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Wu, Zhiwei – Language Learning & Technology, 2018
Framed from positioning theory and dynamic systems theory, the paper reports on a naturalistic study involving four Chinese participants and their American peers in an intercultural asynchronous computer-mediated communication (ACMC) activity. Based on the moment-by-moment analysis and triangulation of forum posts, reflective essays, and…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Asynchronous Communication, Discourse Analysis, College Students
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Ghadirian, Hajar; Salehi, Keyvan; Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi Mohd – International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education, 2018
Peer moderation has been used as a beneficial strategy in asynchronous online discussions to assist student learning performance. However, most studies in peer-moderated asynchronous online discussions (PMAOD) have focused only on learning effectiveness and perceptions of students rather than on students' knowledge dimensions and cognitive…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Cognitive Processes, Behavior Patterns, Computer Mediated Communication
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Ebrahimi, Alice; Faghih, Esmail; Dabir-Moghaddam, Mohammad – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2017
This study reports on a mixed methods study which explored 32 Iranian pre-service teachers' perceptions of attending online asynchronous discussion forums during two seven-week online introductory courses in corpus linguistics. Data were collected through a questionnaire, discussion forum entries and online text-based semi-structured interviews.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Case Studies, Student Attitudes, Mixed Methods Research
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Baildon, Mark C.; Sim, Jasmine B.-Y. – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2009
In this article we explore the ways critical thinking is conceived by a group of Singaporean social studies teachers, what they see as its purposes as well as perceived constraints to critical thinking and teaching critical thinking in Singapore's schools. Using a case study research design and constant comparative method we analysed data from…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Social Studies
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Schallert, Diane L.; Chiang, Yueh-hui Vanessa; Park, Yangjoo; Jordan, Michelle E.; Lee, Haekyung; Cheng, An-Chih Janne; Chu, Hsiang-Ning Rebecca; Lee, SoonAh; Kim, Taehee; Song, Kwangok – Computers & Education, 2009
Using a discourse analytic qualitative approach, we investigated the naturally-occurring discourse that arose as part of two kinds of regular course activities, synchronous and asynchronous computer-mediated discussions. The messages contributed by members of a graduate course were analyzed for the kind of discourse functions and the kind of…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Discourse Analysis, Graduate Students, Prosocial Behavior
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Nahachewsky, James; Ward, Angela – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2007
There is a continuing need to investigate how contemporary students in schools are writing the word, and their world, beyond modernist parameters of the page. This article explores the online writing of a senior English world literature class, located in a Western Canadian city, as examined through a recent qualitative case study. Borrowing a 17th…
Descriptors: Online Courses, English Instruction, Case Studies, World Literature