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Formanek, Martin; Buxner, Sanlyn; Impey, Chris; Wenger, Matthew – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
In this work we study how different motivations of learners relate to their engagement in a massive open online course (MOOC). The research was conducted in a cohort-based astronomy MOOC "Astronomy: Exploring Time and Space" provided through the Coursera platform. In order to discern motivations of course participants, the Science…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Learner Engagement, Correlation
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Lo, Hao-Chang – Educational Technology & Society, 2013
The objective of this study was to develop an online report writing activity that was a constructive and cooperative learning process for a course on traditional general physics experiments. Wiki, a CMC authoring tool, was used to construct the writing platform. Fifty-eight undergraduate students (33 men and 25 women), working in randomly assigned…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Cooperative Learning, Physics, College Science
Bos, Nathan – 1997
Students can make authentic contributions to the World Wide Web (WWW) and learn critical evaluation skills by publishing reviews of WWW resources. A project which served as a pilot study was implemented where high school students wrote and published reviews of resources they used as part of an inquiry-based science curriculum. Students were…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Critical Viewing