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Xinru Zhang; Zhongling Pi; Ruili Zhao; Huizhi Bai; Weiping Hu; Xue Wei; Nina Cai; Lingling Zhang – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
This study aimed to understand the effect of task motivation on online group creative performance and interpersonal interaction. A total of 150 university students were recruited to collaborate online on creativity tasks in dyads. The members' task motivation was manipulated, resulting in three groups that differed in their motivation composition.…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Computer Mediated Communication, Group Discussion
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Ma, Xiulin; Liu, Jingjing; Liang, Jing; Fan, Chenyu – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
The online learning practice has already demonstrated that the quality of interaction and motivation in collaborative learning is not as good as expected, due to the loneliness and burnout feeling spawned by inadequate learning status information about others. This study proposed a model on group awareness to feedback information of group learning…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Group Dynamics, Electronic Learning
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Jiang, Shiyan; Smith, Blaine E.; Shen, Ji – Interactive Learning Environments, 2021
Previous research illustrates the collaborative nature of adolescents' multimodal composing processes. However, few studies have specifically focused on how different modes influence student interactions over time. This study examines how multiple modes (e.g. text, music, visuals, and animations) mediated middle schoolers' composing processes as…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Early Adolescents, Interaction, Peer Relationship
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Cheng, Shu-Chen; Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Lai, Chiu-Lin – Interactive Learning Environments, 2020
The present study aims to incorporate a group leadership promotion approach into collaborative learning tasks in the hope of developing students' creativity, problem-solving, and critical thinking. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed approach, we recruited 59 cross-professional students from a university in northern Taiwan, and…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Leadership, Cooperative Learning, Thinking Skills
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Du, Jianxia; Wang, Chuang; Zhou, Mingming; Xu, Jianzhong; Fan, Xitao; Lei, Saosan – Interactive Learning Environments, 2018
The present investigation examines the multidimensional relationships among several critical components in online collaborative learning, including group trust, communication media, and interactivity. Four hundred eleven university students from 103 groups in the United States responded survey items on online collaboration, interactivity,…
Descriptors: College Students, Cooperative Learning, Trust (Psychology), Electronic Learning
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Park, Hyungsung; Seo, Sumin – Interactive Learning Environments, 2013
The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of collaborative activities on group identity in a virtual world such as "Second Life." To achieve this purpose, this study adopted events that promoted participants' interactions using tools inherent in "Second Life." The interactive tools given to the control group in this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Computer Simulation, Internet
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Mercier, Emma M.; Higgins, Steven E.; Joyce-Gibbons, Andrew – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
While research indicates that technology can be useful for supporting learning and collaboration, there is still relatively little uptake or widespread implementation of these technologies in classrooms. In this paper, we explore one aspect of the development of a multi-touch classroom, looking at two different designs of the classroom environment…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning, Electronic Learning
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Szeto, Elson; Cheng, Annie Y. N. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
A synchronous blend of online learning and "face-to-face" teaching is becoming a feasible instructional approach in higher education with the advent of technology. Although this learning mode is not new in higher education, little research has been done to contextualise social presence experiences in which effects of interactions were…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Learning
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Kim, Paul; Hong, Ji-Seong; Bonk, Curtis; Lim, Gloria – Interactive Learning Environments, 2011
A Web 2.0 environment that is coupled with emerging multimodal interaction tools can have considerable influence on team learning outcomes. Today, technologies supporting social networking, collective intelligence, emotional interaction, and virtual communication are introducing new forms of collaboration that are profoundly impacting education.…
Descriptors: Evidence, Undergraduate Students, Student Projects, Computer Mediated Communication