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Motivation To Learn via Computer Conferencing: Exploring How Task-Specific Motivation and CC Expectations are Related to Student Acceptance of Learning via CC.
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Bures, Eva Mary; Amundsen, Cheryl C.; Abrami, Philip C. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2002
Investigated the relationship between university student motivation and student acceptance of learning via computer conferencing (CC). Considered frequency of contributing online messages; satisfaction with CC; grades; effort; goal orientation; personal relevance of tasks; task attractiveness; and students' beliefs concerning the relationship of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education, Learning Strategies
How Habitual Online Practices Affect the Development of Asynchronous Discussion Threads.
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Hewitt, Jim – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2003
Discussions of distance education courses develop according to needs/interests of conference participants, course requirements, and nature of the instructor's online facilitation. Findings of this research suggest other factors. Analysis of threads and their growth patterns reveals a bias in favor of elongated note structures, explained by a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Distance Education
Implementing Computer Mediated Communication in the College Classroom.
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Clay-Warner, Jody; Marsh, Kristin – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2000
Examines the use of computer-mediated communication (CMC) in the college classroom using survey data from 89 undergraduate sociology students. Discusses advantages and disadvantages of conferencing systems, either through local area networks or Internet-based systems; preferred uses of CMC; and results of regression analyses. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Higher Education, Internet
Research Notes. OERI's Regional Laboratory Technology Efforts.
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Garnette, Cheryl P., Ed.; Withrow, Frank B., Ed. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1989
Examines various educational technology projects that regional laboratories supported by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) are undertaking. Highlights include innovative uses of instructional technology; tele-teaching using interactive audio conferencing; making informed decisions about technology; national teleconferences…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Courseware, Decision Making
Web-Based Case Conferencing for Preservice Teacher Education: Electronic Discourse from the Field.
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Bonk, Curtis Jay; Malikowski, Steve; Angeli, Charoula; East, Judy – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1998
The purpose of this study was to foster preservice teacher learning of educational psychology by creating a Web-based learning community using actual case situations experienced during field observations. Participants (146 undergraduate students) were assigned to two electronic-conferencing groups where they generated teaching vignettes related to…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Learning, Educational Psychology
Critical Thinking in a Collaborative Online PBL Tutorial
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Schell, Robyn; Kaufman, David – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2009
The web has the potential to offer an environment that can support standardized medical education to students dispersed in time or place and, in the process, respond to reduced availability of patients for practice. This exploratory article describes how we evaluated critical thinking in an online collaborative Problem-based Learning (PBL)…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Problem Based Learning, Patients, Critical Thinking