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Sekeres, Diane Carver; Castek, Jill – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2016
This study examines third, fourth, and fifth grade students' reasoning that was captured as they engaged collaboratively in a teacher designed inquiry task. This task focused on choosing eco-friendly toys for a fictitious local toy store. Results indicated that students were more expressive with reasoning when they shared their ideas orally, but…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Cooperative Learning, Online Courses, Information Literacy
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Lowes, Susan; Lin, Peiyi; Wang, Yan – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2007
As online professional development courses for teachers have grown, the discussion forum has become a locus of considerable research. This study analyzes the discussion forums in four different sessions of a short (4-week) online course for teachers from six schools in three states. This study also compares four methodologies, all of which have a…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Online Courses, Program Effectiveness, Computer Mediated Communication
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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