Emerging technologies for interactive learning in the ICT age

Based on the review of educational technology research, this chapter describes and discusses how emerging technologies are integrated into the teaching and learning process to facilitate the learner-content, learner-learner, learner-instructor, and learner-interface interactions, as well as the new opportunities and challenges brought by them. Technologies discussed in this chapter are categorized into four types based on their distinct interactive features. Guidelines for applying them to facilitate interactive learning are proposed at the end of the chapter, based on the case studies of four interactive learning systems selected from the literature.