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Wang, Qiyun – Computers & Education, 2010
The ability to work collaboratively is highly valued in today's workplace. However, collaboration does not often naturally happen in a group. Certain strategies must be applied to coordinate individual efforts and monitor the learning process so that effective collaboration can take place. 34 groups from 4 PGDE (Post Graduate Diploma in Education)…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Graduate Study
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Chai, Ching Sing; Wong, Lung-Hsiang; Sim, Seok Hwa; Deng, Feng – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2012
Computer-based writing is already a norm to a large extent in social communication for any major language around the world. From this perspective, it would be pedagogically sound for students to master the Chinese input system as early as possible. This poses some challenges to students in Singapore, most of which are learning Chinese as a second…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing (Composition), Chinese, Writing Tests
Chen, Wenli; Seow, Peter; So, Hyo-Jeong; Toh, Yancy; Looi, Chee-Kit – Educational Technology, 2010
The use of mobile technology can help extend children's learning spaces and enrich the learning experiences in their everyday lives where they move from one context to another, switching locations, social groups, technologies, and topics. When students have ubiquitous access to mobile devices with full connectivity, the in-situ use of the mobile…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices, Educational Media, Educational Technology
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Chen, Wenli; Looi, Chee-Kit; Tan, Sini – Computers & Education, 2010
This exploratory study analyzes how students use different communication modes to share information, negotiate meaning and construct knowledge in the process of doing a group learning activity in a Primary Grade 5 blended learning environment in Singapore. Small groups of students interacted face-to-face over a computer-mediated communication…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Interaction Process Analysis, Interaction, Foreign Countries
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Boticki, Ivica; Looi, Chee-Kit; Wong, Lung-Hsiang – Educational Technology & Society, 2011
Within the field of Mobile Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (mCSCL), we are interested in exploring the space of collaborative activities that enable students to practice communication, negotiation and decision-making skills. Collaboration is via learning activities that circumvent the constraints of fixed seating or locations of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning
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So, Hyo-Jeong; Seah, Lay Hoon; Toh-Heng, Hwee Leng – Computers & Education, 2010
The present study attempted to investigate whether young learners who were new to knowledge building approaches could work towards advancing both individual and collective knowledge, and whether knowledge building could be beneficial to both high-achieving and low-achieving students. Findings reported in this paper are from one and a half-year…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Content Analysis
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Hao, Chen Fang – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
"Paper Scribbles" (PS) consisting of markers, vanguard sheets and 3M "Post-It" notes, is a pedagogical tool to harness collective intelligence of groups for collaborative learning in the classroom. Borrowing the key features of PS and yet avoiding some of their physical limitations, a computer-based tool called "Group…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Comparative Analysis, Grade 5, Learning Processes
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Chai, Ching Sing; Tan, Seng Chee – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background: This study was situated in Singapore, which aims to achieve engaged learning in P-12 schools with the use of educational technology. One of the foci of study among Singaporean educational researchers is a computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environment that emphasizes collaboration among learners for the coconstruction of…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Teacher Characteristics, Participant Observation, Interaction Process Analysis
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Wang, Qiyun; Woo, Huay Lit; Zhao, Jianhua – Interactive Learning Environments, 2009
Critical thinking and knowledge construction have become essential competencies for people in the new information age. In this study, we designed an interactive learning environment involving three forms of interaction: individual reflections, group collaboration and, class discussions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to…
Descriptors: Interaction, Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Content Analysis
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Tan, Daniel; Lee, Chye Seng; Chan, Lay Kock; Lu, Adrian Din How – International Journal on E-Learning, 2009
This article highlights the processes and best practices adopted by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore in implementing their mission-critical e-learning services for a population of 28,000 students and 1,100 faculty members. The various phases of this rapid growth in e-learning from the initial genesis in achieving mass buy-in by…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries, Portfolios (Background Materials), Best Practices
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Teo, Yiong Hwee; Webster, Len – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2008
This article discusses a study which was designed to explore how online scaffolding can be incorporated to support knowledge acquisition in asynchronous discussion. A group of Singapore preservice teachers engaged in collaborative critiquing of videos before they embarked on their video projects to illustrate what constitutes good and bad video…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Computer Mediated Communication, Foreign Countries
Sharpe, Leslie; Hu, Chun; Crawford, Lachlan; Gopinathan, Saravanan; Moo, Swee Ngoh; Wong, Angela F. L. – Educational Technology, 2000
Describes how multipoint desktop video conferencing (MDVC) is used in preservice teacher education programs in Singapore to enhance the professional development of student teachers by allowing them to share ideas, experiences, and teaching resources in real time with an audience wider than the schools in which they teach. Summative evaluations…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Learning, Distance Education
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Hung, David; Tan, Seng Chee; Cheung, Wing Sum; Hu, Chun – Educational Technology & Society, 2004
In this paper, we suggest that case-based resources, which are used for assisting cognition during problem solving, can be structured around the work of narratives in social cultural psychology. Theories and other research methods have proposed structures within narratives and stories which may be useful to the design of case-based resources.…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Problem Solving, Story Telling, Citizenship Education
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Zhang, Zuochen – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2004
As new technologies become less expensive, provide greater access to various forms of multimedia, and are integrated into all aspects of everyday life, online learning environments are becoming more prevalent. Online education, as experienced through course management systems, is being heralded as meeting the needs of students' lifestyles by…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Instructional Design, Management Systems
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers