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Ranjbarfard, Mina; Heidari Sureshjani, Mahboobeh – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2018
Purpose: This research aims to convert the traditional teacher-student models, in which teachers determine the learning resources, into a flexible structure and an active learning environment so that students can participate in the educational processes and value co-creation in virtual academic learning environments (VALEs).…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Simulated Environment, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Charalampidi, Marina; Hammond, Michael – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the process of analysing online discussion and argue for the merits of mixed methods. Much research of online participation and e-learning has been either message-focused or person-focused. The former covers methodologies such as content and discourse analysis, the latter interviewing and surveys.…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Group Discussion, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology
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Beckmann, Jennifer; Weber, Peter – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to introduce a virtual collaborative learning setting called "Net Economy", which we established as part of an international learning network of currently six universities, and present our approach to continuously improve the course in each cycle. Design/ Methodology/Approach: Using the community of…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Cooperative Learning, College Students, Foreign Countries
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Galan, Nataliya; Khodabandehloo, Akbar – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2016
Purpose: This paper aims to report the results of implementation of blogging within a LinkedIn discussion group in an international marketing course for a multicultural group of students focusing on the students' perceptions of the subject-related blogging. Design/Methodology/ Approach: This study adopts a qualitative approach; data have been…
Descriptors: International Trade, Marketing, Electronic Publishing, Web Sites
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Annamalai, Nagaletchimee – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2017
Purpose: This study aims to explore how the Community of Inquiry (CoI) model (2000) is used to categorize students' and teachers' interactions in an asynchronous discussion and how these interactions are able to help students add quality to their narrative writing. Design/methodology/approach: The interactions were categorized based on teaching,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Interaction
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Boshrabadi, Abbas Mehrabi; Sarabi, Sepideh Bataghva – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2016
Purpose: Research has shown that the discursive patterns students use in their email interactions with their teachers are not linguistically and socio-culturally appropriate. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper is to try to explore how socio-cultural conventions influence the Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' choices of…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Teacher Student Relationship, College Students, College Faculty