VitalSource Research

Can Learning Science Make Online Learning Easier?
learning-science

Research Areas

Adaptivity
Adaptive activities have a net positive effect on learning estimates.
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Doer Effect
doer
This learning science principle proves that practice leads to higher learning gains.
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Automatically Generated Questions
gears
How do automatically generated questions compare to human-authored questions?
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Instructor Implementation
instructor
Individual instructor variation in implementation greatly impacts student engagement and outcomes.
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The Doer Effect: Practice Causes Learning

The Doer Effect is the learning science principle that students who do practice as they read (learn by doing) have higher learning gains than those who only read. In this video, Dr. Rachel Van Campenhout, Ed.D., explains how we created an unprecedented scaling of the Doer Effect with Bookshelf CoachMe™.

 

Recent Publications

Search our catalog of recent publications authored by our team.

2022
Teaching and Iterative Improvement: The Impact of Instructor Implementation of Courseware on Student Outcomes.

Presented at The IAFOR International Conference on Education – Hawaii 2022 Official Conference Proceedings. ISSN: 2189-1036, pp. 201–210.

profile Rachel Van Campenhout & Martha Hubertz (2022)
Instructor Implementation
2021
Transforming textbooks into learning by doing environments: an evaluation of textbook-based automatic question generation

Presented at Third Workshop on Intelligent Textbooks at the 22nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education

profile Rachel Van Campenhout, Jeff S. Dittel, Bill Jerome & Benny G. Johnson (2021)
Automatic Question Generation
2021
The Doer Effect: Replicating Findings that Doing Causes Learning

Presented at eLmL 2021: The Thirteenth International Conference on Mobile, Hybrid, and On-line Learning. ISSN 2308-4367, pp. 1–6.

profile Rachel Van Campenhout, Benny G Johnson, & Jenna A. Olsen (2021)
Doer Effect
2021
Investigating Adaptive Activity Effectiveness Across Domains: Insights into Design Best Practices

Published in Sottilare R.A., Schwarz J. (eds) Adaptive Instructional Systems. Design and Evaluation. HCII 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12792, pp. 321–333.

profile Rachel Van Campenhout, Bill Jerome, Jeff S. Dittel & Benny G. Johnson (2021)
Adaptivity
2021
Automatic Question Generation and the SmartStart Application

Automatic Question Generation and the SmartStart Application. Learning at Scale

profile Bill Jerome, Rachel Van Campenhout, Benny G. Johnson (2021)
Automatic Question Generation
2021
At the intersection of technology and teaching: The critical role of educators in implementing technology solutions

Presented at IICE 2021: The 6th IAFOR International Conference on Education

profile Rachel Van Campenhout & Murray Kimball (2021)
Instructor Implementation
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