Electronic Collaborators: Learner-Centered Technologies for Literacy, Apprenticeship, and Discourse

Kovalchik, Ann; Bonk, Curtis J.; King, Kira S.

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“…These findings are consistent with studies by Koschmann (1994), Lao and Gonzales (2005), Tharp and Gallimore (1988), and Wells and Chang-Wells (1992) that indicated that the Internet provides learning experiences and a place to build upon knowledge within a learn-ing community. Online learning is a rich environment where learner-centered instructional techniques show opportunities for significant developments and offer new ways to learn, research, work and socialize (Bonk & King, 1998;Gráinne Conole, 2011b).…”

Section: What Potential Does Fb Hold For Building Learning Communitie...mentioning

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Exploring Facebook (FB) as an Online Tutorial Complement in Distance Education

Susilo

Kaufman

2014

International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design

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Facebook (FB) has become the “communication portal” for social networking, which has rapidly transformed the way people communicate and stay connected. From an educational perspective, social networking sites have received ambiguous reviews. The authors explore FB use at an Asian distance university by ten domestic workers as students in an English course, as well as lecturer engagement with students in that course. Drawing on virtual ethnography and online qualitative interviews, this study relies on qualitative data that shows there are potential positive benefits to using FB for teaching and learning, particularly for the development of educational micro-communities. However, certain challenges need to be managed and are discussed.

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Section: What Potential Does Fb Hold For Building Learning Communitie...mentioning

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Exploring Facebook (FB) as an Online Tutorial Complement in Distance Education

Susilo

Kaufman

2014

International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design

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“…Significant efforts have been made to research and implement networked learning in higher education in order to modernize instruction (Bonk & King, 1998). Thus, asynchronous computer-mediated conferencing is becoming a standard instructional practice, with an expectation that students will engage in discussions of course content with their peers and instructors (De Smet, Van Keer, & Valcke, 2009).…”

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Free, Open, Online, Help Forums

Sande

2010

International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development

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In contrast to course delivery, help seeking has not advanced with the technological capabilities and preferences of today’s students. Help seeking in higher education remains primarily an individual, private, face-to-face activity. Open, online, help forums have the potential to transform help seeking into a public, social endeavor. These forums connect students with volunteer helpers who have the time, knowledge, and willingness to provide assistance with specific problems from coursework. Although many such forums currently exist and are a popular source of help seeking, they have remained largely off the radar of educational research. In this paper, a calculus help forum is examined for manifestations of convenience, connection, and control, which are commonly used to describe student expectations regarding information technology use. Results indicate that students can receive efficient, accessible, and self-regulated help. Two additional themes for student experience, comfort and communication, are proposed.

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Reflecting on the Past to Shape the Future: A Systematic Review on Cross-Cultural Collaborative Learning from 2011 to 2020

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Cross-cultural collaborative learning in different learning domains is the road to the sustainability of economic, social, and environmental development. It creates the appropriate environment to acquire cross-cultural communication and collaboration skills for the 21st century. This study conducted a systematic review of 54 articles on cross-cultural collaborative learning published from 2011 to 2020. Based on the proposed analysis framework, the major elements of cross-cultural collaborative learning are revealed, including learners, group composition, learning environment, cross-cultural learning content, collaborative learning strategies, and research designs. The results indicated that most studies engaged learners at the university level and adopted small group sizes in cross-cultural collaborative learning activities. The online learning environment and social science learning content were widely employed in the past 10 years. Most studies adopted multiple collaborative learning strategies and lasted for 9 to 24 weeks. Most studies targeted mixed research purposes and adopted the qualitative analysis method. The findings and relevant suggestions for future studies are discussed in depth.

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Electronic Collaborators: Learner-Centered Technologies for Literacy, Apprenticeship, and Discourse

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Exploring Facebook (FB) as an Online Tutorial Complement in Distance Education

Exploring Facebook (FB) as an Online Tutorial Complement in Distance Education

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Reflecting on the Past to Shape the Future: A Systematic Review on Cross-Cultural Collaborative Learning from 2011 to 2020

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