Along with visuals and HTML we use primarily public domain or shareware utilities for items like search engines and online tests. We feel again that this approach to prototyping is best in this period of rapid technology evolution. Participatory Design and Learner Centred Design Over the last ten years the design of computing systems has involved the end user to a great extent. This trend in design has more recently been extended to learning systems. In a transformative model of learning, learning occurs through the process of interaction with other learnera and the environment.
Students become empowered, acting as both peer tutors and active learners.
The role of the teacher shifts from expert to more of a facilitator model. The learning environment intends to produce strong intrinsic motivation to learn. We believe that the interaction between the two groups has improved our end result. The challenge for us, using new computer technologies, is to expand ways of knowing. Our project has provided learners with authentic tasks in which they actively used new knowledge .