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MacMillan, Thalia; Forte, Michele; Grant, Cynthia – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2014
The dynamics of the student-student relationship within the asynchronous online classroom, as evidenced by conversations in an online discussion board, is a balancing act potentially more complex than those occurring in real-time. In order for learning to truly be considered effective, a collaborative, safe environment needs to exist among…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Online Courses, Cooperative Learning, Discussion Groups
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Boothe, J. R.; Barnard, R. A.; Peterson, L. J.; Coppola, B. P. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2018
Use of peer instruction and facilitation has surged in undergraduate education at large colleges and universities in recent years. Studies on peer instruction have been directed primarily at student learning gains and affective outcomes among the facilitators. For peer instructors, the relationship between their teaching effectiveness and their…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teacher Effectiveness, Undergraduate Students, Peer Teaching
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Xie, Ying; Ke, Fengfeng; Sharma, Priya – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2010
Deep cognitive thinking refers to a learner's purposeful and conscious manipulation of ideas toward meaningful learning. Strategies such as journaling/blogging and peer feedback have been found to promote deep thinking. This article reports a research study about the effects of two different blog leader styles on students' deep thinking as…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Teamwork
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Hassaskhah, Jaleh; Asli, Shohreh Rahimizadeh – Cogent Education, 2015
This study introduces photomontage as a task to facilitate talking in English as a Foreign Language classrooms. Thirty-three undergraduate English major students studying at the University of Guilan were assigned to design a composite photographic image by combining images from separate photographic sources, and use it as the stimulus to initiate…
Descriptors: Photography, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Ryan, Susan M.; Yuan, Susan J.; Karambelas, Alex M.; Lampugnale, Luke E.; Parrott, Bernard J.; Sagar, Cora E.; Terry, Taylor V. – Canadian Journal of Action Research, 2015
This article describes an undergraduate Participatory Action Research (PAR) course in which students with and without intellectual disabilities collaborated as co-researchers in order to explore various aspects of the university experience. The article describes the university course as well as presents results of the students' PAR projects. The…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Undergraduate Students, Participatory Research, Action Research
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Spatariu, Alexandru; Hartley, Kendall; Schraw, Gregory; Bendixen, Lisa D.; Quinn, Linda F. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2007
Many consider rich argumentation to be the core of quality discussions and view it as a vehicle to solving problems and clarifying content. This study examined the influence of a discussion leader intervention on the quality of online argumentation and interactivity. Subjects were 44 undergraduate students who participated in online discussions on…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Persuasive Discourse, Higher Education, Computer Mediated Communication
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Carey, Miriam – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2012
This study examines the cultivation of intentionality and integration in a foundation level General Education class: Communities and Societies. Three research tasks were set within the context of a grounded theoretical approach: codification of indicators for both intentionality and integration, and an examination of student learning logs.…
Descriptors: Intention, Teaching Methods, Group Discussion, Small Group Instruction
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Liu, Ying Chieh; Burn, Janice M. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2007
This paper compares the processes of Face-To-Face (FTF) teams and Online Learning Teams (OLTs) and proposes methods to improve the performance of OLTs. An empirical study reviewed the performance of fifteen FTF teams and OLTs and their communication patterns were coded by the TEMPO system developed by Futoran et al. (1989) in order to develop a…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Discourse Analysis, Coding, Guidelines
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Brescia, William F., Jr.; Swartz, James; Pearman, Cathy; Balkin, Richard; Williams, David – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2004
This study is, as an inquiry into the effectiveness of discussion leadership taxonomy, designed to help online discussion leaders support and facilitate discussions conducted by undergraduates. Participants were approximately two hundred preservice undergraduate students taking an Introduction to Educational Technology course. Each week students…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Peer Teaching, Web Based Instruction, Undergraduate Students
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Borchelt, Nathan – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2007
The purpose of this study was to explore the use of a cognitive computer tool by undergraduate calculus students as they worked cooperatively on mathematical tasks. Specific attention was given to levels of cognitive demand in which the students were engaged as they completed in-class labs with the assistance of MathCAD. Participants were assigned…
Descriptors: Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, Computer Uses in Education
Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2015
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2015, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information and Society and is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, July 21-24, 2015). The e-Learning 2015…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Failure, Electronic Learning, Success
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Chen, Sue-Jen; Caropreso, Edward J. – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2004
Online collaborative learning has typically been studied within the context of learning communities. Little is known about the potential influence of students' personalities on online communication, group interaction, and task engagement among members of a learning community. This study used a mixed-method, triangulation design, involving the…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Personality Traits, Interaction, Group Discussion