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Ning, Ruochen – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
Social networks have been investigated as an important factor to understand social and language innovations for decades. Most researchers focus on one-language-dominated societies when studying social networks' influence on language practice while studies on bilingual societies remain scarce. In this study, we examine how Chinese graduate students…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Social Networks, Asians
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Tirado, Ramón; Hernando, Ángel; Aguaded, José Ignacio – Interactive Learning Environments, 2015
Interactive relationships in online learning communities can influence the process and quality of knowledge building. The aim of this study is to empirically investigate the relationships between network structures and social knowledge building in an asynchronous writing environment through discussion forums in a learning management system. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Stuart, Keith; Botella, Ana – International Journal of English Studies, 2009
This article describes research undertaken in order to design a methodology for the reticular representation of knowledge of a specific discourse community. To achieve this goal, a representative corpus of the scientific production of the members of this discourse community (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, UPV) was created. This article…
Descriptors: Discourse Communities, Semantics, Scientific Research, Computational Linguistics
Tirado, Ramon; Aguaded, Ignacio; Hernando, Angel – Online Submission, 2011
This article analyses an experience in collaborative learning in an asynchronous writing environment through discussion forums on a WebCt platform of the University of Huelva's virtual campus, and was part of an innovative teaching project in 2007-08. The main objectives are to describe the processes of collaborative knowledge construction and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Discussion
Tirado, Ramon; Hernando, Angel; Aguaded, Jose Ignacio – Online Submission, 2012
Interactive relationships in online learning communities can influence the process and quality of knowledge building. The aim of this study is to empirically investigate the relationships between network structures and social knowledge building in an asynchronous writing environment through discussion forums in a learning management system. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Laferriere, Therese; Montane, Mireia; Gros, Begona; Alvarez, Isabel; Bernaus, Merce; Breuleux, Alain; Allaire, Stephane; Hamel, Christine; Lamon, Mary – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2010
Knowledge Building is approached in this study from an organizational perspective, with a focus on the nature of school-university-government partnerships to support research-based educational innovation. The paper starts with an overview of what is known about effective partnerships and elaborates a conceptual framework for Knowledge Building…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Cooperation, Educational Innovation, Educational Change