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Riva, Giuseppe – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2001
Presents a framework for the development of Web-based learning environments that is focused on shared hypermedia, a new form of computer-mediated communication. Highlights include how communication and interaction are changed by computers; changes in training as a result of the Internet; situated action theory; and creating communities of…
Descriptors: Community, Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Environment, Hypermedia
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Cheung, Wing Sum; Hew, Khe Foon – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2004
Most educators increasingly regard ill-structured problem solving as an important objective of learning and have sought various means to achieve it. In this article, we describe a learning environment to help pre-service teachers in Singapore solve ill-structured problems. There are four key dimensions in our learning environment: tutor-led…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Preservice Teachers, Problem Solving
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Gunawardena, Charlotte N.; Lowe, Constance A.; Anderson, Terry – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1997
Looks for appropriate interaction analysis/content analysis techniques that assist in examining the negotiation of meaning and coconstruction of knowledge in collaborative learning environments facilitated by computer conferencing. Reviews strengths and shortcomings of existing interaction analysis techniques and proposes a new model based on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Learning, Educational Environment
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Kealy, William A. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2001
Conceptual learning of 13 graduate students was studied during a six-week course using the Internet for collaborative learning of online articles. Five groups were formed with each creating a knowledge map during the first and fifth week of the course. Multidimensional scaling analysis was used to study change in each group's mapping over time to…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Learning, Educational Environment
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Gallini, Joan K.; Helman, Neal – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1995
Describes a study of fifth graders interacting with their teacher, local, and distant peers over a telecommunications network, that focused on how the information exchanges impacted students' development of audience awareness in written compositions. Analytic and holistic scoring procedures were applied to determine differences in students'…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Audience Awareness, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
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Arvaja, Maarit; Rasku-Puttonen, Helena; Hakkinen, Paivi; Etelapelto, Anneli – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2003
This study aimed to find out how and on what level the students of two separate secondary schools shared and constructed knowledge on imperialism by interacting through historical role characters in a Web-based environment. Furthermore, the study aimed to find out how social and contextual features affected the nature of knowledge sharing and…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Secondary School Students, Foreign Policy, Historical Interpretation