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Direct linkWeninger, Felix; Staudt, Pascal; Schuller, Björn – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2013
In a large scale study on 843 transcripts of Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) talks, the authors address the relation between word usage and categorical affective ratings of lectures by a large group of internet users. Users rated the lectures by assigning one or more predefined tags which relate to the affective state evoked in the…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Online Courses, Internet, Affective Measures
Dennen, Vanessa P. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2011
In this study, positioning theory was used as a theoretical framework for analyzing facilitator presence and identity in online discussion transcripts. The study has two purposes. First, the study provides a description of naturally occurring facilitator positioning by facilitators and students in two online and two blended classes. Second, it…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Facilitators (Individuals), Discourse Analysis, Internet
Garrison, D. Randy; Anderson, Terry; Archer, Walter – Internet and Higher Education, 2010
This article provides a personal perspective about the development of the seminal papers associated with the Community of Inquiry Framework. The framework and its construction are described. The main part of the paper explores the evolution of the framework and its associated methodology. Finally, research associated with the validation of the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Communities of Practice, Inquiry, Educational Research
Schellens, T.; Van Keer, H.; De Wever, B.; Valcke, M. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2009
The present study focuses on the use of thinking types as a possible way to structure university students' discourse in asynchronous discussion groups and consequently promote their learning. More specifically, the aim of the study is to determine how requiring students to label their contributions by means of De Bono's (1991) thinking hats…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Identification, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills
Download full textAkyol, Zehra; Garrison, D. Randy – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2008
The purpose of this study was to explore the dynamics of an online educational experience through the lens of the Community of Inquiry framework. Transcript analysis of online discussion postings and the Community of Inquiry survey were applied to understand the progression and integration of each of the Community of Inquiry presences. The results…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Online Courses, Educational Experience, Transcripts (Written Records)
Schell, Robyn; Kaufman, David – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2009
The web has the potential to offer an environment that can support standardized medical education to students dispersed in time or place and, in the process, respond to reduced availability of patients for practice. This exploratory article describes how we evaluated critical thinking in an online collaborative Problem-based Learning (PBL)…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Problem Based Learning, Patients, Critical Thinking
