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Casquero, Oskar; Ovelar, Ramón; Romo, Jesús; Benito, Manuel; Alberdi, Mikel – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
The main objective of this paper is to analyse the effect of the affordances of a virtual learning environment and a personal learning environment (PLE) in the configuration of the students' personal networks in a higher education context. The results are discussed in light of the adaptation of the students to the learning network made up by two…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Higher Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Hrastinski, Stefan – Interactive Learning Environments, 2006
Achieving student participation, it has been argued, is one of the most important challenges in distance education. This explorative study examines whether a synchronous communication medium, instant messaging (IM), may enable students to participate more actively in online group work. When comparing two groups that adopted IM with two groups that…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Distance Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Social Networks