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Laru, Jari; Jarvela, Sanna – Educational Media International, 2008
The aim of this study was to identify social patterns in mobile technology mediated collaboration among distributed members of the professional distance education community. Ten participants worked for 12 weeks designing a master's programme in information sciences. The participants' mobile technology usage activity and interview data were first…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Distance Education, Network Analysis, Cooperation
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Martinez, A.; Dimitriadis, Y.; Rubia, B.; Gomez, E.; de la Fuente, P. – Computers & Education, 2003
Studying and evaluating real experiences that promote active and collaborative learning is a crucial field in CSCL. Major issues that remain unsolved deal with the merging of qualitative and quantitative methods and data, especially in educational settings that involve both physical and computer-supported collaboration. In this paper we present a…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Network Analysis, Computers
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Foertsch, Julie – Discourse Processes, 1995
Focuses on communication via electronic networks as a unique form of discourse that exists on a continuum between context-dependent interaction of oral conversation and the abstracted composition of written text. Reviews research in related fields of psychology, composition theory, computer and information sciences. Suggests directions for further…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Computers
Danowski, James A. – 1983
Noting the tendency for some researchers to reject communication network analysis because the original data might be self-reports, this paper proposes automated network analysis as a means of circumventing such objections. The paper first identifies seven different approaches to defining networks--(1) objective, (2) analyzed, (3) user perceived,…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communications, Computers
Haile, Penelope J.; Richards, Angela J. – 1984
A study was conducted of the use of a computer teleconferencing system developed by Participation Systems Inc. (nicknamed PARTI) as enhancement for two independent study credit courses in the behavioral sciences, Introduction to Effective Communication and Introductory Psychology. An earlier study in the spring and summer of 1983 had tested the…
Descriptors: College Students, Computers, Delivery Systems, Distance Education
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Bresler, Liora – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 1990
This field study represents a departure from structured, or directed, computer-mediated communication as used in its natural environment, the computer lab. Using observations, interviews, and the computer medium itself, the investigators report how high school students interact with computers and create their own agendas for computer usage and…
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computers