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Msonde, Sydney Enock; Van Aalst, Jan – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2017
Virtual learning environments are used in higher education around the world to promote student learning. However, in many countries it has not yielded the expected effect on student interaction and learning. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the use of certain pedagogical approaches would promote student interaction,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Students, Chemistry
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DeWitt, Dorothy; Alias, Norlidah; Siraj, Saedah – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2014
Collaborative problem-solving in science instruction allows learners to build their knowledge and understanding through interaction, using the language of science. Computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools facilitate collaboration and may provide the opportunity for interaction when using the language of science in learning. There seems to be…
Descriptors: Program Design, Program Development, Secondary School Science, Electronic Learning
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Ertmer, Peggy A.; Newby, Timothy J.; Liu, Wei; Tomory, Annette; Yu, Ji Hyun; Lee, Young Mi – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2011
An international wiki-based collaboration was integrated into a large introductory educational technology course enrolling 346 students, divided into 43 teams. Student teams participated in a 5-week project in which they created wiki chapters about the educational uses of specific Web 2.0 tools. Two to four international students, located in their…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Focus Groups, Educational Technology, Web Sites
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Bennett, Sue – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2010
Case-based learning has long been used to bring students into contact with the complexity of real-world situations. Despite this popularity and considerable history, research into how case analysis can support future problem-solving has been limited. The study reported in this paper investigated learners' understanding of multimedia instructional…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Educational Strategies, Graduate Students, Problem Solving
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Pifarre, Manoli; Cobos, Ruth – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2009
The aim of this study was to examine the development of the metacognitive knowledge of a group of higher education students who participated actively in an experiment based on a Computer Supported Collaborative Learning environment called KnowCat. Eighteen university students participated in a 12-month learning project during which the KnowCat…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Educational Environment, College Students, Cooperative Learning