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A Quantitative Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Teaching and Learning in a Web-Conferencing Environment--The Efficacy of Student-Centred Learning Designs
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Bower, Matt; Hedberg, John G. – Computers & Education, 2010
This paper presents a quantitative approach to multimodal discourse analysis for analyzing online collaborative learning. The coding framework draws together the fields of systemic functional linguistics and Activity Theory to analyze interactions between collaborative-, content- and technology-related discourse. The approach is used to examine…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Coding, Interaction, Evaluation Methods
Providing Computing for Distance Learners: A Strategy for Home Use.
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Jones, Ann; And Others – Computers and Education, 1992
Describes an experiment at the Open University in Great Britain that expanded the use of home-based microcomputers for distance education students enrolled in higher education courses. Results of an evaluation of the program are discussed, computer conferencing is described, student drop-outs are examined, and future possibilities are considered.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education, Dropouts, Educational Trends
Microcomputing in Speech Communication: A Report of the Task Force on Use of Computers.
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Cummings, H. Wayland, Ed. – 1985
The essays in this volume explore the ways the Speech Communication Association (SCA) might use the computing technology of the microprocessor. The six chapters focus on the following topics: (1) ways the new technology will impact on the processing of manuscripts for speech journals and the SCA's national conventions, with particular emphasis on…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science, Computer Simulation, Evaluation Methods
IT-Based Open Learning: A Case Study in Management Learning.
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Hodgson, Vivien; McConnell, David – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1992
Discussion of open learning and the use of computer-mediated communication systems (CMCS) focuses on Information Technology-based Open Learning (ITOL), a small-scale trial model of open learning developed at Lancaster University (United Kingdom). Application of ITOL to a master's program in management learning is described, and evaluation results…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education, Educational Environment
Integrating Computer-Based Instruction with Computer Conferencing: An Evaluation of a Model for Designing Online Education.
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Lauzon, A. C. – American Journal of Distance Education, 1992
Reviews the concept of learning in distance education; explains a model that lays the conceptual foundation for successfully integrating computer-based instruction with computer conferencing for interactive distance delivery; describes a pilot project at the University of Guelph that used the model; and discusses the project's evaluation. (21…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
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