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Impacts of college-level courses via Asynchronous Learning Networks: Some Preliminary Results

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Starr Roxanne Hiltz, Department of Computer and Information Science (CIS)

Institution(s) or Organization(s) Where Research Occured:

New Jersey Institute of Technology

New Jersey Institute of Technology has been delivering college courses via an Asynchronous Learning Network (ALN) system called the Virtual ClassroomTM for a decade, using various media mix

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• ALN
• Collaborative learning
• Computer mediated communication
• computers and education
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The Social Dimension of Asynchronous Learning Networks

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Rupert Wegerif, Centre for Language and Communication, School of Education

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The Open University

This paper argues that the social dimension is important to effectiveness of Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALNs) and needs to be taken into account in the design of courses.

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• Collaborative learning
• Evaluation of ALNs
• Situated learning

Implementing Computer Mediated Communication in an Undergraduate Course - A Practical Experience

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Mary Graham,Lecturer, School of Economics

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Helen Scarborough, Lecturer, School of Economics

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Christine Goodwin, Computer Mediated Communication Coordinator, Faculty of Business and Law

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Deakin University

Computer mediated communication (CMC) is used to foster a collaborative learning environment in a number of courses within the Faculty of Business and Law at Deakin University.

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• Asynchronous Learning
• Collaborative learning
• Computer conferencing
• Computer mediated communication
• Distance Learning
• Economics education

The Post-Secondary Networked Classroom: Renewal of Teaching Practices and Social Interaction

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Milton Campos, Assistant Professor, Département de communication, Faculté des arts et des sciences

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Thérèse Laferrière, Professor, Département d'études sur l'enseignement et l'apprentissage, Faculté des sciences de l'éducation

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Linda Harasim, Professor, School of communications

Institution(s) or Organization(s) Where Research Occured:

Université de Montréal

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Université Laval

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Simon Fraser University

The application and use of telelearning technologies in post-secondary education is evolving from peripheral activities to central approaches.

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• Collaborative learning
• communicative interaction
• Higher Education
• Networked classroom
• Online Learning
• Pedagogy

Taking E-Moderating Skills to the Next Level: Reflecting on the Design of Conferencing Environments

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Shelagh M. Ross, Department of Physics and Astronomy

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Agnes Kukulska-Hulme, Institute of Educational Technology

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Helen Chappel, SCROLLA

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Brian Joyce

Institution(s) or Organization(s) Where Research Occured:

The Open University

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University of Glasgow

Institution(s) or Organization(s) Where Research Occured:

LSC-Opisto

This paper reports an analysis of computer conference structures set up for a distance education course in which major components of the teaching and learning involve group discussions

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• Collaborative learning
• message threading
• Networked learning environments
• online tutoring
• reflective practice
• virtual spaces

A Constructivist Method for the Analysis of Networked Cognitive Communication and the Assessment of Collaborative Learning

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Milton Campos, Psy.D., Assistant Professor, Département de communication

Institution(s) or Organization(s) Where Research Occured:

University of Montreal

This article presents a discourse analysis method designed to study networked cognitive communication processes in knowledge communities, such as conceptual change, higher order learning and knowledge

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• collaborative argumentation
• Collaborative learning
• Discourse Analysis
• knowledge communities
• Methodology
• Networked cognitive communication

Gender and Online Discourse in the Principles of Economics

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Duane B. Graddy, Department of Economics and Finance

Institution(s) or Organization(s) Where Research Occured:

Middle Tennessee State University

Collaboration is the heart of online learning. Interaction among course participants brings excitement to the online environment and creates knowledge as a group activity.

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• Collaborative learning
• computer-mediated communications
• Distance Learning
• gender differences
• Learning Effectiveness