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The Use of Distance-Shortening Strategies to Enhance Opportunistic Collaboration in Knowledge-Building Environments
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Yujie Chen; Yibing Zhang – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2024
Carrying out opportunistic collaboration, a method of flexible collaboration centering around ideas and free collaboration structures, is important in knowledge creation organizations, especially for knowledge-building community formation. However, fixed-group collaboration is still widely employed in educational practice, hindering the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Learning Activities, Distance Education, Proximity
Elementary Students Enhancing Their Understanding of Energy-Saving through Idea-Centered Collaborative Knowledge-Building Scaffolds and Activities
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Hong, Huang-Yao; Lin, Pei-Yi – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2019
Effective energy education depends on continuing research designed to identify instructional strategies that will proof effective in particular learning contexts. The aim of this study was to help Taiwanese students learn about energy-saving related concepts through idea-centered, collaborative knowledge-building activities carried out in an…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Cooperative Learning, Grade 5, Teaching Methods
Applications of Speech-to-Text Recognition and Computer-Aided Translation for Facilitating Cross-Cultural Learning through a Learning Activity: Issues and Their Solutions
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Shadiev, Rustam; Wu, Ting-Ting; Sun, Ai; Huang, Yueh-Min – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2018
In this study, 21 university students, who represented thirteen nationalities, participated in an online cross-cultural learning activity. The participants were engaged in interactions and exchanges carried out on Facebook® and Skype® platforms, and their multilingual communications were supported by speech-to-text recognition (STR) and…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Translation, Cross Cultural Studies
Analyzing the Knowledge Construction and Cognitive Patterns of Blog-Based Instructional Activities Using Four Frequent Interactive Strategies (Problem Solving, Peer Assessment, Role Playing and Peer Tutoring): A Preliminary Study
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Wang, Shu-Ming; Hou, Huei-Tse; Wu, Sheng-Yi – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2017
Instructional strategies can be helpful in facilitating students' knowledge construction and developing advanced cognitive skills. In the context of collaborative learning, instructional strategies as scripts can guide learners to engage in more meaningful interaction. Previous studies have been investigated the benefits of different instructional…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Electronic Journals, Student Journals, Web Based Instruction
A Computer-Mediated Support System for Project-Based Learning.
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Laffey, James; Tupper, Thomas; Wedman, John; Musser, Dale – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1998
Describes a computer-mediated learning-support system designed as a suite of integrated, Internet-based client-server tools to provide: (1) intelligent support both for the processes of doing a project and for learning from doing a project, and (2) a shared dynamic knowledge base for working and learning in a community supporting project-based…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Information Systems, Information Technology