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Peer reviewedGrigorovici, Dan; Nam, Siho; Russill, Chris – Internet and Higher Education, 2003
Examines whether level of interactivity in an online syllabus influences students' first impressions of course and instructor. Participants viewed identical syllabi, differing only in number and relationship of hyperlinks. The independent variable, interactivity, had three ordinal levels: website with no links (low interactivity), website with…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Distance Education
Peer reviewedSimco, Greg – Internet and Higher Education, 2003
The Distributed Storage Infrastructure (DSI) project, a cooperative effort of the University of Tennessee and University of North Carolina, is an example of the Internet 2 (I2) efforts to enable remote collaboration among the research and educational communities. It extends the domain of a distributed high-speed computing environment to enable…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Programs, Educational Research, Educational Resources
Peer reviewedWeisskirch, Robert S.; Milburn, Sharon Seidman – Internet and Higher Education, 2003
To investigate student and class characteristics associated with electronic bulletin board use, this study analyzed 3,125 messages posted by students in 15 classes. Electronic postings were analyzed for intended audience, form, and content of the messages. Most messages included new information and did not specify a specific audience or recipient.…
Descriptors: Bulletin Boards, College Students, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewedCaspi, Avner; Gorsky, Paul; Chajut, Eran – Internet and Higher Education, 2003
Examines the effect of group size on students' behavior in asynchronous, nonmandatory instructional discussion groups. Focuses on four main questions on whether group size: affects the proportion of learner-learner and instructor-learner interactions; influences number of messages instructors post; have an effect on number of contributions that…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Distance Education
Peer reviewedVonderwell, Selma – Internet and Higher Education, 2003
Explores asynchronous communication perspectives and experiences of undergraduate students in an online course. Interviews with 22 preservice teachers, student-to-instructor email transcripts, asynchronous discussion transcripts, and two independent reviewers' reviews of the asynchronous discussions were used to collect and analyze the data.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Distance Education
Peer reviewedThompson, Stacy D.; Martin, Lynda; Richards, Lynne; Branson, Donna – Internet and Higher Education, 2003
A Web-based curriculum requiring critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills was developed. A multidisciplinary team of educators created the "virtual exchange." Students are assigned a scenario character to portray in their interactions with the other characters (students). They interact on the Internet to promote critical thinking…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Critical Thinking
Peer reviewedMuse, Herbert E., Jr. – Internet and Higher Education, 2003
The goal of this study was to predict which students are at risk in Web-based classes at the community college level and to gather information on why students drop these classes. The reason given by the 22 students interviewed was that they could not obtain, access, or install all the required learning materials in a timely manner and that they…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Students, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
