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Ayesha Sadaf; Larisa Olesova; Hajeen Choi – Online Learning, 2024
This study investigated the dynamics of complex interactions within inquiry-based (IB) discussions by visualizing patterns using social network analysis. Researchers explored network measures when learners participated in inquiry-based discussions with Practical Inquiry Model (PIM) and non-PIM questions while playing the weekly moderator's role.…
Descriptors: Correlation, Social Networks, Network Analysis, Inquiry
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Hayward, Charles N.; Laursen, Sandra L. – International Journal of STEM Education, 2018
Background: Studies continually show benefits of active learning in college classrooms, yet it is difficult to get faculty to adopt these methods. Particularly challenging is the final step of the instructional change process, "refreezing," when after making initial changes in instructional methods, instructors decide whether to continue…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Mathematics Instruction, Faculty Development, Teaching Methods
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Michailidis, Nikolaos; Kapravelos, Efstathios; Tsiatsos, Thrasyvoulos – Educational Technology & Society, 2018
Self-regulated learning is an important means of supporting students' self-awareness and self-regulation level so as to enhance their motivation and engagement. Interaction Analysis (IA) contributes to this end, and its use in studying learning dynamics involved in asynchronous Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) activities has…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Learning Activities, Asynchronous Communication, Cooperative Learning
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Heo, Heeok; Lim, Kyu Yon; Kim, Youngsoo – Computers & Education, 2010
This study aims to investigate the patterns and the quality of online interaction during project-based learning (PjBL) on both micro and macro levels. To achieve this purpose, PjBL was implemented with online group activities in an undergraduate course. Social network analysis (SNA) and content analysis were employed to analyze online interaction…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Computer Mediated Communication, Group Activities, Network Analysis
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Sanders, Robert – CALICO Journal, 2006
Language production of Spanish students using synchronous CMC (chat) during class time was compared with that of students meeting outside of class. The study included about 100 participants enrolled in 10 sections of a first-quarter Spanish course at a US university. Students in the control group spent 30 minutes of their weekly class time in…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Computer Mediated Communication, Synchronous Communication
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Scarboro, Allen – Teaching Sociology, 2004
Theory is a vitally important component of every undergraduate sociology program. Social theory classes are the heart of the undergraduate major in sociology: in these courses, students take on the professional and disciplinary roles of sociologists. This paper reports on two strategies that enlivened their social theory class, generating both…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Sociology, Social Theories, Educational Strategies
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Simonson, Michael, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2011
For the thirty-fourth year, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Jacksonville, FL. A limited quantity of these Proceedings were printed and sold in both hardcopy and electronic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research and Development, Educational Technology, Conference Papers