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Knight, Eliot; Gunawardena, Charlotte N.; Aydin, Cengiz Hakan – Educational Media International, 2009
This study examines cross-cultural interpretations of icons and images drawn from US academic websites. Participants from Morocco, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and the USA responded to an online questionnaire containing 18 icons and images representing online functions and information types common on US academic websites. Participants supplied meanings for…
Descriptors: North Americans, Web Sites, Computer System Design, Cross Cultural Studies
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Jarvela, Sanna; Naykki, Piia; Laru, Jari; Luokkanen, Tiina – Educational Technology & Society, 2007
In our recent research we have explored possibilities to scaffold collaborative learning in higher education with wireless networks and mobile tools. The pedagogical ideas are grounded on concepts of collaborative learning, including the socially shared origin of cognition, as well as self-regulated learning theory. This paper presents our three…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Higher Education, Cooperation, Telecommunications
Madison, Sandra Kay – 1995
Parameter passing is the mechanism by which various program modules share information in a complex program; this paper was a study of novice programmers' understanding of the parameter construct. The bulk of the data was collected from interviews with eight college students enrolled in a state university introductory computer programming course.…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Computer System Design
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Hernandez-Leo, Davinia; Asensio-Perez, Juan I.; Dimitriadis, Yannis – Educational Technology & Society, 2005
The identification and integration of reusable and customizable CSCL (Computer Supported Collaborative Learning) may benefit from the capture of best practices in collaborative learning structuring. The authors have proposed CLFPs (Collaborative Learning Flow Patterns) as a way of collecting these best practices. To facilitate the process of CLFPs…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods, Best Practices, Higher Education