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Jan Zienkowski; François Lambotte – Learning, Media and Technology, 2024
This paper demonstrates how agency emerges as the teaching team members of three social science and humanities massive open online courses (MOOCs) reflexively discuss the affordances and limitations offered by edX. Special attention goes to the entanglement of forums within their courses. We examine the edX platform as a discursive-material knot,…
Descriptors: Educational Development, MOOCs, Social Sciences, Humanities
Leach, Andrew Gavin – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The impact of social media on everyday life is undeniable. Social media has transcended its initial purpose of connectivity and branched into other sociocultural aspects. Educators must create a rich and active learning environment where students can actively engage with their educational curriculum. This study used a mixed methods approach to…
Descriptors: Learning Management Systems, Social Media, Distance Education, Student Attitudes
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Sijia Xue; Chuang Wang; Mirebanguli Muhaimaiti – SAGE Open, 2023
This study examined the affordances of an online learning platform used in a Chinese university for online teaching and learning during the pandemic period. A usefulness theoretical perspective was adopted to examine three types of affordances of the platform, namely, educational affordances, social affordances, and technological affordances. Both…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Learning Management Systems, Foreign Countries, Affordances
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Barut Tugtekin, Esra – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2023
This study examined the use of Advancity Learning Management Systems (ALMS) and the Moodle Learning Management Systems (LMS) in learning settings, as well as online exams, within the framework of Transactional Distance Theory. With 146 college students (n[subscript female] = 102, n[subscript male] = 44) as voluntary participants, data was gathered…
Descriptors: Learning Management Systems, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Technology, College Students
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Huang, Xiaoshan; Ruiz-Segura, Alejandra; Tan, Chengyi; Wang, Tingting; Sharma, Robin; Lajoie, Susanne P. – Information and Learning Sciences, 2023
Purpose: Social presence (SP), which refers to individuals' perception of others being engaged as "real people" in the same situation, is a crucial component in technology-rich learning environments (TREs). This study aims to identify major learning design, antecedents and outcomes of SP within TREs, and identify common findings from the…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Student Characteristics
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Gi-cheol Kim; Rachel Gurvitch – Quest, 2024
Although educators in the field of kinesiology implement online education in various forms, online education rarely receives attention in literature. The purpose of this study is to explore online courses in the subject matter of kinesiology through the community of inquiry framework. This mixed-method study adopted a multiple case study approach…
Descriptors: Kinesiology, Electronic Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Management Systems
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Almahdi, Maryam Husain; Al Murshidi, Ghadah; Al-Mahdi, Osama – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2023
Purpose: This paper investigates the social online learning experiences of teacher trainees during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study's model gauges the relationships between social presence, sense of community, and collaborative learning in online work-based learning environments. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses a cross-sectional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers