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Wang, Zhijun; Anderson, Terry; Chen, Li; Barbera, Elena – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
Connectivist learning is interaction-centered learning. A framework describing interaction and cognitive engagement in connectivist learning was constructed using logical reasoning techniques. The framework and analysis was designed to help researchers and learning designers understand and adapt the characteristics and principles of interaction in…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Learning Processes, Interaction, Social Media
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Çardak, Çigdem Suzan – Higher Education Studies, 2016
This article focusses on graduate level students' interactions during asynchronous CMC activities of an online course about the teaching profession in Turkey. The instructor of the course designed and facilitated a semester-long asynchronous CMC on forum discussions, and investigated the interaction of learners in multiple perspectives: learners'…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Online Courses
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Stenbom, Stefan; Jansson, Malin; Hulkko, Annelie – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
In online learning research, the theoretical community of inquiry framework has been used extensively to analyze processes of inquiry among learners and instructors within a community. This paper examines a special case of community of inquiry consisting of only one learner and one instructor. Together they engage in an online coaching discourse…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
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Tüzün, Hakan; Çinar, Murat – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
This study shared unique design experiences by examining the process of transferring residential courses to the Web, and proposed a design model for individuals who want to transfer their courses into this environment. The formative research method was used in the study, and two project teams' processes of putting courses, which were being taught…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Production Techniques, Guidelines, Design Preferences
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Jahng, Namsook – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
This study investigated communication patterns and behavior in problem-solving groups in a graduate online course. An inductive qualitative analysis method was employed to analyze 732 messages that were retrieved from small group forums. The current study identified a temporal pattern of group development was in comparison with existing…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Problem Solving, Models, Group Behavior
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Cheung, Wing Sum; Hew, Khe Foon – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
In this paper, we share two blended learning approaches used at the National Institute of Education in Singapore. We have been using these two approaches in the last twelve years in many courses ranging from the diploma to graduate programs. For the first blended learning approach, we integrated one asynchronous communication tool with face to…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Asynchronous Communication, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries