Relations between scripted online peer feedback processes and quality of written argumentative essay
This study explores the relations between scripted online peer feedback processes and quality of written argumentative essay as they occur in an authentic learning situation with direct practical relevance. Furthermore, the effects of the online argumentative peer feedback script on students' written argumentative essay are studied. A pre-test, post-test design was used with 189 undergraduate students who were assigned to groups of three. They were asked to explore various perspectives, and the ‘pros and cons’ on the topic of ‘Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)’ in order to write an argumentative essay in the fi...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - May 17, 2016 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
The incremental predictive validity of teaching, cognitive and social presence on cognitive load
Publication date: Available online 18 May 2016 Source:The Internet and Higher Education Author(s): Kadir Kozan The purpose of this study was to investigate the predictive validity of teaching, cognitive and social presence from a cognitive load perspective when perceived learning satisfaction was under control. To serve this purpose, this study included hierarchical multiple regression analyses run on data collected in a fully online graduate program. The results indicated that the presences could statistically significantly predict intrinsic, extraneous and germane loads with a small effect size. Individually, cogni...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - May 17, 2016 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Blended instructional practice: A review of the empirical literature on instructors' adoption and use of online tools in face-to-face teaching
Publication date: Available online 6 May 2016 Source:The Internet and Higher Education Author(s): Michael G. Brown College and university instructors are increasingly incorporating online tools into face-to-face teaching approaches, such that blended instruction is forecasted to become “the new traditional model” (Ross $_amp_$amp; Gage, 2006, p. 168; Norberg, Dziuban, $_amp_$amp; Moskal, 2011; Watson, 2008). Yet, less than 5% of the scholarship on blending in higher education explores academic practice (e.g. teaching, curriculum design, professional development and training for instruction; Torrisi-Steele $_amp_$...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - May 5, 2016 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
University students’ self-control and self-regulated learning in a blended course
Publication date: Available online 17 April 2016 Source:The Internet and Higher Education Author(s): Yue Zhu, Wing Au, Greg Yates The paper aims to report the influence of self-control and self-regulated learning on a group of tertiary students’ learning outcomes in a blended learning environment. In this project, 74 second-year students who were enrolled in a blended course of ICT in Education completed a questionnaire survey on self-control and self-regulated learning skills at the beginning of the course and weekly reports about their learning experiences during the course. It was found that self-control (as...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - April 20, 2016 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Effects of online presence on learning performance in a blog-based online course
This study investigated how learners' perceived online presence contributed to their learning performance while participating in a blog-based university course. Although the literature evidently highlights that there is a necessity for online presence in online courses, concrete design approaches and empirical evaluation of the impact of online presence on learning performance in blog-based courses are lacking. An empirical study was therefore conducted to understand the relationship between individuals' perceptions of online presence, in terms of teaching, social and cognitive presences, and their learning performance, in...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - April 20, 2016 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Toward evidence-based learning analytics: Using proxy variables to improve asynchronous online discussion environments
This study presented a data mining process to construct proxy variables that reflect theoretical and empirical evidence and measured the accuracy of a prediction model that incorporated all of the variables for validation. For the empirical study, data were obtained from 105 university students who were enrolled in two blended learning courses that used AOD as their main activity. The results indicated the high accuracy of the prediction model as well as the possibility of early detection and timely interventions. In addition, we examined participants' learning behaviors in the two courses using the proxy variables and pro...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - April 7, 2016 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Supporting students' motivation for e-learning: Teachers matter on and offline
This study therefore aimed to test the longitudinal effects of teacher support, prior subject competence, and prior experience with computers and smartphones, on student motivation for e-learning and finally e-learning completion. Employing five data points collected over one academic year, first-year Japanese university students (n=975), studying English as a foreign language completed surveys at three time points. Cross-lagged panel structural equation modelling was undertaken with the finalized latent variables, prior subject competency (standardized test), and year-end e-learning completion rates. Perceived teacher sup...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - March 30, 2016 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Blending a class video blog to optimize student learning outcomes in higher education
Publication date: Available online 25 March 2016 Source:The Internet and Higher Education Author(s): Mei-hui Liu This exploratory study investigates whether blending a class video blog into face-to-face instruction may enhance university students' actual learning performance and affective outcome at the same time. Research as to the effects of such a pedagogical approach remains less studied in the extant literature. This yearlong investigation collects multiple data sources from 42 university freshmen in an experimental group (EG, N=21) and a control group (CG, N=21). Results indicate that the EG statistically outpe...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - March 24, 2016 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Thank you to Reviewers 2015
Publication date: April 2016 Source:The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 29 (Source: The Internet and Higher Education)
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - March 18, 2016 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Scholars in An increasingly open and digital world: How do education professors and students use Twitter?
We report how education scholars use Twitter, which hashtags they contribute to, and what factors predict Twitter follower counts. We also examine differences between professors and graduate students. Results (a) reveal significant variation in how education scholars participate on Twitter, (b) question purported egalitarian structures of social media use for scholarship, and (c) suggest that by focusing on the use of social media for scholarship researchers have only examined a narrow sliver of scholars' online activities, possibly ignoring other areas of online presence. Implications of this study lead us to consider (a)...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - February 17, 2016 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Cheating at online formative tests: Does it pay off?
Publication date: Available online 5 February 2016 Source:The Internet and Higher Education Author(s): Ivo J.M. Arnold Online testing has become a common way to organize formative assessment in higher education. When student participation is stimulated by grading formative tests that are held in an unproctored online environment, this raises the issue of academic dishonesty. In the literature, a debate is waged on the prevalence of cheating in unproctored online environments. The issue is whether online exams are invitations to cheat. We add to this literature by using the Harmon & Lambrinos (2008) and Jacob ...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - February 6, 2016 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Attitude, digital literacy and Self efficacy: Flow-on effects for online learning behavior
This study addresses this issue. First, it considers two important antecedents: attitude and digital literacy. Second, the study considers the effects of self-efficacy on three important learning behaviors: peer engagement, learning management system (LMS) interaction and course convener interaction. Findings from an online survey of 151 postgraduate business students suggest that positive student attitude and digital literacy significantly contribute to self-efficacy. In turn, self-efficacy has positive effects on peer engagement, learning management system (LMS) interaction and convener interaction. (Source: The Internet...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - January 12, 2016 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Learning “beyond the classroom” within an enterprise social network system
This study suggests that students practice self-regulated learning in ESN informal learning spaces, raising new possibilities for future development of online learning ecologies. (Source: The Internet and Higher Education)
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - December 25, 2015 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Using institutional data to predict student course selections in higher education
Publication date: April 2016 Source:The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 29 Author(s): Ivana Ognjanovic, Dragan Gasevic, Shane Dawson The ability to predict what university course a student may select has important quality assurance and economic imperatives. The capacity to determine future course load and student interests provides for increased accuracy in the allocation of resources including curriculum and learning support and career counselling services. Prior research in data mining has identified several models that can be applied to predict course selection based on the data residing in institutional...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - December 23, 2015 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
“Yes for Sharing, No for Teaching!”: Social Media in Academic Practices
This study aims at providing empirical evidence on how higher education scholars are using Social Media for personal, teaching and professional purposes. A survey tool was addressed to the entire Italian academic staff, with a response rate of 10.5% corresponding to 6,139 responses. The study takes into account a number of socio-demographic variables such as gender, age, numbers of years of teaching, academic title, and academic discipline. It also explores the relationship between the different kinds of use, the relationship between frequency of use of Social Media and online and/or blended teaching, as well as the use of...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - December 20, 2015 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
