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Crues, R. Wes; Henricks, Genevieve M.; Perry, Michelle; Bhat, Suma; Anderson, Carolyn J.; Shaik, Najmuddin; Angrave, Lawrence – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2018
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)--in part, because of their free, flexible, and relatively anonymous nature--may provide a means for helping overcome the large gender gap in Computer Science (CS). This study examines why women and men chose to enroll in a CS MOOC and how this is related to successful behavior in the course by (a) using k-means…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Computer Science Education, Persistence, Gender Differences
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Guo, Chen; Shea, Peter; Chen, Xiangdong – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
Online discussions have become important educational activities through which collaborative learning and knowledge construction can be facilitated. This study explores the use of two online discussion tools, online discussion board and VoiceThread, for supporting online course discussion activities among a group of graduate students and…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Group Discussion, Cooperative Learning, Computer Software
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Xi Lin; Ken Luterbach; Kristen H. Gregory; Sarah E. Sconyers – Online Learning, 2024
This study explored the impact of integrating ChatGPT into asynchronous online discussions. The analysis encompassed students' log data from Canvas and their perspectives on using ChatGPT. Results revealed a significant enhancement in overall discussion participation when ChatGPT is encouraged, emphasizing its potential as a catalyst for…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Teaching Methods, Computer Mediated Communication
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Ellen Yeh; Yonty Friesem – The EUROCALL Review, 2023
Many language learners struggle with unequal access and lack of opportunities for active participation in meaningful reflections both inside and outside of the classroom. In this study, 15 international college students engaged in critical media literacy discussions about a myriad of social justice topics through the lens of intercultural…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Foreign Students, Educational Experience, Computer Software
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Huang, Dinglei; Kellert, Heather McCreery; Manouchehri, Azita – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2015
We compared classroom interactions during two episodes in a seventh grade virtual mathematics class. Both episodes were drawn from virtual live lessons utilizing different lesson layouts. We investigated how mathematical knowledge was negotiated in both episodes. The results show that the layout of live lessons had an effect on how students shared…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
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Tesfaye, Sewnet; Berhanu, Kassegn – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Education is a means by which people develop and acquire knowledge, skills, values and attitudes. It paves the way for development and plays a vital role (serves as a catalyst) in bringing socio-cultural, economical, technological, political and environmental advancements. The general objective of this study was to improve Second Year Tourism…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Participation, Active Learning, Group Discussion
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Albayrak, Duygu; Yildirim, Zahide – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2015
This study investigates students' involvement in Facebook® as a course management system (CMS), Facebook acceptance, and the relationships between the two. The study used Facebook as a CMS in two freshman courses and employed mixed method as part of an action-research approach. Forty-two students participated in the study, and 12 of those students…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Computer Software, Computer Mediated Communication, Open Source Technology
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Takewa, Mika – Research-publishing.net, 2013
This report presents how the learning technologies Discussion Board and PaperShow are incorporated into postgraduate translation modules by means of observing their impact on students' learning. Initially and mainly for administrative reasons as well as being encouraged to make use of the university's virtual learning environment (VLE), I set up…
Descriptors: Translation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Simulation
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Lourdusamy, A.; Khine, Myint Swe; Sipusic, Mike – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2003
Advancement in information and communication technologies has brought about the development of newer tools that can promote collaborative learning. Conversant Media is a tool that allows users to engage in collaborative discussion based on viewing authentic video footages. This article reports the impact of the use of the tool on collaborative…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Education Courses, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
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Warschauer, Mark – CALICO Journal, 1996
Studied whether computer-mediated communication results in more equal participation among students by comparing face-to-face and electronic discussion. Findings reveal a tendency toward more equal participation in the computer mode as well as a pattern of student use of more lexically and syntactically formal language in electronic than in…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, College Students, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software
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McGrath, Carolyn – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1998
Based on analysis of discussions of fiction using Dedalus Interchange in literary analysis classes, it was found that synchronous electronic conferencing exposed students to more viewpoints, deemphasized traditional authority, increased metalinguistic awareness, decreased inhibition and gender barriers, and facilitated increased social…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software, English Instruction
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Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Crawford, Margaret, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2005
For the twenty-eighth year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the National AECT Convention in Orlando, Florida. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Communications, Computer Uses in Education, Word Problems (Mathematics)