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Effectiveness of Person-Centered Learning in the Age of the Internet

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Information Systems, E-learning, and Knowledge Management Research (WSKS 2011)

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Extensive research has confirmed the effectiveness of the Person-Centered Approach in face-to-face education. More recently, advances in web-technology have opened up new dimensions of searching: Is person-centered learning effective along the application of modern technology in education? In this contribution I reflect 10 years of research at the University of Vienna, Austria. Essentially, we found that, given learners perceive the facilitators’ person-centered attitudes and courses employ a thoughtful blend of face-to-face and online elements, these courses tend to be perceived by students as carrying value far beyond just cognitive gains: For example, students indicate that they are motivated to engage in active, self-initiated learning, they improve their interpersonal relationships and team skills, become better listeners and learn significantly from the multiple perspectives they perceive.

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science, University of Vienna, Austria

    Renate Motschnig-Pitrik

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  1. The American College of Greece, Agia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece

    Miltiadis D. Lytras

  2. Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

    Da Ruan

  3. College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Robert D. Tennyson

  4. University of Oviedo, Oviedo-Asturias, Spain

    Patricia Ordonez De Pablos

  5. Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Francisco José García Peñalvo

  6. Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Kista, Sweden

    Lazar Rusu

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Motschnig-Pitrik, R. (2013). Effectiveness of Person-Centered Learning in the Age of the Internet. In: Lytras, M.D., Ruan, D., Tennyson, R.D., Ordonez De Pablos, P., García Peñalvo, F.J., Rusu, L. (eds) Information Systems, E-learning, and Knowledge Management Research. WSKS 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 278. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35879-1_61

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