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Digital Study Groups: Online Learning Environments in Middle School
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Clark, Kevin; Jamison, Todd; Sprague, Debra – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2005
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of an online learning environment on student computer use, classroom/school activities, and parental involvement. An online learning environment was created with the goals of giving students access to a variety of software programs from home and school, facilitating home-school connectivity, and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Web Based Instruction, Educational Technology, Parent Participation
The Web Pen Pals Project: Students' Perceptions of a Learning Community in an Online Synchronous Environment
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Maples, Joellen; Groenke, Susan; Dunlap, Dan – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2005
This paper draws on data gathered from a five-month phenomenological study of middle school students' perceptions of the effects of computer-based technologies on a learning community in an online synchronous environment. Twenty-four eighth-grade students participated in the Web Pen Pals project, a university-secondary telecollaborative…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Web Based Instruction, Phenomenology