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Knowledge Organization through Multiple Representations in a Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Environment
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Namdar, Bahadir; Shen, Ji – Interactive Learning Environments, 2018
Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environments provide learners with multiple representational tools for storing, sharing, and constructing knowledge. However, little is known about how learners organize knowledge through multiple representations about complex socioscientific issues. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Science and Society
Participatory Learning Culture and Community Formation in Connectivist MOOCs
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Bozkurt, Aras; Keefer, Jeffrey – Interactive Learning Environments, 2018
The purpose of this research is to better understand community formation in MOOCs through employing combined lenses of connectivism, rhizomatic learning, actor-network theory, community of practice, and community of inquiry. In a sequential explanatory mixed methodology design, social network analysis and nethnography were used to analyze and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Social Networks, Network Analysis, Communities of Practice
A Model for Preservice Teachers' Intentions to Use ICT in Future Lessons
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Baydas, Ozlem; Goktas, Yuksel – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
This study proposes a model for determining preservice teachers' intentions to use information and communication technology (ICT) in future lessons. Data were collected from 21 preservice teachers via interview in the first stage of the study and from 2904 preservice teachers from 16 different universities via a designed scale in the second stage…
Descriptors: Models, Preservice Teachers, Intention, Information Technology
Supporting Adaptive Learning Pathways through the Use of Learning Analytics: Developments, Challenges and Future Opportunities
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Mavroudi, Anna; Giannakos, Michail; Krogstie, John – Interactive Learning Environments, 2018
Learning Analytics (LA) and adaptive learning are inextricably linked since they both foster technology-supported learner-centred education. This study identifies developments focusing on their interplay and emphasises insufficiently investigated directions which display a higher innovation potential. Twenty-one peer-reviewed studies are…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Evidence Based Practice, Technology Uses in Education, Student Diversity
An Exploration of Participative Motivations in a Community-Based Online English Extensive Reading Contest with Respect to Gender Difference
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Liu, I-Fan; Young, Shelley S. -C. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
The purpose of this study is to describe an online community-based English extensive reading contest to investigate whether the participants' intrinsic, extrinsic, and interpersonal motivations and learning results show significant gender differences. A total of 501 valid questionnaires (285 females and 216 males) from Taiwanese high school…
Descriptors: Competition, Motivation, Gender Differences, Questionnaires
Understanding Collaborative Language Learning in Novice-Level Foreign Language Classrooms: Perceptions of Teachers and Students
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Sun, Peijian; Yuan, Rui – Interactive Learning Environments, 2018
This study explored the congruence and disparities among three groups of foreign language (Chinese, French, and German) students' and teachers' perceptions of collaborative/cooperative language learning (CLL) strategies in novice-level classroom contexts. A total of 168 participants from a university in the USA took part in this mixed-method…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Mixed Methods Research
An Inquiry-Based Augmented Reality Mobile Learning Approach to Fostering Primary School Students' Historical Reasoning in Non-Formal Settings
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Efstathiou, Irene; Kyza, Eleni A.; Georgiou, Yiannis – Interactive Learning Environments, 2018
This study investigated the contribution of a location-based augmented reality (AR) inquiry-learning environment in developing 3rd grade students' historical empathy and conceptual understanding. Historical empathy is an important element of historical thinking, which is considered to improve conceptual understanding and support the development of…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Computer Simulation, Electronic Learning
The Impact of Using Mobile-Supported Learning Management Systems in Teaching Web Design on the Academic Success of Students and Their Opinions on the Course
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Tezer, Murat; Çimsir, Burcu Turan – Interactive Learning Environments, 2018
This research aimed to examine the impact of using mobile-supported learning management systems (LMS) in teaching web design on the academic success of students and their opinion on the course; and it was conducted on 70 volunteer students (35 experimental, 35 control) enrolled at Giresun University, Technical Sciences Vocational School, Computer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Integrated Learning Systems