Work in progress: An interactive online educational support system considering real-world human relationships of students

Abstract

This study aims to make university lectures more enjoyable and fruitful by providing a virtual discussion space closed to outside participants. This web-based educational system has the appearance of an online game, similar to a quiz show. Fearing humiliation, some students hesitate to state their opinions or ask questions in front of unfamiliar classmates. This study tries to resolve this issue by protecting the anonymity of students, thereby providing them with an interactive and cooperative learning environment free from the influence of realworld human relationships, which can significantly influence student engagement. Students can view and compare each other's opinions, answers, response time, and confidence levels, without individual identification. Additionally, I report the results of a questionnaire administered to 107 university students regarding the integration of educational games into my classroom lectures to evaluate the effectiveness of my approach, and present a brief explanation of the educational system I am developing.

Using wiki-based discussion forums in calculus: E-pathway toward improving students' retention and learning in STEM gateway courses (Minority serving two-year college settings)

“…Recent studies focus on group e-learning mostly in distant education settings [39][40][41]. Nevertheless, many of calculus classes are still conducted in traditional face-to-face lecture style classrooms, especially in minority serving two-year institutions.…”

“…In their virtual gatherings, students can get help on homework assignments and communicate with people around the world. Students can interact with each other online seeing other students' answers and opinions [39]. If students enrolled in one course can meet virtually to collaborate on the subject they study together, it could be very fruitful.…”

“…In social learning culture, students' understanding is socially constructed. Recent sources focus a lot on effectiveness of social e-learning with students' collaboration via Web 2.0 resources [29], [36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46]. It was emphasized that "the use of communication technologies to support teaching and learning are popular in nowadays classroom environments" [42] and that "social motivation to learn increases when students perceive themselves to be helping others" [35].…”