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Meina Zhu – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2025
Background: Computer programming learning and education play a critical role in preparing a workforce equipped with the necessary skills for diverse fields. ChatGPT and YouTube are technologies that support self-directed programming learning. Objectives: This study aims to examine the sentiments and primary topics discussed in YouTube comments…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Programming, Social Media, Video Technology
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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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Ahnaf Chowdhury Niloy; Salma Akter; Nayeema Sultana; Jakia Sultana; Sayed Imran Ur Rahman – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2024
Background: The increasing prevalence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) language models, exemplified by ChatGPT, has sparked inquiries into their influence on creative writing skills in educational contexts. This study aims to quantitatively investigate whether ChatGPT's use negatively affects university students' creative writing abilities,…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, Creative Writing, Writing Ability
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Yeung, Matthew W. L.; Yau, Alice H. Y.; Lee, Crystal Y. P. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2023
Background: The existing literature has predominantly focused on instructor social presence in videos in an asynchronous learning environment and little is known about student social presence on webcam in online learning in the context of COVID-19. Objectives: This paper therefore contrasts students' and teachers' perspectives on student social…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Electronic Learning, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Fangzhou Jin; Xiangmei Peng; Lanfang Sun; Zicong Song; Keyi Zhou; Chin-Hsi Lin – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2025
Background: There are various challenges to teachers' use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) for professional learning. Although GenAI is expected to play a transformative role in teachers' learning, its impact on them remains subtle. Objectives: Guided by community of practice, this paper examines the integration of GenAI into an…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Communities of Practice, Technology Uses in Education, Experienced Teachers
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Lock, Jennifer; Redmond, Petrea; Orwin, Lindy; Powell, Alwyn; Becker, Sandra; Hollohan, Paula; Johnson, Carol – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2020
Makerspaces are locations where people with common interests can work on projects, share ideas, tools and expertise to make or create. There is an abundance of "how to" guides and research studies on physical makerspaces, little research focuses on describing the "virtual" making processes and the experiences therein. This…
Descriptors: Shared Resources and Services, Computer Mediated Communication, Synchronous Communication, Robotics
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Lakhal, Sawsen; Mukamurera, Joséphine; Bédard, Marie-Eve; Heilporn, Géraldine; Chauret, Mélodie – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2021
Blended synchronous learning (BSL) represents several contexts that enable to bring remote students into the classroom, in real time, by the means of videoconferencing, web conferencing and virtual world. As BSL seems to be more and more implemented in many higher education institutions, especially in the current context of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blended Learning, Synchronous Communication, Teleconferencing
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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