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Facilitating Debate in Networked Learning: Reflecting on Online Synchronous Discussion in Higher Education.
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Pilkington, Rachel M.; Walker, S. Aisha – Instructional Science, 2003
Initial results of this study of post-graduate students using a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) as part of their course showed that both distance and face-to-face students, native speakers (NS) and non native speakers (NNS), working collaboratively on the same course through the VLE, had comparable outcomes on essay assignments and that NNS and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Cooperative Learning
Introduction to the Special Issue on "Advances in Research on Networked Learning."
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Banks, Sheena; Goodyear, Peter; Hodgson, Vivian; McConnell, David – Instructional Science, 2003
Taken together, the articles in this special issue contribute to the collective sense of recent progress in research on networked learning in higher education. In combination, they help explain some of the key relationships between teachers' and learners' intentions and experiences, the affordances of text-based communications technologies and…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education
Opening Dimensions of Variation: An Empirical Study of Learning in a Web-based Discussion.
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Booth, Shirley; Hulten, Magnus – Instructional Science, 2003
Reports part of a wider study aimed to develop a theoretical understanding of learning in networked courses, where the subject matter is directly related to participants' practical experience. Proposes a taxonomy as a tool for analyzing the learning potential. A phenomenographic perspective on learning underpins the study. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Distance Education