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Thiessen, Janice – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2016
Distance learners determine the time and place for their studies--those engaged in self-paced study may also choose the rate at which they proceed through their courses. However, it is difficult to incorporate purposeful learner-learner interaction into self-paced study. A multiple-case study included three open universities with in-house design…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Web 2.0 Technologies, Technology Uses in Education, Case Studies
Hong, Huang-Yao; Scardamalia, Marlene; Zhang, Jianwei – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2010
The Knowledge Society Network (KSN) "takes advantage of new knowledge media to maximize and democratize society's knowledge-creating capacity" (www.ikit.org/KSN). This article synthesizes the principles and designs of this network which were initiated over 15 years ago, and presents an exploratory study of interactions in the KSN over…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Network Analysis, Social Networks, Interaction
Nippard, Eric; Murphy, Elizabeth – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2007
The purpose of the study reported on in this paper was to explore how teachers and students manifest social presence in the web-based synchronous secondary classroom (WBSSC). Data were collected using structured and unstructured observations of twelve online recordings of web-based synchronous classes in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador,…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship, Foreign Countries, Observation
Abrams, Zsuzsanna I. – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2005
A primary objective of graduate education, and often promoted by peer collaboration tasks, is the development of critical thinking skills. The present study compares how graduate students enrolled in a qualitative research design course in applied linguistics utilized asynchronous computer-mediated communication (ACMC) and face-to-face…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Critical Thinking, Seminars, Graduate Students