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Evans, Peter – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2015
This article explores professional learning through online discussion events as sites of communities of learning. The rise of distributed work places and networked labour coincides with a privileging of individualised professional learning. Alongside this focus on the individual has been a growth in informal online learning communities and…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Communities of Practice, Professional Development, Telecommunications
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Wang, Charles Xiaoxue; Jaeger, David; Liu, Jinxia; Guo, Xiaoning; Xie, Nan – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2013
To explore the potential applications of synchronous technology to enrich student learning, faculty members from an American regional state university and a Chinese regional university collaborated to find appropriate ways to integrate synchronous technology (e.g., Adobe Connect) into an educational technology program in the American university…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Synchronous Communication, Internet, Teleconferencing
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Lavolette, Elizabeth; Venable, Melissa A.; Gose, Eddie; Huang, Eric – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2010
The synchronous tool that is right for developing an online course depends on the context, needs and priorities. This report compares synchronous, virtual classroom systems Elluminate Live! v. 9 and Dimdim v. 4.5. The researchers compared the features of each system in terms of facilitation of communication, presentation of course content and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Online Courses, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes