System Interactive Cyber Presence for E learning to Break Down Learner Isolation

Abstract

The development of technologies of multimedia, linked to that of Internet and democratization of high speed, has made henceforth E-learning possible for learners being in virtual classes and geographically distributed. One benefit to taking course online is that the online course structure is typically more student focused than teacher centered and encouraging more active participation by students in collaborative learning activities. The quality and quantity of asynchronous and synchronous communications are the key elements for Elearning success. A potential problem that has received little exploration is student's feeling of isolation. It is important to have a propitious supervision to breaking down learner feeling isolation in E-learning environment. This feeling of isolation is among the main causes of loss and high rates of dropout in E-learning. It impacts on their levels of participation, satisfaction and learning. To overcome this feeling of isolation, we aim, by this research, to provide the trainer and each learner with an environment allowing them to behave as if being face to face; in other words, to approach the pedagogy of classroom teaching. Our contribution to reduce the feeling of isolation is to ensure the presence of the teacher in the educational tools. These tools aim to establish a real dialogue with the learner, forcing him to take an active part in their learning. Among the tools we offer, video conference Openmeeting integrated in Moodle providing the possibility of using the notion of class and whiteboard, the indicator of motivation quantification tool based hand gesture that we developed and finally social networks web 2.0 like Facebook, youtube, twitter… to promote collaboration, sharing and communication of the learner with his peers.

Using Social Media for Peer Interactionin Higher Education: Students Perceptionof Using Facebook to Support Peer Learning

“…Technology and social media are increasingly being deployed within educational settings (Cain & Katherine, 2013;Pardo, 2013;O'Keeffe & Clarke-Pearson, 2011;Subrahmanyam & Greenfield, 2008;Arnold & Paulus, 2010;Kirschner & Karpinski, 2010;Kuppuswamy & Shankar, 2010). The empirical results of this study were truly in line with the previous studies (such as Selwyn, 2007;Muntinga, Moorman & Smith, 2011;O'Keeffe & Clarke-Pearson, 2011) regarding the social media for general learning purposes, and in line with some other studies (such as Keles, 2018;Arnold & Paulus, 2010;Dogruer, Eyyamb & Menevisab, 2011;Esteves, 2012;Mourad et al, 2015) regarding the usefulness of social media to facilitate collaborative learning.…”

“…Most of the participants agreed that Facebook platform helps peer interaction in educational learning process, for instance student peers could organize group meetings and events through Facebook, as also discussed by earlier studies (Hrastinski & Aghaee, 2010;Esteves, 2012;Mourad et al, 2015). Although, students believed that collaboration on online platforms such as Facebook would facilitate their formal learning, still among students, some peers are not always taking responsibilities as they should and do not do their task and take it more informal.…”

“…Studies (such as Selwyn, 2007;Muntinga, Moorman & Smith, 2011;O'Keeffe & Clarke-Pearson, 2011;Boulos, Maramba, & Wheeler, 2006) reflect on the use of social media for collaborative learning with general purposes or as a part of informal learning. Other studies (such as Arnold & Paulus, 2010;Hrastinski & Aghaee, 2010;Dogruer, Eyyamb & Menevisab, 2011;Esteves, 2012;Mourad et al, 2015) demonstrate that social media, such as Facebook, are becoming more of a communication and collaboration medium for educational learning; or as a part of the teaching/learning strategy in supporting students in coordination of sharing information and group work organization and collaboration. The integration of technology and social media in the cognitive process of acquiring knowledge has made teaching and learning activities more efficient and effective (Woo & Reeves, 2008).…”

An Easily Customized Gesture Recognizer for Assisted Living Using Commodity Mobile Devices

“…This topic is considered extremely important in applications based on smart and efficient human computer interfaces. More specifically, gesture recognition applies to several computer applications, such as those involving young children interaction [2, 3], sign language recognition [4, 5], monitoring of physical activity or events involving disabled persons or the elderly [6, 7], the medical monitoring of the emotional state or level of stress [8], the navigation or manipulation in virtual environments [9], the communicating in a teleconference [10], the distance learning [11], and the monitoring of driver alertness/drowsiness status [12]. …”

Components of Participatory Engagement within E-Learning Community

“…Lacking interactions and communications in e-learning decrease learning motivation and supports from others. This is the factor leads to high dropout and e-learning successful rate is hard to achieve [5][6].…”