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Raman, Preeti; Avery, Teresa; Brett, Clare; Hewitt, James – International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education, 2020
Growing interest in online learning has instructors looking for new ways to engage learners in asynchronous discussions. Building on experiences with hashtag use to connect on social media platforms, the purpose of this study is to investigate the contexts of hashtag use and its associated impact on learner engagement in asynchronous online…
Descriptors: Social Media, Computer Mediated Communication, Asynchronous Communication, Discussion
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Di Caro, Luigi; Rabellino, Sergio; Fioravera, Michele; Marchisio, Marina – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
This paper discusses a model for structuring resources for automatic assessment in scientific education by means of textual descriptions. This study aims to support instructors in extending teaching strategies and expanding formative assessment in virtual communities of practice. The strategy to achieve these goals involves the implementation of a…
Descriptors: Models, Teaching Methods, Formative Evaluation, Computer Simulation
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Ibrar, Mohammad – International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2012
For over the past years, online education has been quite an option for several learners who have a hard time in going to school campuses due to several reasons such as financial resources or having a hectic schedule. There are several individuals who prefer to continue their higher educational learning through online system. Since, online…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Conn, Samuel S.; English, John; Scheffler, Fred; Hall, Simin – Information Systems Education Journal, 2011
Various Web 2.0 technologies can be used to support pedagogy. Examples include wikis, blogs, and social media including forum discussions. Online class forum discussions involving electronic text can result in robust strings of data containing meta-knowledge, inherent meaning, themes and patterns. Based on instructional design, learning outcomes…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Information Systems, Computer Science Education, Web 2.0 Technologies
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Bures, Eva Mary; Schmid, Richard F.; Abrami, Philip C. – Educational Media International, 2009
This study explores a labelling feature that allows students to tag parts of their online messages. Data comes from four sequentially offered sessions of a graduate education course. Students engaged in two to three online activities in groups of three or four. Students (n = 53) contributed from 0 to 56 labels (M = 12.42, SD = 13.50) and 18 to 114…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Graduate Students, Education Courses
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Kapucu, Aysegul; Hoeppner, Athena; Dunlop, Doug – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2008
The article gives an overview of social bookmarking in libraries and discusses the University of Central Florida (UCF) Libraries Delicious project and its outcomes in depth. It also addresses technical issues involved with setting up a library Delicious account; barriers to participation; training requirements; integration with other library sites…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Indexing, Internet, Shared Resources and Services
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Neumann, Marco; O'Murchu, Ina; Breslin, John; Decker, Stefan; Hogan, Deirdre; MacDonaill, Ciaran – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2005
Purpose: The motivation for this investigation is to apply social networking features to a semantic network portal, which supports the efforts in enterprise training units to up-skill the employee in the company, and facilitates the creation and reuse of knowledge in online communities. Design/methodology/approach: The paper provides an overview…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Management, Semantics, Social Networks