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{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}'''<!-- Interactive learning? Not Interactive >L<earning -->Interactive learning''' is a [[Pedagogy|pedagogical]] approach that incorporates [[Social Networking|social networking]] and [[urban computing]] into course design. In interactive learning, people collaborate to share information. The concept of [[serious games]] involves immersing students in virtual worlds by means of [[role-playing]] and interactive games; it is similar to the concept of [[distance education]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Gee|first=J|title=What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy|url=https://archive.org/details/whatvideogamesha0000geej|url-access=registration|year=2003|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|___location=New York}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Nilles |first=J |title=Some Historical Thoughts on the ee-Learning Renaissance |url=http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=346 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013114108/http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=346 |archivedate=2007-10-13 |accessdate=2007-09-19 |work=Innovate |publisher=Innovate Online}}</ref>

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'''Interactive Learning''' is a pedagogical approach that incorporates [[social networking]] and [[urban computing]] into course design and delivery. Interactive Learning has evolved out of the hyper-growth in the use of digital technology and virtual communication, particularly by students. Beginning around 2000, students entering institutes of higher education have expected that interactive learning will be an integral part of their education. The use of interactive technology in learning for these students is as natural as using a pencil and paper were to past generations.<br />

The Net Generation or [[Generation Y]] is the first generation to grow up in constant contact with digital media.<ref>{{cite book|last=Tapscott|first=D|title=Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation|year=1998|publisher=McGraw-Hill|___location=New York}}</ref> Also known as [[digital natives]], their techno-social, community bonds to their naturalized use of technology in every aspect of learning, to their ability to learn in new ways outside the classroom, this generation of students is pushing the boundaries of education. The use of digital media in education has led to an increase in the use of and reliance on interactive learning, which in turn has led to a revolution in the fundamental process of education.<br />

Increasingly, students and teachers rely on each other to access sources of knowledge and share their information, expanding the general scope of the educational process to include not just instruction, but the expansion of knowledge. The role change from keeper of knowledge to facilitator of learning presents a challenge and an opportunity for educators to dramatically change the way their students learn. The boundaries between teacher and student have less meaning with interactive learning.

==Paradigm Shifts in Education==

Interactivity as a pedagogical technique requires a fundamental change in the way education is delivered. Tapscott <ref>{{cite book|last=Tapscott|first=D|title=Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation|year=1998|publisher=McGraw-Hill|___location=New York}}</ref> has identified 7 ways this change occurs:

*From linear to hypermedia learning.

*From the teacher as transmitter to the teacher of facilitator.

==Components of Interactive Learning==

===Social Media===

The socialization of education is evolving in the form of personalized digital media sources. Web logs, or [[blogs]], enable students to express thoughts and ideas individually, while at the same time sharing them with the larger community. The pervasiveness of social networks like [[MySpace]] and [[Facebook]] connect millions of learners to a virtual community where information is exchanged laterally between and among students and teachers alike. This explosion of community is contributing to an expanding learning economy, where participants have unparalleled access to knowledge, both from teachers and other students.

===Urban Computing===

This set of technologies includes the use of [[wireless networks]], [[smart phones]] and [[PDAs]], [[search engines]], and [[___location-based media]]. Urban computing allows enhanced interactivity between people and their environment through the use of these technologies. For Interactive Learning, this means that students are able to assimilate knowledge specific to their ___location.

===Serious Games===

The concept of [[serious games]] involves immersing students in virtual worlds by means of role-playing and community interactive games. For learning, this means that the cooperative, critical-thinking, and problem-solving practices encouraged in digital games make serious games a key form of pedagogy. Adapting gaming to a form of experiential learning brings real-world issues into education within the structure of a planned curriculum. Along with their intrinsically engaging properties, games have been touted for their ability to teach ill-defined problem-solving skills, elicit creativity, and develop leadership, collaboration, and other valuable interpersonal skills.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gee|first=J|title=What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy|year=2003|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|___location=New York}}</ref>

==Applying Interactive Learning== In order to be effective, learning institutions must see computers and associated technology as an essential part of the student. In other words, technology must be seen as cognitive prosthetics.<ref>{{cite book|last=Johnson|first=S|title=Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software|year=2001|publisher=Scribner|___location=Toronto}}</ref> The core concept of [[distance education]] is that the real world becomes the learning environment; in this environment, the purpose of the instructor is to help facilitate the absorption of knowledge through both real-world and virtual learning experiences.<ref>{{cite web|last=Nilles|first=J|title=Some Historical Thoughts on the ee-Learning Renaissance|url=http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=346|work=Innovate|publisher=Innovate Online|accessdate=2007-09-19}}</ref> Historically, one of the obstacles to [[distance education]] is the lack of face to face contact. The use of technology as and integral part of course design has attempted to compensate in both synchronous and asynchronous settings.<br />

For delivery of synchronous content, technologies such as [[videoconferencing]] and [[web conferencing]] are typically used. An example of this is the growing use of [[Skype]] and [[GoToMeeting]] for virtual class discussions and lectures.<br />

For asynchronous content delivery, course designers use a variety of software suites that include various types of interactive elements. Programs such as [[WebCT]], [[Knowledge Forum]], [[FirstClass]], [[Raptivity]] and [[Blackboard Learning System]] attempt to ameliorate the lack of contact with online discussion forums and bulletin boards.<br />

It is essential that a knowledge-building community be allowed to develop in order for the learning to succeed.<ref>{{cite web|last=Philip|first=D|title=The Knowledge Building Paradigm: A Model of Learning for Net Generation Students|url=http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=346|work=Innovate|publisher=Innovate Online|accessdate=2007-09-14}}</ref>

==Further Reading==

*D'Agati, Caroline. (August 2014), [http://blog.pedago.com/2014/08/12/the-brave-new-wired-world-of-online-education/ The Brave New (Wired) World of Online Education], Pedago Blog.

==See also==

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