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50 Years of ERIC
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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Supporting Collaborative Inquiry during a Biology Field Trip with Mobile Peer-to-Peer Tools for Learning: A Case Study with K-12 Learners
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Laru, Jari; Jarvela, Sanna; Clariana, Roy B. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2012
This study explores how collaborative inquiry learning can be supported with multiple scaffolding agents in a real-life field trip context. In practice, a mobile peer-to-peer messaging tool provided meta-cognitive and procedural support, while tutors and a nature guide provided more dynamic scaffolding in order to support argumentative discussions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Field Trips, Persuasive Discourse
Group-Level Analysis on Multiplayer Game Collaboration: How Do the Individuals Shape the Group Interaction?
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Bluemink, Johanna; Hamalainen, Raija; Manninen, Tony; Jarvela, Sanna – Interactive Learning Environments, 2010
In this study, the aim was to examine how small-group collaboration is shaped by individuals interacting in a virtual multiplayer game. The data were collected from a design experiment in which six randomly divided groups of four university students played a voice-enhanced game lasting about 1 h. The "eScape" game was a social action adventure…
Descriptors: Social Action, Prior Learning, Discourse Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship
Web-based Cases in Teaching and Learning - the Quality of Discussions and a Stage of Perspective Taking in Asynchronous Communication.
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Jarvela, Sanna; Hakkinen, Paivi – Interactive Learning Environments, 2002
Examines the quality of asynchronous interaction in Web-based conferencing among preservice teachers. The study combines asynchronous conferencing with peer and mentor collaboration to electronically apprentice student learning. Results point out different levels of Web-based discussion: higher-level, progressive, and lower-level discussion. A…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Learning, Higher Education