A Pragmatic Framework for Promoting Interactivity in E-Learning

Abstract

As e-learning keeps growing, an increasing amount of learning activities can be expected to take place through interactivity between learner and e-learning materials. To better understand the processes and qualities of interactivity in e-learning, the chapter proposes a framework for analyzing and promoting interactivity from an information processing perspective. The framework consists of the dimensions of accessibility, information attributes of multimedia, learner control versus system control, hypermedia navigation, and cognitive engagement.