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Offering a Framework for Value Co-Creation in Virtual Academic Learning Environments
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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
How to Identify E-Learning Trends in Academic Teaching: Methodological Approaches and the Analysis of Scientific Discourses
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Fischer, Helge; Heise, Linda; Heinz, Matthias; Moebius, Kathrin; Koehler, Thomas – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to introduce methodology and findings of a trend study in the field of e-learning. The overall interest of the study was the analysis of scientific e-learning discourses. What comes next in the field of academic e-learning? Which e-learning trends dominate the discourse at universities? Answering such…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
Cognitive Presence in Virtual Collaborative Learning: Assessing and Improving Critical Thinking in Online Discussion Forums
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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
Learning with LinkedIn: Students' Perceptions of Incorporating Subject-Related Blogging in an International Marketing Course
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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
Cyber-Communic@tion Etiquette: The Interplay between Social Distance, Gender and Discursive Features of Student-Faculty Email Interactions
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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