Comparing the social knowledge construction behavioral patterns of problem-based online asynchronous discussion in e/m-learning environments

Computers and Education

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1122-1135

  Lan, Yu Feng ^a   Tsai, Pei Wei ^a   Yang, Shih Hsien ^a   Hung, Chun Ling ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^c CHIENKUO TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Evaluation methodologies; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS DISCUSSIONS; BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROL GROUPS; EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; FEEDBACK SYSTEMS; FIRST YEAR; GROUP DISCUSSIONS; GROUP MEMBERS; IN-CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION; LEARNING PERFORMANCE; M-LEARNING; MOBILE-LEARNING SYSTEM; ONLINE DISCUSSIONS; PROBLEM-BASED; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; WIRELESS NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; E-LEARNING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MOBILE DEVICES; RESEARCH; STUDENTS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84864038937     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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