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Giannakos, Michail N.; Vlamos, Panayiotis – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
Educational webcasts are nowadays widely used by many organizations and institutions all over the world. However, the educational effectiveness of webcasts when used as an autonomous method is yet to be explored. In this paper, the clarification of certain issues concerning their educational effectiveness is attempted. Following specific…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness, Middle School Students, Educational Technology
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Giacumo, Lisa A.; Savenye, Wilhelmina; Smith, Nichole – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
Over the past 20 years, researchers have begun to examine data from asynchronous computer-mediated student discussions in courses. Some results have shown students to demonstrate lower or mid-level thinking skills, while others suggest students routinely demonstrate higher-order thinking skills. The authors investigated the relationship between…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Academic Achievement
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Van Zanten, Rob; Somogyi, Simon; Curro, Gina – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
The application of podcasting for educational purposes is growing fast in universities. There are several benefits of this asynchronous, direct communication and interaction between teacher and student. Nonetheless, the benefits, the pedagogical value of podcasting the traditional lecture format, have come into question. Furthermore, issues have…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Lecture Method, Preferences, Instructional Design
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Pulford, Briony D. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
The influence of asynchronous discussion in a virtual learning environment, Blackboard, on subsequent coursework grades was examined with 166 psychology students to determine whether asking questions of the tutor online, and/or reading the questions and the given advice, influenced the grades on the report they were writing. A repeated-measures…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Assignments, Psychology, Computer Mediated Communication