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50 Years of ERIC
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De Wever, B.; Van Keer, H.; Schellens, T.; Valcke, M. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2009
This article examines the impact of the introduction of roles and the added value of self-assessment on students' level of knowledge construction in online asynchronous discussions in a first-year university course in instructional sciences. Students' postings in 20 discussion groups were used as the research data for this study. All messages,…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Discussion Groups, Knowledge Level, Content Analysis
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Tondeur, J.; Valcke, M.; van Braak, J. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2008
The central aim of this study was to test a model that integrates determinants of educational computer use. In particular, the article examines teacher and school characteristics that are associated with different types of computer use by primary school teachers. A survey was set up, involving 527 teachers from 68 primary schools in Flanders. A…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Surveys, Foreign Countries, Models
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De Smet, M.; Van Keer, H.; Valcke, M. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2008
Cross-age tutors were randomly assigned to one of the three tutor training conditions distinguished for the current study: (1) the labelling experimental condition, characterized by requirements to label their tutor interventions, based on the e-moderating model of Salmon; (2) the non-labelling experimental condition, focusing on tutor's acting…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Discussion Groups, Tutor Training, Tutors
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Tondeur, Jo; van Braak, J.; Valcke, M. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2007
In the present study, we reject the view that computer use can be studied as an isolated variable in a learning environment. Our main objective is to develop an instrumental tool to measure different types of educational computer use in the classroom. This builds on a comprehensive review of the literature about computer use in education. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Questionnaires, Computer Uses in Education