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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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Ayesha Sadaf; Larisa Olesova; Hajeen Choi – Online Learning, 2024
This study investigated the dynamics of complex interactions within inquiry-based (IB) discussions by visualizing patterns using social network analysis. Researchers explored network measures when learners participated in inquiry-based discussions with Practical Inquiry Model (PIM) and non-PIM questions while playing the weekly moderator's role.…
Descriptors: Correlation, Social Networks, Network Analysis, Inquiry
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Cheng, Jiaming; Zhang, Lili; Lei, Jing – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2019
Online discussion forum is an important component for most online courses. There are different approaches to evaluating the quality of online discussion. This study proposed a multiple-dimensional evaluation framework from a knowledge building perspective. The proposed framework focused on how a topic was advanced in a sub-thread, what was the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Mediated Communication, Online Courses, Guidelines
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Lee, Victoria, Ed.; Tangiyev, Denis Melik, Ed.; Truong, Chau, Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2021
The 24th Annual Graduate Student Conference of the College of Languages, Linguistics & Literature (LLL) at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa was held online on Saturday, April 18th, 2020. This annual conference provides an opportunity for students to become socialized into academic practices, such as presenting at a conference and producing a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Intonation, Teaching Methods
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Ajjawi, Rola; Boud, David – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2017
A variety of understandings of feedback exist in the literature, which can broadly be categorised as cognitivist information transmission and socio-constructivist. Understanding feedback as information transmission or "telling" has until recently been dominant. However, a socio-constructivist perspective of feedback posits that feedback…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Feedback (Response), Constructivism (Learning), Interaction Process Analysis
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Epp, Carrie Demmans; Phirangee, Krystle; Hewitt, Jim – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2017
Identifying which online behaviours and interactions are associated with student perceptions of being supported will enable a deeper understanding of how those activities contribute to learning experiences. Student language is one aspect of their interaction in need of greater exploration within discourse-based online learning environments. As a…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Computer Mediated Communication, Form Classes (Languages), Language Usage