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Zhihao Cui; Oi-Lam Ng; Morris Siu-yung Jong; Xiaojing Weng – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2025
Background: Amidst the increasing application of online education in the post-COVID era, new challenges in student engagement have emerged. However, most studies on online engagement have adopted macro-level approaches and relied on self-report measures of retrospective engagement. Few have examined micro-level engagement in terms of real-time and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Learner Engagement, Attention, Synchronous Communication
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Zhang, Ruonan; Bi, Nicky Chang; Mercado, Trinidee – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2023
Background: Online learning and teaching were globally popularized due to the impact of COVID-19. The pandemic has made both synchronous and asynchronous online learning inevitable in regions privileged with the technological affordance. Aims: This study was designed to examine and compare the effectiveness of both learning modes through the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Synchronous Communication, Asynchronous Communication, Electronic Learning
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Giesbers, B.; Rienties, B.; Tempelaar, D.; Gijselaers, W. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2014
With the increased affordances of synchronous communication tools, more opportunities for online learning to resemble face-to-face settings have recently become available. However, synchronous communication does not afford as much time for reflection as asynchronous communication. Therefore, a combination of synchronous and asynchronous…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Synchronous Communication, Educational Technology, Online Courses