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Constructing Learning Conversations

Constructing Learning Conversations

Paperback

General Education

ISBN10: 363902558X
ISBN13: 9783639025583
Publisher: Blues Kids Of Amer
Published: May 23 2008
Pages: 372
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.77 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Interaction is vital to successful online learning as it supports colla-borative learning strategies and fosters ties that bind virtual learning communities, leading to greater student satisfaction and quality lear-ning outcomes. While interactions supported by asynchronous com-puter-mediated communication (CMC) technologies in higher edu-cation are widely studied, less is known about learning conversations facilitated by synchronous CMC technologies. This book aims to increase awareness of the impact of online syn-chronous (chat) interaction on group learning processes. Given the sparse research on effectiveness of chat interaction in supporting knowledge construction, this book offers a new methodological de-sign that integrates discourse and social network analyses with survey perception analysis for examining impact of chat interaction on facili-tating participation, knowledge construction, and quality of online learning experiences in a case study. Recommendations for improving online group learning activity design are provided which will interest researchers and higher education faculty responsible for online learning programmes, and promoters of IT and CMC technologies.

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