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Carmichael, Patrick; Burchmore, Helen – Internet and Higher Education, 2010
In order to develop potentially transformative Web 2.0 tools in higher education, the complexity of existing academic practices, including current patterns of technology use, must be recognised. This paper describes how a series of participatory design activities allowed postgraduate students in education, social sciences and computer sciences to…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Graduate Students, Educational Practices, College Environment
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Thorpe, Mary; McCormick, Robert; Kubiak, Chris; Carmichael, Patrick – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2007
Computer-mediated conferencing has been adopted, particularly for purposes of online course provision, as a method that can deliver community. Widespread interest in a communities-of-practice approach within both informal and formal learning has strengthened perceptions of the value of creating a community online. A case study of asynchronous…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Communities of Practice, Computer Mediated Communication
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Laterza, Vito; Carmichael, Patrick; Procter, Richard – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2007
In this paper the authors describe a novel "Virtual Research Environment" (VRE) based on the Sakai Virtual Collaboration Environment and designed to support education research. This VRE has been used for the past two years by projects of the UK Economic and Social Research Council's Teaching and Learning Research Programme, 10 of which…
Descriptors: Vignettes, Research Tools, Case Records, Research and Development