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Annamalai, Nagaletchimee – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2017
Purpose: This study aims to explore how the Community of Inquiry (CoI) model (2000) is used to categorize students' and teachers' interactions in an asynchronous discussion and how these interactions are able to help students add quality to their narrative writing. Design/methodology/approach: The interactions were categorized based on teaching,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Interaction
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Meyer, Bente – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2015
Purpose: This study aims to present findings from an ongoing study in three rural schools in Denmark where videoconferences are used as part of the teaching at lower secondary level. The research focuses on how students learn from videoconferences that are both one-to-many and peer-to-peer. Videoconferencing, conceptualized by the schools in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Rural Schools
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Jahn, Matthias; Piesche, Claudia; Jablonski, Stefan – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2012
Purpose: Today's requirements concerning successful learning support comprise a variety of application scenarios. Therefore, the development of supporting software preferably aims at modular design. This article discusses requirements regarding flexibility of e-learning systems and presents important principles, which should be met by successful…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Synchronous Communication, Asynchronous Communication
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Seaba, Tshinakaho Relebogile; Kekwaletswe, Raymond Mompoloki – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to argue that an e-collaboration environment, driven by awareness of social presence, may provide the just-in-time learning support needed by postgraduate students. The academic challenges faced by students may be alleviated if a correct electronic platform is provided for them to be able to consult with each…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Peer Relationship, Social Environment
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Law, Effie Lai-Chong; Nguyen-Ngoc, Anh Vu – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2010
Purpose: The rising popularity of social software poses challenges to the design and evaluation of pedagogically sound cross-cultural online collaborative learning environments (OCLEs). In the literature of computer-mediated communications, there exist only a limited number of related empirical studies, indicating that it is still an emergent…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Network Analysis, Computer Software
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Minocha, Shailey; Morse, David R. – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report on a study into how a three-dimensional (3D) virtual world (Second Life) can facilitate socialisation and team working among students working on a team project at a distance. This models the situation in many commercial sectors where work is increasingly being conducted across time zones and between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web Sites, Distance Education, Cooperation