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Direct linkWeeden, Elissa M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
A mainstream course has several components that deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) students must reconcile. In class, components can include the instructor, projection display, whiteboard, interpreting, and real-time captioning. Outside the classroom, components can include materials from the instructor, notes generated by a note-taker, and a lecture…
Descriptors: Teleconferencing, Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Technology, Inclusion
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Download full textChadha, Anita – Journal of Educators Online, 2017
Fostering reflective deliberation in the online classroom ensures that students reach a high level of achievement in virtual courses. Student peer exchanges were evaluated on a collaborative web site structured around interactive weekly discussions offered across an online, face-to-face, and upper- and lower-division political science courses.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Mediated Communication, Teaching Methods, Reflection
Cetinkaya, Levent – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of WhatsApp use for education and determine the opinions of students towards the process. The study was designed in mixed research model which combines both qualitative and quantitative data. In the quantitative aspect of the study, quasi-experimental design, with a pretest-posttest control…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Social Media, Computer Mediated Communication, Technology Uses in Education
Aktas, Elif; Yurt, Serap Uzuner – International Journal of Higher Education, 2017
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the learning environment where digital stories are used as a learning material on the motivation, academic success, retention, and students' opinions. The study was carried out with mixed method which is a combination of quantitative and qualitative research approach. The study was implemented…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Educational Environment, Story Telling
Stack-Cutler, Holly L.; Parrila, Rauno K.; Jokisaari, Markku; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
We examine (a) what social ties university students with a history of reading difficulty (RD) report assisting them to achieve their goals, (b) outlets available for developing social ties, (c) resources mobilized within these relationships, and (d) the impact of social ties' status on academic achievement. Participants were 107 university…
Descriptors: College Students, Reading Difficulties, Social Networks, Computer Mediated Communication
Vivian, Rebecca; Barnes, Alan; Geer, Ruth; Wood, Denise – Research in Learning Technology, 2014
This paper reports on an observation of 70 university students' use of their personal social network site (SNS), Facebook, over a 22-week university study period. The study sought to determine the extent that university students use their personal SNSs to support learning by exploring frequencies of academic-related content and topics being…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Computer Mediated Communication, College Students, Course Content
Brown, Amber L. – American Journal of Distance Education, 2014
The purpose of this project was to evaluate an online course in child development in which active learning strategies were infused. Preservice teachers taking the course were future elementary teachers seeking initial prekindergarten to sixth-grade teaching certification. Sixty-one persons were enrolled in a traditional face-to-face section of the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Online Courses, Child Development, Preservice Teachers
Bradley, Julie – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this exploratory mixed methods research study was to understand how the establishment of an online Community of Practice approach supports the completion of homework for third grade students in an urban school. The study focused on issues of my facilitation and development of such an online community as well as the impacts on…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Communities of Practice, Homework, Grade 3
Madland, Colin; Richards, Griff – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
The study buddy is a learning strategy employed in a graduate distance course to promote informal peer reviewing of assignments before submission. This strategy promotes student-student interaction and helps break the social isolation of distance learning. Given the concern by Arum and Roksa (2011) that student-student interaction may be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Study Habits, Cooperative Learning
Hostetter, Carol – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2013
The study examines the relationship between social presence and students' learning outcomes. An emerging body of research connects social presence with learning outcomes in online coursework. Social presence is the "degree to which a person is perceived as a 'real person' in mediated communication" (Gunwardena &…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Computer Mediated Communication, Evidence, Teaching Methods
Shoepe, Todd C. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The number of online courses in higher education is on the rise; however, empirical evidence elucidating best practices for synchronous online instruction is needed to implement these courses. The purpose of this dissertation was to perform a mixed-method investigation into the relationships between instructor prompt and student engagement in 5…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Learner Engagement, Online Courses, Correlation
Wang, Shiang-Kwei – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2008
Literature suggests that developing a community of learners is the key to a successful online-learning experience. In this study, the instructor of a multimedia authoring course adopted a synchronous communication tool (Yahoo Messenger) to interact with learners orally on a weekly basis and, thereby, to establish a sense among the learners that…
Descriptors: Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers
