From e-Learning to Virtual Learning Community: Bridging the Gap

Augar, Naomi; Raitman, Ruth; Zhou, Wanlei

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-27859-7_39

Cited by 15 publications

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“…The virtual learning communities have the potential to solve problems in a distance learning environment (Augar, Raitman, & Zhou, 2004) and provide a workable context to leverage the learning potential of each of the group participants.…”

Section: Online Discussion Forumsmentioning

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Comparing Google Groups Use by Evaluating Flow Experience and Generated Messages in Laptop and Desktop Higher Education Students

Abrantes¹,

Gouveia²

2011

InSITE Conference

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The main purpose of this study is to establish whether the user is feeling the flow experience and what type of messages are sent by the participants when using Google Groups through users that have laptops or desktops. In the context of this study, information has been gathered through a survey, applying the five dimensions of the flow state. At the end of the study, after analyzing the gathered information, it was possible to conclude that students have experimented with the flow experience and that it had a positive effect on their learning experiences, but the students that used the laptops were more engaged in the flow experience than the students that used desktops. For messages, the data was retrieved from Google Groups. Relatively, from the type of messages of users with laptop, we can conclude that these users sent more messages classified as Very Good, Good, Positive and also messages classified as not significant, than the users with desktop.

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Section: Online Discussion Forumsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparing Google Groups Use by Evaluating Flow Experience and Generated Messages in Laptop and Desktop Higher Education Students

Abrantes¹,

Gouveia²

2011

InSITE Conference

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“…The social context and the platform cannot be separated. Social and technical factors both are required to facilitate the virtual community [15]. In [26] they propose two factors: usability and sociability.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…While various methods are available for defuzzification, this study adopts Equation (15) to calculate the final fuzzy score. This method can clearly express the fuzzy perception of experts and decision-makers owing to its ability to simulate the predictions of decision-makers and various decision environments…”

Section: Introduction To the Fuzzy Ahpmentioning

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Determining the sustainability of virtual learning communities in E-learning platform

Lai

2010

2010 5th International Conference on Computer Science &Amp; Education

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The e-learning system might remove the limitation of learning time and space and offer more learning opportunities. Knowledge-based virtual communities formed in e-learning platform are collaborative groups developed for creating new knowledge. However, it is difficult to choose and introduce the appropriate virtual community, owing to characteristics of intrinsic ambiguity and lack of evaluating methods. In this paper, we propose a feasible appraising framework based on fuzzy AHP to decide the sustainability of various types of virtual communities under e-learning platform in university. To validate this framework, a case study was conducted to demonstrate the analysis processes and results. Data of pairwise comparison for fuzzy AHP were collected by questionnaires. The results indicate that the virtual community of group forum possesses highest priority, the next is course forum, and the lowest is online discussion forum. Thus, the instructors could allocate resource to develop various types of virtual community according to their priority.

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“…The virtual learning communities have the potential to solve problems in a distance learning environment [29].…”

Section: H Laptop / Tablet Pcmentioning

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Laptops vs. Desktops in a Google Groups Environment: A Study on Collaborative Learning

Abrantes

Gouveia

2010

Int. J. Interact. Mob. Technol.

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Current literature on m-learning refers to the lack of studies on real use of m-learning applications and how they can compete with current desktop counterparts. The study consists of an experiment involving one hundred and twelve students of higher education and a set of learning activities that they have to accomplish. This study has the main objective to validate if the students that use laptops or desktops are in the flow experience and which of them are more in the flow experience, when using Google Groups. The used approach is based on the flow experience introduced by [1]. It was possible to conclude that students have experienced the flow state both by students using laptops or desktops, but having the laptop students a more positive effect in the flow experience

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From e-Learning to Virtual Learning Community: Bridging the Gap

Cited by 15 publications

References 6 publications

Comparing Google Groups Use by Evaluating Flow Experience and Generated Messages in Laptop and Desktop Higher Education Students

Comparing Google Groups Use by Evaluating Flow Experience and Generated Messages in Laptop and Desktop Higher Education Students

Determining the sustainability of virtual learning communities in E-learning platform

Laptops vs. Desktops in a Google Groups Environment: A Study on Collaborative Learning

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