NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Publication Date
In 20260
Since 20250
Since 2022 (last 5 years)0
Since 2017 (last 10 years)3
Since 2007 (last 20 years)12
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 12 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Holtz, Peter; Kimmerle, Joachim; Cress, Ulrike – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2018
The advent of the social web brought with it challenges and opportunities for research on learning and knowledge construction. Using the online-encyclopedia Wikipedia as an example, we discuss several methods that can be applied to analyze the dynamic nature of knowledge-related processes in mass collaboration environments. These methods can help…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Constructivism (Learning)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Donaldson, Jonan Phillip; Bucy, Mary – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Constructionism holds potential for educational research. The qualitative research study presented here investigated learning experiences in a collaborative authorship project designed according to the principles of constructionism. We found a set of three characteristics at the core of constructionist learning: learner agency, focused tinkering,…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Collaborative Writing, Authors, Student Empowerment
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Heidari Darani, Laya; Hosseinpour, Nafiseh – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate and compare the effects of group-to-whole student-led oral discussion and small-group collaborative drafting as pre-writing tasks on Iranian intermediate English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' writing performance. Additionally, the difference between the writing components was examined.…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Sun, Yanyan; Gao, Fei – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2014
Web annotation is a Web 2.0 technology that allows learners to work collaboratively on web pages or electronic documents. This study explored the use of Web annotation as an online discussion tool by comparing it to a traditional threaded discussion forum. Ten graduate students participated in the study. Participants had access to both a Web…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Notetaking, Electronic Publishing, Collaborative Writing
Fominykh, Mikhail; Prasolova-Forland, Ekaterina; Divitini, Monica – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
Creativity can be applied to every domain of knowledge and must be seen as an important competence. Supporting social creativity across different domains and disciplines in learning communities is an important part of collaborative process in both university education and in the context of large-scale international projects. In this paper, we…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Creativity, Computer Simulation, Social Systems
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Bissoonauth-Bedford, Anu.; Stace, Ray – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2015
This paper reports on a pilot study designed to develop writing proficiency in French via collaborative writing activities at intermediate level at the University of Wollongong in Australia. Twenty four students in the final year of French studies program took part in this innovative approach which integrates multimodal functionality of the…
Descriptors: French, Pilot Projects, Writing Improvement, Collaborative Writing
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Tucker, Shelia Y. – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2014
According to (P21), Partnership for 21st Century Skills (n.d.), unless the gap is bridged between how students learn and how they live, today's education system will face irrelevance. The way people work and live has been transformed by demographic, economic, political, technological, and informational forces. Schools must adapt to these…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Social Change, Educational Change, Access to Computers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lo, Hao-Chang – Educational Technology & Society, 2013
The objective of this study was to develop an online report writing activity that was a constructive and cooperative learning process for a course on traditional general physics experiments. Wiki, a CMC authoring tool, was used to construct the writing platform. Fifty-eight undergraduate students (33 men and 25 women), working in randomly assigned…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Cooperative Learning, Physics, College Science
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Nuutinen, Jussi; Sutinen, Erkki; Botha, Adele; Kommers, Piet – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
The rapid development of computer-supported collaborative environments has highlighted the need for collaborative knowledge construction devices. Because most available mindtools do not promote collaboration, there is a need for social mindtools that can be used in collaborative learning situations. We have used activity theory as a conceptual…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Cooperative Learning, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Technology
Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2013, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Prague, Czech Republic, July 23-26, 2013). The e-Learning 2013 conference aims to…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
These proceedings contain the papers of the IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2013), October 22-24, 2013, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), co-organized by The University of North Texas (UNT), sponsored by the…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Cognitive Processes, Learning Processes, Short Term Memory
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers