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Novak, Elena; Razzouk, Rim; Johnson, Tristan E. – Internet and Higher Education, 2012
This paper presents a literature review of empirical research related to the use and effect of online social annotation (SA) tools in higher education settings. SA technology is an emerging educational technology that has not yet been extensively used and examined in education. As such, the research focusing on this technology is still very…
Descriptors: Evidence, Higher Education, Research Design, Statistical Analysis
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Wodzicki, Katrin; Schwammlein, Eva; Moskaliuk, Johannes – Internet and Higher Education, 2012
Social media open up multiple options to add a new dimension to learning and knowledge processes. Particularly, social networking sites allow students to connect formal and informal learning settings. Students can find like-minded people and organize informal knowledge exchange for educational purposes. However, little is known about in which way…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Informal Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction
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Bradford, George R. – Internet and Higher Education, 2011
This study sought to explore if a relationship exists between cognitive load and student satisfaction with learning online. The study separates academic performance (a.k.a., "learning") from cognitive load and satisfaction to better distinguish influences on cognition (from cognitive load) and motivation (from satisfaction). Considerations that…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Student Attitudes, Satisfaction
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DeAndrea, David C.; Ellison, Nicole B.; LaRose, Robert; Steinfield, Charles; Fiore, Andrew – Internet and Higher Education, 2012
A considerable body of research indicates that social support plays an integral role in determining students' successful adjustment to college. Unlike previous research that has evaluated face-to-face support interventions that occur during students' first semester at college, the current study reports on a student-centered social media site…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Intervention, College Freshmen, Web Sites
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Laru, Jari; Naykki, Piia; Jarvela, Sanna – Internet and Higher Education, 2012
In this single-case study, small groups of learners were supported by use of multiple social software tools and face-to-face activities in the context of higher education. The aim of the study was to explore how designed learning activities contribute to students' learning outcomes by studying probabilistic dependencies between the variables.…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Cooperative Learning, Group Activities
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Lee, Mark J. W.; Miller, Charlynn; Newnham, Leon – Internet and Higher Education, 2009
Partly owing to the status of podcasting as a buzzword and subject of much recent media attention, educational technology researchers and practitioners have been using the term very loosely. Few studies have examined student perceptions and uptake of "podcasting" in the true sense of the word, whereby a syndication protocol such as Really Simple…
Descriptors: Internet, Handheld Devices, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Karpova, Elena; Correia, Ana-Paula; Baran, Evrim – Internet and Higher Education, 2009
This study examined how global learning teams utilized technology in a virtual collaboration to solve complex problems. The study offers an in-depth explanation of why and how the learning teams used technology to support computer-mediated communication. A model of technology application at different stages of virtual collaborative process is…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Models, College Curriculum, Intercultural Communication
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Ajjan, Haya; Hartshorne, Richard – Internet and Higher Education, 2008
While students are increasing their use of emerging technologies such as text messaging, wikis, social networks, and other Web 2.0 applications, this is not the case with many university faculty. The purpose of this study was to assess faculty's awareness of the benefits of Web 2.0 to supplement in-class learning and better understand faculty's…
Descriptors: Social Networks, College Faculty, Behavior Theories, Computer Mediated Communication
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Stein, David S.; Wanstreet, Constance E.; Glazer, Hilda R.; Engle, Cheryl L.; Harris, Ruth A.; Johnston, Susan M.; Simons, Mona R.; Trinko, Lynn A. – Internet and Higher Education, 2007
This study investigated the process by which shared understanding develops in a chat learning space. It used a practical inquiry model to assess the development of cognitive presence. The study also explored how the pattern of conversation in synchronous discussion supports cognitive presence and how cognitive presence changes over time. Results…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Inquiry, Group Discussion, Computer Uses in Education
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Potter, Andrew – Internet and Higher Education, 2008
Numerous studies have affirmed the value of asynchronous online communication as a learning resource. Several investigations, however, have indicated that discussions in asynchronous environments are often neither interactive nor coherent. The research reported sought to develop an enhanced understanding of interactional coherence, argumentation,…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Persuasive Discourse, Semantics, Discussion Groups
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Xie, Ying; Ke, Fengfeng; Sharma, Priya – Internet and Higher Education, 2008
Reflection is an important prerequisite to making meaning of new information, and to advance from surface to deep learning. Strategies such as journal writing and peer feedback have been found to promote reflection as well as deep thinking and learning. This study used an empirical design to investigate the interaction effects of peer feedback and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Journal Writing, Learning Processes, Statistical Analysis
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Lin, Qiuyun – Internet and Higher Education, 2008
This one-year case study reports on the effectiveness and value of electronic portfolios (e-portfolios) from the preservice teachers' perspectives. Using surveys and selected interviews, the study explored how 38 preservice teachers' understanding of the e-portfolios evolved as they completed their elementary teacher education program. Respondents…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Portfolios (Background Materials), Preservice Teachers, Elementary Education
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Smith, Glenn G.; Heindel, Allen J.; Torres-Ayala, Ana T. – Internet and Higher Education, 2008
Differences in curriculum and teaching styles across disciplines in higher education courses are also evident in online courses. This study used two widely available sources of data, CMS tool usage logs and course evaluations, to analyze differences between online courses in disciplinary quadrants (hard-pure, hard-applied, soft-pure, soft-applied)…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teaching Styles, Online Courses, Intellectual Disciplines
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Bonk, Curtis J.; Lee, Mimi Miyoung; Kim, Nari; Lin, Meng-Fen Grace – Internet and Higher Education, 2009
Wikis have the potential to change learning environments from traditional knowledge transmission models to knowledge transformative ones where students generate, share, and reshape knowledge. In this three-part study, graduate students created wikibooks across institutional settings. One of these projects extended to universities in China, Taiwan,…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Graduate Students, Transformative Learning, Foreign Countries
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Meyer, Katrina A.; Xu, Yonghong Jade – Internet and Higher Education, 2007
This study answered questions about which faculty come to use technology in their teaching and used a novel statistical analysis to develop a model that captures the primary factors influencing faculty technology use. It used a sample of 16,914 faculty within the 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty to explore explanations for faculty…
Descriptors: Classification, Educational Technology, Bayesian Statistics, College Faculty
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