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Cheng, Zui; Long, Yishi; Koehler, Adrie A. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2022
Asynchronous online discussions (AODs) are a central component of online courses and have been widely implemented in case-based instruction (CBI). In online CBI, AODs offer learners a medium for making sense of complex problems, as they consider case topics collaboratively with peers and facilitators. Therefore, learners' interactions with others…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Asynchronous Communication, Discussion, Social Networks
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Traxler, Adrienne; Garvin, A.; Lindell, Rebecca – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2018
Discussion forums provide a channel for students to engage with peers and course material outside of class, accessible even to commuter and nontraditional populations. Forums can build classroom community and aid learning, but students do not always take up these tools. We use network analysis to compare three semesters of forum logs from an…
Descriptors: College Students, College Science, Introductory Courses, Physics
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Luhrs, Cecilia; McAnally-Salas, Lewis – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2016
Computer Supported Collaborative Learning literature relates high levels of collaboration to enhanced learning outcomes. However, an agreement on what is considered a high level of collaboration is unclear, especially if a qualitative approach is taken. This study describes how methods of Social Network Analysis were used to design a collaboration…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Online Courses
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Wicks, David; Craft, Baine B.; Lee, Donghun; Lumpe, Andrew; Henrikson, Robin; Baliram, Nalline; Bian, Xu; Mehlberg, Stacy; Wicks, Katy – Online Learning, 2015
Researchers in a recent study found that online students' ability to self-regulate led to more focused attention and time on task, and in turn, these skills could lead to better learning. Given the need for more theoretical work in this area, as well as the potential practical benefits from the use of these pedagogical strategies, we sought to…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Cooperative Learning, Learning Strategies, Self Management
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Tirado, Ramón; Hernando, Ángel; Aguaded, José Ignacio – Interactive Learning Environments, 2015
Interactive relationships in online learning communities can influence the process and quality of knowledge building. The aim of this study is to empirically investigate the relationships between network structures and social knowledge building in an asynchronous writing environment through discussion forums in a learning management system. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Jiménez Guamán, Laura Verónica – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2012
In this article I report the findings of a descriptive and interpretative qualitative study carried out in a public school in Bogotá, Colombia. The study aimed at analyzing, describing and exploring teenage students' social identity representation as observed in their participation in a learning community on Facebook. Data were collected from…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Electronic Learning, Social Networks, Qualitative Research
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Lambropoulos, Niki; Faulkner, Xristine; Culwin, Fintan – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
In the last decade, we have seen the emergence of virtual learning environments. Initially, these environments were a little more than document repositories that tutor used unicast to the students. Informed in part by social constructivist theories of education, later environments included capabilities for tutor-student and student-student,…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Peer Relationship, Teacher Role, Social Environment
Tirado, Ramon; Hernando, Angel; Aguaded, Jose Ignacio – Online Submission, 2012
Interactive relationships in online learning communities can influence the process and quality of knowledge building. The aim of this study is to empirically investigate the relationships between network structures and social knowledge building in an asynchronous writing environment through discussion forums in a learning management system. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction
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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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Shea, Peter; Hayes, Suzanne; Vickers, Jason; Gozza-Cohen, Mary; Uzuner, Sedef; Mehta, Ruchi; Valchova, Anna; Rangan, Prahalad – Internet and Higher Education, 2010
This study provides a simultaneous examination of all components of the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework (Garrison, Anderson & Archer, 2000; Anderson, Rourke, Garrison & Archer, 2001; and Rourke, Garrison, Anderson & Archer, 1999) and seeks to extend previous work into the nature, development, and relationships between the constructs of…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Inquiry, Models, Network Analysis
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Thorpe, Mary; McCormick, Robert; Kubiak, Chris; Carmichael, Patrick – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2007
Computer-mediated conferencing has been adopted, particularly for purposes of online course provision, as a method that can deliver community. Widespread interest in a communities-of-practice approach within both informal and formal learning has strengthened perceptions of the value of creating a community online. A case study of asynchronous…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Communities of Practice, Computer Mediated Communication
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Rovai, Alfred P.; Baker, Jason D. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2005
Multivariate statistical analyses were used to determine if there were differences in social community, learning community, and perceived learning between male and female students in 12 online graduate education courses in which female students (n = 162) outnumbered males (n = 31). Study results provided evidence that females felt more connected…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Education Courses, Online Courses, Gender Differences
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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