An interface design for a structured computer-mediated communication tool for elementary school students: pull-down versus explicit menus

2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiung-Hui Chiu ◽  
Chiao-Hua Chuang ◽  
Hsieh-Fen Hsiao
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
School Students ◽  
Computer Mediated

Computer-mediated instruction using ondoku practice for developing elementary school students’ pronunciation skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Wong ◽  
Natsuko Shintani
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Reading Aloud ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
School Students ◽  
Instructional Activity ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Teacher Researcher

Abstract This article reports on an elementary school teacher’s research project that evaluated a new teaching practice for Japanese elementary school students. The project was conducted in two fifth-grade classes comprising a total of 59 students. The teacher-researcher designed a computer-mediated instructional activity consisting of four-steps called ondoku, which engaged individual students in reading a given story aloud. It involved the students (a) studying a model reading-aloud video, (b) video-recording their own reading-aloud performance, (c) receiving teacher corrective feedback on their pronunciation and (d) studying the feedback and recording and hen submitting a second performance. All the steps were carried out in sequence using individual iPads. The teacher also administered a questionnaire to examine students’ engagement in and perspectives regarding the activity. Analysis involved comparing the pronunciation in the first and second corrected video files. The results showed that feedback led to successful repair 62 times out of the 108 corrections. In 16 instances, the students were aware of the error and attempted repair but still produced an incorrect utterance. In 30 instances, the students made no repair. Reflecting on the results and the students’ responses to the questionnaire, the teacher proposed some changes to the activity.

ArtView: Transforming Image Databases into Collaborative Learning Spaces

1997 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 317-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geri Gay ◽  
Kirsten Boehner ◽  
Tara Panella
Keyword(s):  
Contextual Information ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Learning Spaces ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Shared Space ◽  
College Course ◽  
Compare And Contrast

Considering the educational importance of dialogue among students, faculty, and professionals, this article examines a computer-mediated communication tool designed to support online learning through conversation. ArtView, developed by Cornell University's Interactive Multimedia Group, allows groups of learners to converse from disparate locations in a shared space while viewing an image that has been pre-loaded by the instructor. An online database provides a ready-reference, allowing the instructor to customize background or contextual information necessary to supplement the online conversations. This article describes and reports the results of user-testing conducted in conjunction with a college course, “Art in the Electronic Age.” Through qualitative techniques, learners compare and contrast their experiences in a face-to-face guided visit and discussion with a computer-mediated viewing and discussion using ArtView. Museums were seen as providing an attractive element of personal choice and an outstanding physical viewing environment. ArtView lacked these elements and tended to homogenize the artworks with its two-dimensional display limitations. However, most students reported levels of satisfaction with the quality and convenience of the computer-mediated communication (CMC) aspects sufficient to make up for the limitations. The article concludes with suggestions on how educators might augment learning by combining the strengths of the online and museum experiences.

scholarly journals Patterns of Interactions in a Synchronous Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) Collaborative Activity in the Saudi EFL Context

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muna Al-Mutairy ◽  
Nadia Shukri
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
Learning Collaborative ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
School Students ◽  
Collaborative Activity ◽  
Instructional Content ◽  
Computer Mediated

<p><em>This study explored patterns of interaction in a synchronous Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) collaborative activity in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) setting in the Saudi Arabian context. The study focused on the use of synchronous Chat in teaching and learning. Collaborative learning is considered to lead to a deeper level of learning, enhanced critical thinking, shared understanding and long-term recognition of the learned material.</em><em> A qualitative approach was used in the data collection process. </em><em>Participants were 20 high school students, native speakers of Arabic, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The study examined participants’ English usage in conversation, a quiz, and a discussion, all of which took place online, in a CMC format. There was also a paired work presentation of 25 minutes’ duration. Results revealed that CMC enabled learners to further their understanding of instructional content and to better apply what they had learned when they were placed in a group. The results from the online discussion showed that participants’ linguistic performance improved, including better utilization of words. Although grammatical usages lack certain accuracy, the use of CMC to a larger extent contributed to enhanced communication skills and autonomy. </em><em>Based on the findings some suggestions and recommendations were provided</em><em> as to aid teachers as well as students in implementing the Internet technology in EFL classrooms.</em><em></em></p>

Computer-Mediated Communication - The Power of Email as a Driver for Changing the Communication Paradigm

2011 ◽  
pp. 106-130
Author(s):  
Dianne Willis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Communication Paradigm ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Uk

Email has been with us now for a long time and is being increasingly adopted as a major communication tool in UK Higher Education (HE) establishments (colleges of Higher and Further Education and universities). As the use of email grows, the effect on communication patterns needs to be established. This chapter looks at current communication and working practices within a Higher Education institution in the UK (the author’s own). A survey has been conducted to elicit people’s feelings about the use of email and how they see future patterns of communication developing within the establishment. The questions that the survey set out to answer were as follows: • Preferred methods of communication; • Advantages and disadvantages of each of the communication methods utilized at Leeds Metropolitan University (LMU); • Efficiency of email; • Items not suitable for email transmission; • Ethical considerations in using email; • Who is contacted using email; and • Increase or decrease of email usage in the future. The specific focus of the survey was to elicit how staff feel about the increasing dependence on the use of email within the institution, and these findings are discussed in the results section. The chapter will present a literature review of the area, the framework for the study, the methodology utilized, the results of the questionnaire, conclusions and future trends.

Information Culture in the Context of Higher Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 41-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Святкина ◽  
E. Svyatkina
Keyword(s):  
Research University ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Nuclear Research ◽  
Information Culture ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
School Students ◽  
Physics Students ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Elective Course

The article discusses special features of information culture acquisition by higher school students considering the transformation of learning environment that is under way in contemporary universities. The author gives a detailed analysis of the concept of computer-mediated communication, which is now becoming a top priority in learning process modernization. The article considers the advantages of e-learning and a new learning format — digital textbook. It points out that the new approach to learning process involves the appearance of new academic subjects to be taught by modular principle. One of such “modular subjects” is a course of vocationally- oriented informative reading in English. To illustrate the conclusion that this course completion results in acquisition of the whole complex of new communicative skills, the author gives an example of a text and tasks from the elective course “Academic skilis”, which is now being developed within the Online University of the National Nuclear Research University “MEPhI” for physics students.

Computer Mediated Communication

2011 ◽  
pp. 253-268
Author(s):  
Dianne Willis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Uk Higher Education

Email has been with us now for a long time and is being increasingly adopted as a major communication tool in UK Higher Education establishments (colleges of higher and further education and universities). As the use of email grows, the effect on communication patterns needs to be established. This paper looks at current communication and working practices within a higher education institution in the UK (the author’s own). A survey has been conducted to elicit people’s feelings about the use of email and how they see future patterns of communication developing within the establishment.

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