E-learning and augmented learning[edit]
Electronic learning or e-learning is a general term used to refer to computer-enhanced learning. A specific and always more diffused e-learning is mobile learning (m-learning), which uses different mobile telecommunication equipment, such as cellular phones.
When a learner interacts with the e-learning environment, it's called augmented learning. By adapting to the needs of individuals, the context-driven instruction can be dynamically tailored to the learner's natural environment. Augmented digital content may include text, images, video, audio (music and voice). By personalizing instruction, augmented learning has been shown to improve learning performance for a lifetime.[17] See also Minimally Invasive Education.
Moore (1989)[18]purported that three core types of interaction are necessary for quality, effective online learning:
learner-learner (i.e. communication between and among peers with or without the teacher present),
learner-instructor (i.e. student teacher communication), and
learner-content (i.e. intellectually interacting with content that results in changes in learners’ understanding, perceptions, and cognitive structures).
In his theory of transactional distance, Moore (1993)[19] contented that structure and interaction or dialogue bridge the gap in understanding and communication that is created by geographical distances (known as transactional distance).