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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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del Valle, Rodrigo; Oncu, Semiral; Koksal, Nur Fatma; Kim, Nari; Alford, Paul; Duffy, Thomas M. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
The purpose of this exploratory experimental study was to examine how online cognitive facilitation that promotes cognitive presence, while keeping facilitator's social presence constant, affects student learning and satisfaction in an online community of inquiry. In this context, we explored the following questions: (1) Does online high cognitive…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Participant Satisfaction, Online Courses, Computer Mediated Communication
Lee, Chwee Beng – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
The intent of this study is to explore how WAP (wireless application protocol) technology mediates online discussions. The focus of this research is on the implications of WAP technology for online discussions, and the types of discussion topics that are most suitable for WAP-based discussions and the finding of the combination of WAP- and…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Focus Groups, Interviews
Jeong, Allan C. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
This study examined how differences in communication style affect how likely particular types of messages (e.g. arguments, evidence, critiques, explanations) were able to elicit critical responses during four online debates. Event sequence analysis was used to compare the response probabilities for each type of message across messages that used…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Persuasive Discourse, Language Styles
Colaric, Susan M.; Stapleton, Joy – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
Retention of novice teachers is a problem for school districts. Teacher induction programs are beneficial in increasing retention, but these programs take time, a commodity in short supply among novice teachers. Computer-based support has been suggested as an alternative resource. This paper reports the findings of a survey among novice teachers…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Computer Mediated Communication, Faculty Mobility, Beginning Teachers
Barbour, Michael K.; Collins, Michael A.J. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
This paper considers student use of a web-based discussion forum in a second year, non-major Biology course. The authors discuss how meaningful participation in the forum is a form of public writing and may be an indicator of overall student success in the course. The authors also discuss how this success in the course is not tied to the students?…
Descriptors: Biology, Web Based Instruction, Higher Education, Writing (Composition)
Joung, Sunyoung; Keller, John M. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
The terms "cooperative" and "collaborative" are sometimes used interchangeably in reference to group learning activities in classrooms and in online settings. However, they can be viewed as differing in terms of characteristics such as pre-structure, task structure, and content structure (Strijbos & Martens, 2001; Panitz, 1996). This study…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Interaction, Cooperative Learning, Comparative Analysis