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Conversations in Slow Motion: Computer-Mediated Communication in the Foreign Language Classroom.
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Beauvois, Margaret Healy – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1998
Reviews early research on innovative use of networked computers in language learning, focusing on a study of computer-mediated discussion that examined student/student and student/teacher interactions in a college French course. Due to rapid nature of computer-mediated exchanges, the "conversation" is a hybrid somewhere between writing and…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Discourse Analysis
Asynchronous Discussion Forums: A Closer Look at the Structure, Focus and Group Dynamics That Facilitate Reflective Thinking
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Lee-Baldwin, Jennifer – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2005
The purpose of this study was to examine the potential of asynchronous discussion forums (ADFs) as a medium to facilitate reflective thinking among preservice teachers. Of particular interest was the extent and manner in which this potential varies with respect to (a) the structure of the ADF, (b) the focus of the ADF, and (c) group dynamics.…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Group Discussion, Reflection