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Tu, Chih-Hsiung; Sujo-Montes, Laura; Yen, Cherng-Jyh; Chan, Junn-Yih; Blocher, Michael – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2012
Learning management systems traditionally provide structures to guide online learners to achieve their learning goals. Web 2.0 technology empowers learners to create, share, and organize their personal learning environments in open network environments; and allows learners to engage in social networking and collaborating activities. Advanced…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Course Descriptions
Schweizer, Heidi; Kossow, Ben – Gifted Child Today, 2007
This article features the WebQuest, an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet. WebQuests, when properly constructed, are activities, usually authentic in nature, that require the student to use Internet-based resources to deepen their understanding and…
Descriptors: Internet, Computer Mediated Communication, Multimedia Materials, Computer Networks
Dietinger, Thomas; Maurer, Hermann; Schmaranz, Klaus – 1999
A successful Web-based training (WBT) system must be highly adaptable to already existing training procedures and software in a special environment. In corporate environments internal communication and collaboration is usually standardized throughout the company. The success of a WBT system therefore mainly depends on the ability of the system to…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer System Design
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Hakkinen, Paivi – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2003
Today, a variety of web-based learning environments have been developed for educational purposes, especially in higher education and continuing education courses. At the same time many studies have reported how networked interaction in many learning projects results in superficial and experience-based discussion, and does not reach the level of…
Descriptors: Interaction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Learning
Rogers, Gary; Krichen, Jack – Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE), 2004
The IT 3050 course at Capella University is an introduction to fundamental computer networking. This course is one of the required courses in the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology program. In order to provide a more enriched learning environment for learners, Capella has significantly modified this class (and others) by infusing it…
Descriptors: Required Courses, Internet, Educational Technology, Computer Software
McKlin, Tom; Harmon, S. W.; Evans, William; Jones, M. G. – 2001
This first phase of a content analysis of online, asynchronous, educational discussions is designed to generate a method for automatically categorizing messages into cognitive categories using neural network software. This phase of research answers two questions regarding the method of automatically analyzing discussion messages: Can a neural…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Software Evaluation