Group awareness increases student engagement in online collaborative writing
Publication date: July 2018Source: The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 38Author(s): Ming Liu, Leping Liu, Li LiuAbstractOnline Collaborative Writing (OCW) tools such as Google Docs provide an efficient way for students to perform collaborative writing tasks. However, when teachers include OCW in their teaching, they often report fewer positive student engagement. This paper proposes a novel OCW tool called Cooperpad, with a group awareness functionality, which continuously gathers group members' writing behavior, analyzes and visualize their engagement intensity for group members to compare their participation with t...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - July 10, 2018 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Detecting leadership in peer-moderated online collaborative learning through text mining and social network analysis
Publication date: July 2018Source: The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 38Author(s): Kui Xie, Gennaro Di Tosto, Lin Lu, Young Suk ChoAbstractStructured tasks and peer-moderated discussions are pedagogical models that have shown unique benefits for online collaborative learning. Students appointed with leadership roles are able to positively affect the dynamics in their groups by engaging with participants, raising questions, and advancing problem solving. To help monitoring and controlling the latent social dynamics associated with leadership behavior, we propose a methodological approach that makes use of computation...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - July 10, 2018 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Social media-based collaborative learning: Exploring antecedents of attitude
Publication date: July 2018Source: The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 38Author(s): Sebastian Molinillo, Rafael Anaya-Sánchez, Rocío Aguilar-Illescas, María Vallespín-Arán (Source: The Internet and Higher Education)
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - July 10, 2018 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Learning to teach online: Measuring the influence of faculty development training on teaching effectiveness through a TPACK lens
Publication date: July 2018Source: The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 38Author(s): Karen E. Brinkley-EtzkornAbstractThe purpose of this study was to examine one model for training new online instructors and measure the influence it had on their teaching effectiveness and knowledge integration. The Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) model served as the conceptual framework. Using a quantitatively-driven mixed-methods design, three data sources were used: (1) instructors' pre and post-training course syllabi, (2) pre and post-training student evaluations of teaching scores, and (3) results of a follow...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - July 10, 2018 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
A model for aligning assessment with competences and learning activities in online courses
This article presents a model for designing e-assessment processes aligned with competences and learning activities. The authors examined assessment in student-centered, competence-based learning in online contexts. We analyzed the importance of alignment for properly selecting the learning activities that best guide students towards the desired level of competence acquisition (i.e. learning outcomes). We explored the leading types of assessment and new opportunities for assessment derived from the use of technologies. The model developed takes advantage of the potential for technologies to go beyond traditional assessment...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - July 10, 2018 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
The experience of embodied presence for the hybrid dance/movement therapy student: A qualitative pilot study
Publication date: July 2018Source: The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 38Author(s): Valerie Blanc (Source: The Internet and Higher Education)
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - July 10, 2018 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Confirming the subdimensions of teaching, social, and cognitive presences: A construct validity study
Publication date: October 2018Source: The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 39Author(s): Secil Caskurlu (Source: The Internet and Higher Education)
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - July 10, 2018 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Determining the differences between online and face-to-face student–group interactions in a blended learning course
This study applied social network analysis and thematic analysis to investigate the nature and differences of group interactions in these learning components of a B-learning course. A total of 53 respondents participated in this study and Baidu Post Bar was used as a tool to facilitate group interactions. A total of 604 dialogues comprising 5090 posts were analyzed to identify the differences in group characteristics and interactions. A strong “group-controlling” pattern was found in the online learning component, whereas an “individual-controlling” pattern was found in the face-to-face mode. The depth of the inter...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - July 10, 2018 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
A systematic review of the Community of Inquiry survey
Publication date: October 2018Source: The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 39Author(s): Stefan StenbomAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to gain knowledge about the implementation and development of the Community of Inquiry survey. This paper describes a systematic review of peer-reviewed journal papers where the survey has been used to collect and analyze empirical data about a learning experience. A total of 103 journal papers published between 2008 and 2017 were reviewed to reveal the context, research design, and results obtained using the survey. These results specify that the Community of Inquiry survey provid...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - July 10, 2018 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Open education resources and perceptions of financial value
Publication date: October 2018Source: The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 39Author(s): Samuel Abramovich, Mark McBrideAbstractAlthough Open Educational Resources (OER) may have financial benefits for students, there are few empirical research studies that investigate whether students recognize the financial value of OER or if they believe that traditional course materials better support their learning. Students and instructors at seven different colleges in a public university system in the Northeast United States participated in a study where OER were implemented as replacement for traditional course materials. Stud...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - July 10, 2018 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Open education resources and perceptions of financial value
Publication date: Available online 26 June 2018Source: The Internet and Higher EducationAuthor(s): Samuel Abramovich, Mark McBrideAbstractAlthough Open Educational Resources (OER) may have financial benefits for students, there are few empirical research studies that investigate whether students recognize the financial value of OER or if they believe that traditional course materials better support their learning. Students and instructors at seven different colleges in a public university system in the Northeast United States participated in a study where OER were implemented as replacement for traditional course materials...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - July 5, 2018 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
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Publication date: July 2018Source: The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 38Author(s): (Source: The Internet and Higher Education)
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - July 5, 2018 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Group awareness increases student engagement in online collaborative writing
Publication date: July 2018Source: The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 38Author(s): Ming Liu, Leping Liu, Li LiuAbstractOnline Collaborative Writing (OCW) tools such as Google Docs provide an efficient way for students to perform collaborative writing tasks. However, when teachers include OCW in their teaching, they often report fewer positive student engagement. This paper proposes a novel OCW tool called Cooperpad, with a group awareness functionality, which continuously gathers group members' writing behavior, analyzes and visualize their engagement intensity for group members to compare their participation with t...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - July 5, 2018 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Detecting leadership in peer-moderated online collaborative learning through text mining and social network analysis
Publication date: July 2018Source: The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 38Author(s): Kui Xie, Gennaro Di Tosto, Lin Lu, Young Suk ChoAbstractStructured tasks and peer-moderated discussions are pedagogical models that have shown unique benefits for online collaborative learning. Students appointed with leadership roles are able to positively affect the dynamics in their groups by engaging with participants, raising questions, and advancing problem solving. To help monitoring and controlling the latent social dynamics associated with leadership behavior, we propose a methodological approach that makes use of computation...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - July 5, 2018 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Social media-based collaborative learning: Exploring antecedents of attitude
Publication date: July 2018Source: The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 38Author(s): Sebastian Molinillo, Rafael Anaya-Sánchez, Rocío Aguilar-Illescas, María Vallespín-Arán (Source: The Internet and Higher Education)
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - July 5, 2018 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
