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Chng, Edwin; Seyam, Mohamed Raouf; Yao, William; Schneider, Bertrand – Information and Learning Sciences, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to uncover divergent collaboration in makerspaces using social network analysis to examine ongoing social relations and sequential data pattern mining to invesitgate temporal changes in social activities. Design/methodology/approach: While there is a significant body of qualitative work on makerspaces, there is a lack of…
Descriptors: Motion, Measurement Techniques, Measurement Equipment, Shared Resources and Services
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Kovanovic, Vitomir; Gaševic, Dragan; Hatala, Marek – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2014
This paper describes doctoral research that focuses on the development of a learning analytics framework for inquiry-based digital learning. Building on the Community of Inquiry model (CoI)--a foundation commonly used in the research and practice of digital learning and teaching--this research builds on the existing body of knowledge in two…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Doctoral Dissertations, Electronic Learning, Active Learning
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Rauch, F.; Dulle, M.; Namsone, D.; Gorghiu, G. – Science Education International, 2014
This paper explores the effectiveness of networking in promoting inquiry-based science education (IBSE) through raising the self-efficacy of science teachers to take ownership of more effective ways of teaching students, supported by stakeholders (Holbrook & Rannikmae, 2010). As PROFILES project (Professional Reflection Oriented Focus on…
Descriptors: Profiles, Science Education, Inquiry, Self Efficacy
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Harrison, J. Buckley; West, Richard E. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
This design-based research study explored whether "sense of community" was maintained while flexibility in the course was increased through an adoption of a unique blended learning model. Data collected in this study show a significant drop in the sense of connectedness score from a mean of 50.8 out of 66 to a mean of 39.68 in the first…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Blended Learning, Student Projects, Active Learning
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Jimoyiannis, Athanassios; Tsiotakis, Panagiotis; Roussinos, Dimitrios – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report on an investigation of university students' participation and learning presence in a blogging activity, designed to support collaborative learning. There are three main reasons justifying the current research: to better understand the structure and the dynamics of students' blogging subgroups; to…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Electronic Publishing, Student Projects, Social Networks
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Jimoyiannis, A.; Angelaina, S. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2012
Educational blogs are currently gaining in popularity in schools and higher education institutions, and they are widely promoted as collaborative tools supporting students' active learning. However, literature review on educational blogging revealed a lack of a complete and consistent framework for studying and assessing students' engagement and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Active Learning, Learner Engagement, Communities of Practice
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Fox, Steve – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2009
Action learning is a pedagogical practice that helps participants learn by talking about their workplace action with fellow participants ("comrades in adversity") in their action learning set. This paper raises questions about the action in action learning, such as: how do members of an action learning set learn from and through each other? How do…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Teaching Methods, Network Analysis, Communities of Practice