scholarly journals Using three social network analysis approaches to understand computer-supported collaborative learning

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fan Ouyang
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Research University ◽  
The United States ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Computer Supported Collaborative Learning ◽  
Online Learning Communities ◽  
Class Level

The dataset originated from a graduate-level semester-long online course offered at a midwestern research university in the United States. This course - <i>Online Learning Communities</i> - focused on theories and practices of online learning communities (see Figure 2). Twenty graduate students enrolled in this course during a 14-week semester in spring 2014. This course was primarily comprised of inquiry-based online asynchronous discussions; discussion topics focused on theories, practices, and applications of online learning communities. Each discussion was framed within one week; topics were independent to each other. Keeping the same scale, the dataset in this research was comprised of all class-level discussions

scholarly journals Using three social network analysis approaches to understand computer-supported collaborative learning

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fan Ouyang
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Research University ◽  
The United States ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Computer Supported Collaborative Learning ◽  
Online Learning Communities ◽  
Class Level

The dataset originated from a graduate-level semester-long online course offered at a midwestern research university in the United States. This course - <i>Online Learning Communities</i> - focused on theories and practices of online learning communities (see Figure 2). Twenty graduate students enrolled in this course during a 14-week semester in spring 2014. This course was primarily comprised of inquiry-based online asynchronous discussions; discussion topics focused on theories, practices, and applications of online learning communities. Each discussion was framed within one week; topics were independent to each other. Keeping the same scale, the dataset in this research was comprised of all class-level discussions

Fostering Collaboration in CSCL

2009 ◽  
pp. 335-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donatella Persico ◽  
Francesca Pozzi ◽  
Luigi Sarti
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Computer Supported Collaborative Learning ◽  
Online Learning Communities ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Social

Some collaborative learning strategies widely used in face-to-face settings can also be adapted to online contexts. They allow us to master the complex relations between members of large, heterogeneous online learning communities. The authors build on their experience in the application of some of the most well-known strategies and techniques used in online courses, such as jigsaw, peer review, role-play, case study, and brainstorming. The use of these strategies in computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environments and the related models describing the social structure of the learning community is discussed in the attempt to highlight their strengths and weaknesses and investigate the conditions for their applicability. The aim is to inform the design and the management of online learning communities.

Engaging the Adult Learner Through Graduate Learning Communities

2012 ◽  
pp. 247-265
Author(s):  
Ellen Reames ◽  
Maria Martinez Witte ◽  
Marcus Howell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Adult Learner ◽  
College Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Level ◽  
Graduate Degrees ◽  
Changing Demographics

Providing a college education is important to the advancement of the United States and at the international level. A highly competitive 21st century workforce is in demand, and there is an increased need for graduate degrees but the adult learners and the learning venues are changing dramatically. This chapter addresses the need for graduate education, the trends and changing demographics of adult learners or graduate students, and the use of graduate learning communities to satisfy the changing needs of those served by colleges and universities.

scholarly journals 18. Avatars: Usefulness in Collaborative Online Learning Environments

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Lesley Wilton ◽  
Tonya Noël
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Online Learning Communities ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Computer Mediated Communications

Digital technologies that enhance computer-mediated communications are provoking change in the way educators interact with learners. As online course offerings expand and enrollment numbers increase, the challenges of effective online learning call for innovation and creativity. It is beneficial to introduce activities which establish trust and engagement in online learning communities. This paper describes the positive effects of an avatar activity that engaged the authors and their peers during two graduate-level collaborative online classes.

Teaching Research and Writing to Dance Artists and Educators

2009 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. 151-165
Author(s):  
Ann H. Dils ◽  
Susan W. Stinson ◽  
Doug Risner
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Reflective Thinking ◽  
The United States ◽  
High Expectations ◽  
The Past ◽  
Developmental Levels ◽  
Teaching Research ◽  
Qualitative Responses

The authors describe a model for teaching research and writing to graduate students in dance that they have been implementing and refining for the past five years. The model entwines scholarship, teaching, and artistry. Dils and Stinson reflect on two issues that arise from their teaching: embodiment as it relates to dance research and to online learning and maintaining high expectations for critical and reflective thinking in light of the developmental levels of students. Risner's survey on graduate dance programs in the United States is referred to within the presentation, including a brief excerpt from qualitative responses.

Didactic education in paediatric cardiology during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national fellow survey

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Madhusudan Ganigara ◽  
Chetan Sharma ◽  
Fernando Molina Berganza ◽  
Krittika Joshi ◽  
Andrew D. Blaufox ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
Nationwide Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Paediatric Cardiology ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a profound impact on medical educational curricula. We aimed to examine the impact of these unprecedented changes on the formal education of paediatric cardiology fellows through a nationwide survey. A REDCap™-based voluntary anonymous survey was sent to all current paediatric cardiology fellows in the United States of America in May, 2020. Of 143 respondents, 121 were categorical fellows, representing over one-fourth of all categorical paediatric cardiology fellows in the United States of America. Nearly all (140/143, 97.9%) respondents utilised online learning during the pandemic, with 134 (93.7%) reporting an increase in use compared to pre-pandemic. The percentage of respondents reporting curriculum supplementation with outside lectures increased from 11.9 to 88.8% during the pandemic. Respondents considered online learning to be “equally or more effective” than in-person lectures in convenience (133/142, 93.7%), improving fellow attendance (132/142, 93.0%), improving non-fellow attendance (126/143, 88.1%), and meeting individual learning needs (101/143, 70.6%). The pandemic positively affected the lecture curriculum of 83 respondents (58.0%), with 35 (24.5%) reporting no change and 25 (17.5%) reporting a negative effect. A positive effect was most noted by those whose programmes utilised supplemental outside lectures (62.2 versus 25.0%, p = 0.004) and those whose lecture frequency did not decrease (65.1 versus 5.9%, p < 0.001). Restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic have greatly increased utilisation of online learning platforms by medical training programmes. This survey reveals that an online lecture curriculum, despite inherent obstacles, offers advantages that may mitigate some negative consequences of the pandemic on fellowship education.

Identifying New Directions for African Studies: Methodology Report and Survey Results

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-88
Author(s):  
Larry W. Bowman ◽  
Diana T. Cohen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
African Studies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Coverage Error ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Survey Results

The sample frame was constructed over several months through the combined efforts of three graduate students and Prof. Larry W. Bowman. Using the Internet whenever possible, and backed by the assistance of colleagues from many institutions, we constructed a sample frame of 1,793 U.S.-based Africanists. Our sample frame includes 46 percent more Africanists than the 1,229 individual U.S. members of the African Studies Association (ASA) in 2001 (1,112 individual members and 117 lifetime members). In all cases we allowed institutions to self-define who they considered their African studies faculty to be. By assembling this broad sample frame of African studies faculty, we probe more deeply into the national world of African studies than can be done even through a membership survey of our largest and most established national African studies organization. The sample frame for this study approximates a full enumeration of the Africanist population in the United States. Therefore, data collected from samples drawn from this frame can with some confidence be generalized to all Africanists in the United States, with minimal coverage error.

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