitive and SRL data, including considering sensors needed to identify, interpret, and model SRL and metacognitive processes, and  3) developing ideas for fostering the deployment of SRL processes and metacognitive development.
We will begin by presenting an overview of the role of SRL and metacognition during complex learning with hypermedia learning environments, and describing the data (from one of our ongoing studies) which will be used during the activity. Participants will then break into groups of their choosing and develop goals appropriate to the members of each group. After the initial planning stage, you will have approximately an hour and half to work before finally presenting to the group one what you have worked on.
The data provided to the participants of this workshop comes from two participants in one of our ongoing studies: one exceptional example of SRL within hypermedia who achieved significant learning gains from pretest to posttest, and one average example who obtained less learning gains. The data which we will use during this activity is included on this website for you to access and accustom yourself to before the workshop. Also, we encourage you to download this data to your laptop to bring to the workshop (in case internet connection is not available on-site). The following resources are available to you:

1. Summary of demographic information and performance data for each of the two participants
2. 3 video clips of each of the learning sessions selected to illustrate outstanding SRL behavior or normal SRL behavior
3. Our current SRL coding scheme (please do not cite without permission)
4. Coded think-aloud protocol transcripts from each of the two participants (highlighting which segments are used in video clips provided)
5. Trace of both participants’ page visits during their interactions with the learning environment *
6. Screenshot of the learning environment used by participants to learn about the human circulatory system (designed by our team at The University of Memphis)
7. Trace of each participants’ SRL behavior during their interactions *

*On the traces of participants’ behavior within the learning environment, the x-axis (from left to right indicates ‘moves’ (changing pages) throughout the learning session, and the y-axis indicates the page which was visited at that particular move.