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Download full textHolkner, Bernard – 1996
The nature of the multiuser object oriented (MOO) environment lends itself to flexible and rich interactive collaboration space providing interactive discussion, mail, mailing list, and news features to its virtual denizens. EdMOO (HREF1) was created in mid-1995 as an environment for teachers to experience the text based virtual reality…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer System Design, Educational Cooperation, Electronic Mail
Danville Area Community Coll., IL. – 1997
In 1996, Illinois' Danville Area Community College (DACC) participated in the American Association of Community Colleges Exploring America's Communities project, which works to strengthen the instruction of American history, literature, and culture at U.S. community colleges. DACC's action plan involved students in collecting materials from…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development, Discussion
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Leeward Community Coll. – 1997
In 1996, Leeward Community College (Hawaii) participated in the American Association of Community Colleges' Exploring America's Communities project, which works to strengthen the teaching and learning of American history, literature, and culture at U.S. community colleges. Working as a team, faculty members examined the multi-cultural groups in…
Descriptors: American Studies, Community Colleges, Cultural Pluralism, Discussion
Lyness, Ann L.; And Others – 1992
The purpose of this paper is to describe an evolving conceptual framework resulting from the use of a computer mediated discussion assignment in a graduate nursing course over the past several years. The objective has been to build a consensus among classmates via electronic communication concerning readings about making new knowledge more…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Networks, Discussion Groups, Distance Education
Karabenick, Stuart A. – 1993
Asking questions is a salient event in group learning environments such as classrooms. Laboratory experimental results indicate that co-learner questions can affect judgments of comprehension. A study involving 94 male and 209 female students at a large midwestern university examined whether students would be aware of such alterations in…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Students, Communication Research, Comprehension
Topsfield Foundation, Pomfret, CT. Study Circles Resource Center. – 1992
This bibliography is useful to those interested in the intersection of collaborative learning concerns and enhanced citizen participation. In addition to an introduction, there are five parts: (1) general information on study circles and small group discussion (8 references); (2) the theory of collaborative learning in small groups and study…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Citizenship Education, Cooperative Learning
Pasquerella, Lynn – 1991
This program guide on the right to die provides policy issue information where ethical concerns have a prominent place. Three positions about the right to die are presented: (1) mercy killing and assisted suicide should be legally permitted in certain cases; (2) legal status should be given to living wills and other advance directives that would…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Civil Liberties, Death, Discussion Groups
Swanson, Ann – 1993
A study explored what an outside-the-classroom, authentic literature discussion involved. Three book club discussions (involving a leaderless group consisting of members of varying professions meeting monthly to discuss fiction and nonfiction reading selections) were audiotaped, transcribed and coded. Results indicated that: (1) when allowed to…
Descriptors: Adults, Discourse Communities, Discussion, Group Behavior
Murphy, Carlene U.; Lick, Dale W. – 1998
This book explains how to use whole-faculty study groups to get the entire teaching staff working together on one set of organizational goals. Chapter 1 discusses the school reform environment and the potential of whole-faculty study groups to serve as a major change process for improving schools and student learning. Chapter 2 describes the…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Corboy, Margaret; And Others – 1991
This paper presents nine sets of books which focus on specific contemporary international issues, and which have been used successfully with upper elementary grade students. The paper shows how the books (including picture books), which include subjects such as the preservation of the environment, world peace, endangered animals, and the coming of…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Contemporary Literature
Topsfield Foundation, Pomfret, CT. Study Circles Resource Center. – 1993
This set of discussion guides includes units on "Racism and Race Relations"; "Sexual Harassment"; and "Civil Rights for Gays and Lesbians." Each guide presents a brief introduction to the issue and suggestions for ways to discuss both personal attitudes and public policy. Cases, examples, questions, and a range of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Civil Liberties, Cultural Differences, Group Discussion
Bowden, Onlee L. – 1991
Using film making in the classroom can bring to life concepts that may seem abstract and offer thinking as well as decision making skills to the participants. To achieve this objective, a small group communication class was asked to make a movie about creativity. The 3-week project resulted in the writing, directing, filming, and editing of a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Film Production, Group Discussion
Marchant, Gregory J. – 1991
This observational study was conducted to investigate the nature of individual interactions within groups. The research has demonstrated that cooperative learning groups can lead to improved achievement and more positive attitudes. The time-on-task research has suggested that increasing the time a student interacts with information or materials…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Goal Orientation, Group Discussion
Hynds, Susan – 1990
Increasingly over the past several years, the reading of literature has been viewed as a social interpretive process. Conceptions of reading have changed from a largely cognitive process of print decoding to a socially situated one of understanding and appropriating a variety of discourse and text conventions. "Difficulty" is the result…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Literature Appreciation, Reading Processes
Nochajski, Thomas H.; And Others – 1983
A leader's legitimacy through election or appointment has been found to create differing relationships with followers, resulting generally from greater expectations for an elected leader. To compare the authority and influence of elected and appointed leaders, 140 students were recruited to participate in research on "urban planning."…
Descriptors: College Students, Discussion Groups, Evaluation Criteria, Group Dynamics
