creators_name: Kaur, Abtar
creators_name: Kaur, Kuldip, Assoc Prof Dr
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2009-02-16 06:46:44
lastmod: 2013-05-08 08:36:09
metadata_visibility: show
corp_creators: University of Malaya
title: Teacher Survival in a Web-based Constructivist Learning Environment: A Malaysian Experience
ispublished: pub
subjects: LC5201
full_text_status: public
pres_type: paper
keywords: Distance education ; Teachers - Training of. ; College teaching - Aids and devices.
abstract: Educators are well aware of teacher support as a form of scaffold that helps learners
reach their “zone of proximal development” (Vygotsky, 1978). An online case study conducted
over 4 weeks in an elementary school in Malaysia showed that teacher support came in six multiple
forms. However, the nature of an online constructivist learning environment presents a difficult
task for the lone teacher in supporting all students reach their desired learning level. This paper will
discuss the need for intelligent agent technology to support the teacher reach his/her ‘zone of
proximal support’.
date: 2001
date_type: published
pagerange: 902-905
event_title: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2001 
event_type: conference
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Kaur, Abtar and Kaur, Kuldip, Assoc Prof Dr  (2001) Teacher Survival in a Web-based Constructivist Learning Environment: A Malaysian Experience.  In: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2001 .     
document_url: https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/81/1/Teacher_survival.pdf