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Cetintas, Suleyman; Si, Luo; Aagard, Hans Peter; Bowen, Kyle; Cordova-Sanchez, Mariheida – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2011
Microblogging is a popular technology in social networking applications that lets users publish online short text messages (e.g., less than 200 characters) in real time via the web, SMS, instant messaging clients, etc. Microblogging can be an effective tool in the classroom and has lately gained notable interest from the education community. This…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Accuracy, Synchronous Communication, Classification
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Lin, Meng-Fen Grace; Sajjapanroj, Suthiporn; Bonk, Curtis J. – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2011
This study was conducted to better understand Wikibookian apprenticeship and identity as well as the environment or community they operate in. Our initial study explored the basic demographics, purpose and goals, ownership, collaborative work experiences, successes and failures, and advantages and disadvantages of wikibooks. Those initial results…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Student Attitudes, Apprenticeships, Textbooks
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Thoms, Brian – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2011
In this research, we examine the design, construction, and implementation of a dynamic, easy to use, feedback mechanism for social software. The tool was integrated into an existing university's online learning community (OLC). In line with constructivist learning models and practical information systems (IS) design, the feedback system provides…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Learning