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Busher, Hugh; James, Nalita – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2015
Hybrid communities using online and face-to-face communications to construct their practices are increasingly part of everyday life amongst people who have easy access to the internet. Researching these communities raises a number of challenges for researchers in the pursuit of ethical research. The paper begins by exploring what is understood by…
Descriptors: Ethics, Research Methodology, Phenomenology, Educational Practices
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Reese, Sasha A. – Education and Information Technologies, 2015
Over the last decade online education has emerged as a way for students and faculty to collaborate more freely, attain greater flexibility, and utilize new media to learn. The burning debate lies in whether online educational options are harmful to traditional education or offer endless benefits necessary to accommodate a 21st century learner.…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Online Courses, Higher Education, Delivery Systems
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Barkhi, Reza; Williams, Paul – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2010
With the proliferation of computer networks and the increased use of Internet-based applications, many forms of social interactions now take place in an on-line context through "Computer-Mediated Communication" (CMC). Many universities are now reaping the benefits of using CMC applications to collect data on student evaluations of…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Faculty Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance
Johnson, Genevieve Marie; Buck, George H. – Online Submission, 2007
Students in an introductory educational psychology course used two WebCT communication tools (synchronous chat and asynchronous discussion) to discuss four case studies. In response to the item, "I learned the case studies best when using," 39 students selected synchronous chat and 51 students selected asynchronous discussion. Students who…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Case Studies, Computer Mediated Communication, Intermode Differences
Choi, Cynthia C.; Browne-Ferrigno, Tricia; Muth, Rodney – Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development, 2005
The goal of this comparative study was to explore the online interactions among members of two learning communities. The two cases examined two different cohorts in the same professional preparation program for school principals and administrators: a distance-learning cohort and an onsite university-district partnership cohort in which online…
Descriptors: Role, Computer Mediated Communication, Academic Achievement, Learning Activities
Staarman, Judith Kleine; Krol, Karen; Meijden, Henny van der – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 2005
The aim of the study was to gain insight into the occurrence of different types of peer interaction and particularly the types of interaction beneficial for learning in different collaborative learning environments. Based on theoretical notions related to collaborative learning and peer interaction, a coding scheme was developed to analyze the…
Descriptors: Peer Groups, Educational Environment, Cooperative Learning, Computer Mediated Communication