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Powell, D.; Dixon, M. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2011
The recent increase in short messaging system (SMS) text messaging, often using abbreviated, non-conventional "textisms" (e.g. "2nite"), in school-aged children has raised fears of negative consequences of such technology for literacy. The current research used a paradigm developed by Dixon and Kaminska, who showed that exposure to phonetically…
Descriptors: Spelling, Adults, Error Patterns, Error Analysis (Language)
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Jo, Il-Hyun – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2009
This study investigates the effect of the presentation of social network diagrams on virtual team members' interaction behavior via e-mail. E-mail transaction data from 22 software developers in a Korean IT company was analyzed and depicted as diagrams by social network analysis (SNA), and presented to the members as an intervention. Results…
Descriptors: Intervention, Network Analysis, Social Networks, Communities of Practice
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Jenks, Christopher Joseph – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2009
There has been extensive reporting on the interactional characteristics of multi-participant text-based chat rooms. In these chat rooms there are several students typing at the same time, often on more than one topic. As a result, it is not uncommon to see multiple overlapping utterances. Despite these communicative challenges, research suggests…
Descriptors: Cues, Computer Mediated Communication, Internet, Teleconferencing
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De Vries, Bregje; Pieters, Jules – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2007
To improve the quality in teaching and learning, opportunities need to be provided where practitioners and researchers meet and share visions, disseminate findings, co-construct ideas, and set research agendas together. Visiting a conference is one well-known and established way to do this. But are they effective? A survey was conducted among the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Educational Researchers, Conferences (Gatherings)
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Arnold, Julie; Kaske, Neal K. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2005
A quantitative study of a university chat reference service (online synchronous) addresses the following research questions: (1) What types of questions are being asked? (2) Who is asking the questions of the service? and (3) Did the customers get correct answers to their questions? All the transcripts (351) from January through August 2002 were…
Descriptors: Reference Services, Computer Mediated Communication, User Needs (Information), Communication Research
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Miller, Pete – Journal of School Public Relations, 2005
This article proposes a critical theoretical paradigm for the evaluation of university-community-school partnerships. Although numerous models have been posited for assessing these collaborative endeavors, few of them have granted adequate attention to the voices of community partners, and none have centered on systemic issues of power and…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, Universities, Evaluation Methods