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Wu, Sheng-Yi; Chen, Sherry Y.; Hou, Huei-Tse – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
Concept maps can be used as a cognitive tool to assist learners' knowledge construction. However, in a concept map-based online discussion environment, studies that take into consideration learners' manipulative actions of composing concept maps, cognitive process among learners' discussion, and social knowledge construction at the same time are…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Computer Mediated Communication, Teaching Methods, Cognitive Processes
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Lin, Vivien; Kang, Ya-Chen; Liu, Gi-Zen; Lin, Weiting – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2016
Educational practitioners have attempted to use online technology such as Facebook (FB) in recent years to incorporate learning into students' daily social media usage. Past studies have explored FB affordances for informal learning, with a lack of investigations on interactive patterns among course participants, especially for learners in East…
Descriptors: Social Media, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Hung, Yu-Wan; Higgins, Steve – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
This study investigates the different learning opportunities enabled by text-based and video-based synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) from an interactionist perspective. Six Chinese-speaking learners of English and six English-speaking learners of Chinese were paired up as tandem (reciprocal) learning dyads. Each dyad participated…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Second Language Learning
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Shadiev, Rustam; Hwang, Wu-Yuin; Huang, Yueh-Min – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
This study investigated three aspects: how project-based collaborative learning facilitates cross-cultural understanding; how students perceive project-based collaborative learning implementation in a collaborative cyber community (3C) online environment; and what types of communication among students are used. A qualitative case study approach…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Student Projects, Intercultural Communication, Student Attitudes
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Chen, Wen-Chun – English Language Teaching, 2014
The current study explored the effects of English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' proficiency level on English-medium instruction (EMI) in an online tutoring project. Sixteen Taiwanese college students (tutees) collaborated with preservice teachers (tutors) in the United States in an EMI online tutorial project. The online tutor-tutee…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Tutoring, Language Proficiency
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Hou, Huei-Tse – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2010
Project-based learning using online learning environments is becoming increasingly popular. To in-depth explore the behavioural patterns and limitations faced by students in project-based learning where online forums are used. This study conducted an empirical case study of an online project-based learning activity in a management course, in which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Electronic Learning, Student Projects
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Liu, Ying Chieh; Burn, Janice M. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2007
This paper compares the processes of Face-To-Face (FTF) teams and Online Learning Teams (OLTs) and proposes methods to improve the performance of OLTs. An empirical study reviewed the performance of fifteen FTF teams and OLTs and their communication patterns were coded by the TEMPO system developed by Futoran et al. (1989) in order to develop a…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Discourse Analysis, Coding, Guidelines