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Zervas, Panagiotis; Tsitmidelli, Asimenia; Sampson, Demetrios G.; Chen, Nian-Shing; Kinshuk – Educational Technology & Society, 2014
Research collaboration is studied in different research areas, so as to provide useful insights on how researchers combine existing distributed scientific knowledge and transform it into new knowledge. Commonly used metrics for measuring research collaborative activity include, among others, the co-authored publications (concerned with who works…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Authors, Researchers, Research
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Stepanyan, Karen; Mather, Richard; Dalrymple, Roger – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2014
This paper discusses the patterns of network dynamics within a multicultural online collaborative learning environment. It analyses the interaction of participants (both students and facilitators) within a discussion board that was established as part of a 3-month online collaborative course. The study employs longitudinal probabilistic social…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Online Courses, Interaction, Interpersonal Relationship
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Caple, Helen; Bogle, Mike – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2013
This paper investigates the use of new media technologies, in particular wikis, for the compiling and grading of group assessment tasks. Wikis are open web pages that can be viewed and modified by anyone with internet access and are well known for their collaborative nature. Wikis are also transparent, which means that any edit/modification is…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Group Testing, Grading, Technology Uses in Education
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Day, Deanna; Kroon, Sally – Middle School Journal (J3), 2010
Fifty-one sixth graders participated in three rounds of online literature circles and three face-to-face literature circles. The authors describe how the online literature circles were introduced and organized in the classroom and discuss the tensions, struggles, and successes from their implementation. An analysis of qualitative data yielded…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Middle Schools, Reflective Teaching, Literature