Learner Support in Online Learning Environments [Hardcover]

We are at a crucial time for the production and dissemination of knowledge  one in which the scientific community is questioning the nature of the digital humanities. Within this context, Learner Support in Online Learning Environments proposes, by taking into consideration the notion of assistance in a learning context, an original method of positioning digital resources for teachers, students and researchers in the humanities and social sciences.

Questioning existing theoretical frameworks and prototypes, learner support in digital environments is presented as both a process and a result integrating a variety of resources. Some of these resources already exist, some may be adapted from existing objects and still others have yet to be imagined. The end goal is to facilitate both independent and group-based learning activities.

Foreword ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction xv

Part 1. Definition of Assistance in the Digital Humanities Field 1

Introduction to Part 1 3

Chapter 1. Digital Humanities Context 5

1.1. Knowledge in humanities and social sciences should be structured through interaction 6

1.2. Lines of thought 9

1.3. Fields of actions 11

1.4. Digital resources at the heart of digital humanities 16

1.5. Conclusion: digital assistance in the fields of action 20

Chapter 2. Digital Assistance Concept 23

2.1. Definition of assistance in a few major trends in educational psychology 25

2.2. Assistance as a cycle 29

2.3. Assistance as a response to a need 33

2.3.1. Theoretical frameworlc�