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Direct linkSmith, Regina O. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2010
The use of collaborative learning strategies continues to grow in online environments. The ability to collaborate may, therefore, present epistemic challenges for the students and hinder their capacity to trust their own and their fellow students' ability to help them learn, and the capacity of the group (as a whole) to grow and develop. The…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Research Methodology, Learning Strategies, Computer Mediated Communication
Smith, Regina O. – Distance Education, 2008
Open and sustained discussions in heterogeneous collaborative online groups should provide opportunities for adults to reshape their thinking, deeply understand the subject content, and have their voices heard and respected. These opportunities turn on trust. The ability to trust thoughts that are different from their own is influenced by the…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Adult Learning, Teacher Attitudes, Phenomenology
Lu, Jingyan; Lajoie, Susanne P. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2008
This study investigated the collaborative decision-making and communicative discourse of groups of learners engaged in a simulated medical emergency in two conditions. In one condition subgroups used a traditional whiteboard (TW group) to document medical arguments on how to solve a medical emergency. In the other condition subgroups used…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Cooperative Learning, Decision Making, Educational Technology
