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Chen, Yihsuan; Chen, Nian-Shing; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Computers & Education, 2009
This article described the experiences of an inservice professional development program for teachers with a focus on online synchronous discussions. Transcripts of six online synchronous discussions containing 3600 messages from an online teacher professional development course were analyzed. In addition, the researchers interviewed 10…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Metacognition, Professional Development, Inservice Teacher Education
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Chu, Hui-Chun; Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Tsai, Chin-Chung; Chen, Nian-Shing – Interactive Learning Environments, 2009
Although Web 2.0 technologies have been recognized as effective means of conducting group learning activities, a critical and challenging issue of Web 2.0-based learning is the lack of mechanisms for promoting information exchanges and sharing among participating students. To cope with this problem, an intelligent blog system is proposed in this…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Learning Activities, Teaching Methods
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Guan, Ying-Hua; Tsai, Chin-Chung; Hwang, Fu-Kwun – Instructional Science: An International Journal of Learning and Cognition, 2006
In this study we content analyzed the online discussion of several senior-high-school groups on a forum of a virtual physics laboratory in Taiwan. The goal of our research was to investigate the nature of non-course-based online discussion and to find out some useful guidelines in developing such discussion forums for learning purposes. We adapted…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, High School Students, Physics, Foreign Countries