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Selhorst, Adam L.; Bao, Mingzhen; Williams, Lorraine; Klein, Eric – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2017
Classroom discussion boards are a vital part of the online educational experience, providing a venue for peer to peer and student to faculty interactions. However, institutional feedback from students at a large open enrollment university has shown that excess focus on online discussions may lead to fatigue, resulting in lower student…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Computer Mediated Communication, Adult Students, Feedback (Response)
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Nieuwboer, Christa C.; Fukkink, Ruben G.; Hermanns, Jo M. A. – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2015
This study evaluated the effect of single session email consultation (SSEC) on empowerment of parents. Practitioners in a control group (n = 19) received no training and practitioners in an experimental group (n = 21) were trained to use empowerment-oriented techniques in online consultation. Parental empowerment was measured (n = 96) through a…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Consultation Programs, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Mail
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Hosseini, Seyyed Behrooz – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2012
An area that has recently attracted increasing attention is providing feedback on learners' writing accuracy through the Internet. However, research in this area has largely focused on synchronous communication, i.e., chatting, with fewer studies assessing asynchronous technologies, i.e., e-mailing. Therefore, this study investigates the…
Descriptors: Accuracy, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Synchronous Communication
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Green, Marybeth; Cifuentes, Lauren – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2008
In this study we examined the effects of online follow-up and online peer interaction following a face-to face professional development workshop on attitudes towards that professional development and completion of a professional development task. School librarians were invited to work online on a three page plan outlining interventions a library…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Research Design, Interaction, Workshops