Distributed Internet-based Performance Support Environment for Individualized Learning (DIPSEIL) – the Model

Abstract : Distributed Internet-based Performance Support Environment for Individualized Learning (DIPSEIL) is a project to define, develop and test a distributed system for individualized learning and the underlying pedagogical procedures to implement, facilitate and promote performance-centered learning experiences in the context of international university education. Using DIPSEIL Model we have developed the first prototype of DIPSEIL with two main characteristics: Distribution and Individualization. Distribution reflects mainly on the functionality and organization of the Editor – the system for the teachers. Individualization reflects on the way that the user will use DIPSEIL system – Student Area. DIPSEIL promotes the concept of distributed learning with an attempt to make a conceptual shift from a support of individual learning, based on information processing, towards a support of learning based on distributed cognition.