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Impact Of A State-Mandated K-12 Mathematics Professional Development Course On Teachers’ Beliefs And Knowledge, Michele B. Carney, Jonathan L. Brendefur
Impact Of A State-Mandated K-12 Mathematics Professional Development Course On Teachers’ Beliefs And Knowledge, Michele B. Carney, Jonathan L. Brendefur
Michele Carney
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Students’ Online Interaction Styles: Can They Change?, Dazhi Yang, Jennifer C. Richardson
Students’ Online Interaction Styles: Can They Change?, Dazhi Yang, Jennifer C. Richardson
Dazhi Yang
Past studies indicate that students demonstrate different online interaction styles, which consist of the ways or habits students acquire knowledge from computer-mediated discussions (Sutton, 2001). Such interaction styles include the active interaction style (Beaudion, 2002), the vicarious interaction style (Sutton, 2001), and the mixed or balanced-interaction style. The purpose of this exploratory study was to further investigate whether students’ online interaction styles changed during a course utilizing asynchronous computer-mediated discussions; and if so how and why they changed. Results indicate that such changes did take place as 44% of participants adjusted to more active learning styles as the courses progressed. …
Promoting Learner-Learner Interactions Through Ecological Assessments Of The Online Environment, Evelyn S. Johnson
Promoting Learner-Learner Interactions Through Ecological Assessments Of The Online Environment, Evelyn S. Johnson
Evelyn S. Johnson
As the number of learners engaging in online education increases, a growing body of literature is developing to recommend best practices for instructors. Typically, these recommendations are oriented to a particular aspect of interaction based on Moore’s (1989) extended framework, to include learner-instructor; learner-learner; learner-content; learner-interface interactions, with a recent emphasis on the importance of learner-learner interactions. However, online instructors and learners operate within a complex environment in which many aspects can have a direct impact on the instructor’s ability to facilitate learner-learner interactions. If online education providers and instructors hope to successfully adopt practices to promote learner-learner interaction, an …