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Preserving the Seminar Experience
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Ramsey, David; Evans, Jocelyn; Levy, Meyer – Journal of Political Science Education, 2016
This article presents a new approach to online graduate education. With hopes of recruiting a larger cohort in order to preserve a graduate program struggling with low enrollment, we began offering a limited number of seats to students who would attend class in real time but from remote locations, using a videoconferencing platform. Unlike…
Descriptors: Seminars, Graduate Study, Online Courses, Graduate Students
Agent-Based Dynamic Support for Learning from Collaborative Brainstorming in Scientific Inquiry
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Wang, Hao-Chuan; Rose, Carolyn P.; Chang, Chun-Yen – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2011
This paper seeks to contribute new insight to the process of learning during idea generation (i.e., brainstorming) by proposing and evaluating two alternative operationalizations for learning, which we refer to as connection-based learning and multi-perspective learning, during a carefully designed idea-generation task in the earth-sciences…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Instructional Materials, Learning Processes, Brainstorming
Examining the Effects of an Electronic Classroom Response System on Student Engagement and Performance
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Bartsch, Robert A.; Murphy, Wendy – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2011
This experiment examines the causal effect an electronic classroom response system (ECRS) has on students. Previous studies using an ECRS in the classroom indicate improved performance; however, many have confounds typical of classroom studies. To complement these studies, we conducted a laboratory study to minimize these confounds and concentrate…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Reaction, Program Effectiveness, Lecture Method
An Online Synchronous Test for Professional Interpreters
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Chen, Nian-Shing; Ko, Leong – Educational Technology & Society, 2010
This article is based on an experiment designed to conduct an interpreting test for multiple candidates online, using web-based synchronous cyber classrooms. The test model was based on the accreditation test for Professional Interpreters produced by the National Accreditation Authority of Translators and Interpreters (NAATI) in Australia.…
Descriptors: Translation, Foreign Countries, Computer Mediated Communication, Synchronous Communication
Evaluation of the Development of Metacognitive Knowledge Supported by the KnowCat System
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Pifarre, Manoli; Cobos, Ruth – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2009
The aim of this study was to examine the development of the metacognitive knowledge of a group of higher education students who participated actively in an experiment based on a Computer Supported Collaborative Learning environment called KnowCat. Eighteen university students participated in a 12-month learning project during which the KnowCat…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Educational Environment, College Students, Cooperative Learning
Using Ubiquitous Games in an English Listening and Speaking Course: Impact on Learning Outcomes and Motivation
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Liu, Tsung-Yu; Chu, Yu-Ling – Computers & Education, 2010
This paper reports the results of a study which aimed to investigate how ubiquitous games influence English learning achievement and motivation through a context-aware ubiquitous learning environment. An English curriculum was conducted on a school campus by using a context-aware ubiquitous learning environment called the Handheld English Language…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Learning Activities, Learning Motivation, Educational Technology