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An Approach to Encouraging and Evaluating Learner's Knowledge Contribution in Web-Based Collaborative Learning
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Lan, Yu-Feng; Lin, Pin-Chuan; Hung, Chun-Ling – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2012
Although previous research has demonstrated learning benefits for both instructors and students in the web-based collaborative learning environments, one of them major difficulties is the lack of a practical approach to assist teachers in evaluating the knowledge contribution of learners. A novel method of merging multi-modes of assessment and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Programming, Databases, Web Sites
Computer-Managed Instruction (CMI)-Based Online Forums
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Wee, Mee-Chin; Abrizah, A.; Por, Lip Yee – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2012
A CMI-based online forum is designed to address the need for a system to manage students' online participation. The proposed system may reduce the time required to manage online participation. The system was evaluated by a total of 64 students enrolled in an academic semester. The evaluation has two objectives. The first was to determine the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Discussion, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software
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