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Chen, Li-Ting; Liu, Leping – Computers in the Schools, 2020
Literature has suggested numerous benefits of online learning. In this study, we focused on asynchronous online discussion in higher education. We defined effective online discussions as making social presence known and conducting multidimensional discussions. Three dimensions were used to define multidimensional discussions: time, learning space,…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Computer Mediated Communication, Synchronous Communication, Asynchronous Communication
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Kaur, Simran; Bir, Megha; Chandran, Dinu S.; Deepak, Kishore Kumar – Advances in Physiology Education, 2021
In the wake of COVID-19, the postgraduate activities in physiology were shifted from live (face-to-face teaching) to virtual mode. This transition posed a challenge to postgraduate students and faculty moderators, especially for participant-centric group discussion, wherein face-to-face interaction contributes significantly to active learner…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physiology, Medical Education, Medical Students
Dixon, Robert J.; Kitson, Jennifer; Somers, Cheryl; Mangus, Lauren; Chaffin, Jamie; Hendricker, Elise – Communique, 2020
Faced with national shortages of school psychologists, it is important that graduate educators explore different service delivery options to educate the greatest number of potential candidates to meet this need. One of the greatest areas of practitioner shortages is in the rural and less populated regions of the country, where a university can be…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, School Psychologists, Graduate Students, Distance Education
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Clapp, Alison – Higher Education Studies, 2022
Expectations of online masters students commencing their studies has been under-researched, as have the challenges of transition from undergraduates learning on-campus to postgraduate online students. The study described here investigates student expectations of this transition, development of resources for academic skills teaching, and student…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Masters Programs, Virtual Classrooms, Computer Mediated Communication
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Lee, Eunjung; Kourgiantakis, Toula; Hu, Ran – Journal of Social Work Education, 2021
Centering social justice into social work practice is vital to the profession, but both "what" and "how" to accomplish this task are pedagogical challenges in social work education. This teaching note introduces an elective course open to both Master of Social Work and doctoral students to develop holistic competence for…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Barriers, Social Work, Counselor Training
Bohorquez Sotelo, Maria Cristina; Rodriguez Mendoza, Brigitte Julieth; Vega, Sandra Milena; Roja Higuera, Naydu Shirley; Barbosa Gomez, Luisa Fernanda – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
In the present paper we describe the analysis of qualitative and quantitative data from asynchronous learning networks, the virtual forums that take place in VirtualNet 2.0, the platform of the University Manuela Beltran (UMB), inside the course of Educommunication, from the master of Digital technologies applied to education. Here, we performed a…
Descriptors: Communications, Foreign Countries, Virtual Classrooms, Asynchronous Communication
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Tamim, Rana M. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2018
Blended learning (BL) is still in its infancy in the United Arab Emirates, but is gaining growing attention and acceptance. The particular university under investigation offers its nationally accredited graduate programs with a BL format that makes use of synchronous virtual classrooms, asynchronous self-study, and face-to-face sessions. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blended Learning, Graduate Students, Student Empowerment
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Tavukcu, Tahir – World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, 2016
In this research, it is aimed to determine the effect of the attitudes of postgraduate students towards scientific research and codes of conduct, supported by digital script. This research is a quantitative study, and it has been formed according to pre-test & post-test research model of experiment and control group. In both groups, lessons…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Ethics, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes
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Williams-Gray, Brenda – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2014
This article examines how to prepare professional social workers for real-world nonprofit leadership roles. A pilot course assignment that incorporates a quasi-organization fieldwork simulation developed by the author is described. Development and application of critical thinking skills are reviewed, the course objective is explained, and methods…
Descriptors: Social Work, Caseworker Approach, Leadership, Field Experience Programs
Vaill, Amber L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In order to prepare new online students to be successful in the virtual classroom, many institutions opt to provide them with an orientation course. Academic institutions must understand the needs of their students in order to develop an orientation course that is best suited to prepare their students for success. In this study, online graduate…
Descriptors: Success, Electronic Learning, Training Methods, Virtual Classrooms
Antonacci, David M. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Online learning is an important and rapidly growing area, and asynchronous discussions are a vital component of online courses. This doctoral study examined the influence of discussion moderator messages, specifically messages with direct instruction content, had on those discussions. This study obtained data from content analysis of course…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication
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Beckett, Gulbahar H.; Amaro-Jimenez, Carla; Beckett, Kelvin S. – Distance Education, 2010
Our universities are becoming increasingly diverse at the same time as online asynchronous discussions (OADs) are emerging as the most important forum for computer mediated communication (CMC) in distance education. But there is shortage of studies that explore how graduate students from different ethnic, linguistic and cultural backgrounds use…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Graduate Students, Socialization, Computer Mediated Communication
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Hall, Andrew G.; Zentgraf, Claudia – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2010
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the concept of Winnicott's intermediate space as a method of understanding the role of learning spaces in the development of technology-enhanced educational organisations. Design/methodology/approach: The approach takes the form of a comparative analysis of interaction within face-to-face and online learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Seminars, Internet
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Gao, Fei – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2011
Lack of connectivity and sustainability are two common problems in asynchronous online discussions. In this paper, the author proposes that the two problems may have to do with the structure of threaded forums, that is, the design of threaded forums may constrain participants from having well-connected and sustained discussions. A new discussion…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Online Courses, Sustainability, Visual Aids
McVey, Michael Hamilton – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2008
With the increased interest in using Immersive Virtual Worlds (IVWs) such as Second Life to augment and amplify teaching or to develop communities of practice, the author engaged graduate students, all current K-12 teachers, in a qualitative study to examine their attitudes about communicating for the first time in a virtual setting represented by…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Computer Mediated Communication, Virtual Classrooms, Teacher Education
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