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Ocker, Rosalie J.; Yaverbaum, Gayle J. – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2001
Discussion of collaborative learning techniques focuses on an empirical study that explored the impact on nontraditional higher education students of using asynchronous conferencing technology to complete collaborative teamwork. Highlights include gender differences; differences between face-to-face and asynchronous collaboration; and…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Gender Issues, Higher Education, Intermode Differences

Gunawardena, Charlotte N. – American Journal of Distance Education, 1992
Presents personal reflections of a distance education teacher in two settings: a graduate course that used audiographics conferencing and computer mediated communication; and a traditional class that incorporated online computer discussions. Highlights include skills needed for distance education teaching, learner-centered instruction, and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Distance Education, Higher Education
Bauer, Jeffrey W.; Rezabek, Landra L. – 1992
This study was designed to determine whether there was a difference in either the overall frequency or the frequency of specific types of student verbal interactions under three conditions: (1) teleconferenced instruction where students had two-way audio and video contact with the instructor; (2) teleconferenced instruction where students had only…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Conventional Instruction, Distance Education, Higher Education
Morrison, James L.; Morrison, Pamela P. – 1992
An experiment in problem-solving was conducted in which one group of students used computer conferencing for continual public exchanges of ideas through asynchronous meetings, and another group used class discussion groups, while attempting to solve a legal problem in a course in consumer law. Student success rates for solving the assigned problem…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Higher Education
Farr, Charlotte Webb; Muscarella, Diane – 1991
This paper presents the findings of a study comparing the amount of interactivity generated in three different instructional settings: face-to-face instruction in a television classroom, real time instruction via microwave (two-way interactive video), and audioteleconference instruction supplemented with prerecorded videos. The study was conducted…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Classroom Communication, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Modes
Bauer, Jeffrey W.; Rezabek, Landra L. – 1993
Whether two-way visual contact between an instructor and students would promote dialogue during teleconferenced instruction was studied, and the types of verbal dialogues that might be affected by two-way video contact were explored. The following three types of instruction were assessed: (1) Group A, teleconferenced instruction in which students…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dialogs (Language), Distance Education, Education Majors
Urven, Lance E.; Yin, L. Roger; Bak, John D. – 1998
In fall 1997, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (UWW) provided Science and Technology in Society, a university general studies science literacy course, to advanced placement high school students at three local high schools, using a combination of live video presentations and World Wide Web (WWW) courseware. A total of 26 high school students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement, Audiovisual Communications, College Students