Editor’s introduction

Abstract

The current issue of Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning is delighted to present a Special Issue on the theme “Emerging Trends for Open Access Learning” with three selected articles—on top of our regular publication of original articles.

The Special Issue on the theme “Emerging Trends for Open Access Learning,” with Rachid Benlamri and Fanny Klett as Guest Editors, aims to disseminate advanced technological solutions as well as novel methodical approaches for open access to learning and education. The Editorial by the Guest Editors delineates the theme of this Special Issue as well as introduces the individual articles. I wish to express my sincere gratitude to the Guest Editors for their great effort and professional contribution to the realization of the Special Issue.

In addition to the three Special Issue articles, this issue presents three original articles looking into a multi-layer map model for Web-based learning, students’ interaction with the tutorial dialogs in an intelligent tutoring system (ITS), and an active learning strategy with visualization in instructor-mediated classrooms.