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Lu, Yihan; Hsiao, I-Han – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2016
Online programming discussion forums have grown increasingly and have formed sizable repositories of problem solving-solutions. In this paper, we investigate programming learners' information seeking behaviors from online discussion forums. We design engines to collect students' information seeking processes, including query formulation,…
Descriptors: Programming, Advanced Students, Reading Processes, Computer Mediated Communication
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Dubuclet, Keisha Smith; Lou, Yiping; MacGregor, Kim – American Journal of Distance Education, 2015
This study investigated the impact of discussion forum design and facilitative strategies on student participation and cognitive levels of student dialogue. A multiple-case study design was used. Three online classes taught by the same instructor participated (n = 55). Data were collected from observations, discussion transcripts, and teacher…
Descriptors: Discussion, Student Participation, Dialogs (Language), Case Studies
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Othman, Mahfudzah; Othman, Muhaini – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2012
This paper discusses the proposed model of the collaborative virtual learning system for the introductory computer programming course which uses one of the collaborative learning techniques known as the "Think-Pair-Share". The main objective of this study is to design a model for an online learning system that facilitates the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Yang, Stephen J. H.; Chen, Irene Ya-Ling; Shao, Norman W. Y. – Educational Technology & Society, 2004
The nature of collaborative learning involves intensive interactions among collaborators, such as articulating knowledge into written, verbal or symbolic forms, authoring articles or posting messages to this community's discussion forum, responding or adding comments to messages or articles posted by others, etc. Knowledge collaborators'…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Information Retrieval, Cooperative Learning, Documentation