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Wang, Qi; Ding, Guozhu; Yu, Shengquan – Interactive Learning Environments, 2019
Subject ontology can help implement the structured organization of knowledge for online learners and thus plays an important role in the learning process. However, building ontologies by experts is time-consuming, and the adaptation of such ontologies to different contexts might be a problem. Crowdsourcing, which allows users to build and refine…
Descriptors: Taxonomy, Electronic Learning, Creative Activities, Learning Processes
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Wu, Sheng-Yi; Chen, Sherry Y.; Hou, Huei-Tse – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
Concept maps can be used as a cognitive tool to assist learners' knowledge construction. However, in a concept map-based online discussion environment, studies that take into consideration learners' manipulative actions of composing concept maps, cognitive process among learners' discussion, and social knowledge construction at the same time are…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Computer Mediated Communication, Teaching Methods, Cognitive Processes
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Abedin, Babak; Daneshgar, Farhad; D'Ambra, John – Interactive Learning Environments, 2014
Despite the importance of the non-task interactions in computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environments as emphasized in the literature, few studies have investigated online behavior of people in the CSCL environments. This paper studies the pattern of non-task interactions among postgraduate students in an Australian university. The…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Electronic Learning, Cooperative Learning, Graduate Students
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Rienties, Bart; Kaper, Wolter; Struyven, Katrien; Tempelaar, Dirk; van Gastel, Leendert; Vrancken, Sanne; Jasinska, Magdalena; Virgailaite-Meckauskaite, Egle – Interactive Learning Environments, 2012
An increasing number of higher educational institutes are offering remedial, bridging, preparatory or transitional courses in a blended and online format to remediate and enhance students' knowledge and skills. This article addresses how teachers and institutes design and implement these courses. The descriptions of transitional courses were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Course Descriptions, Academic Support Services