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50 Years of ERIC
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Using Synchronous Communication to Facilitate Graduate Students' Online Collaboration
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Maushak, Nancy J.; Ou, Chaohua – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2007
This study was designed primarily to examine how synchronous communication facilitated graduate students' online collaboration and their perceptions of synchronous communication. Thirty online graduate students were required to use instant messenger (IM) to discuss their group projects and later post their reflections on their collaboration. The…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Cooperative Learning, Content Analysis, Synchronous Communication
Attitudes of Graduate Students toward Mixed-Medium Distance Education.
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Maushak, Nancy J.; Ellis, Kathleen A. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2003
In 1997, Christine Sorenson reported on the Iowa Distance Education Alliance project that developed an instrument to assess student attitudes about experiences in Iowa Communications Network classrooms. This study evaluates graduate students to determine whether distance education may be more suitable for levels of instruction different from those…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Distance Education, Educational Media
Distance Education: Looking Beyond "No Significant Difference."
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Maushak, Nancy J.; Chen, Hui-Hui; Martin, Laura; Shaw, Benny C., Jr.; Unfred, David – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2001
A review of research in distance education indicates that results are consistent in that there is no significant difference in achievement attributable to the delivery system. This paper attempts to look beyond these studies by examining research related to: learner interaction and control, two different approaches to multiple learning styles, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
Learners and the Learning Environment: Impact of Technology Use in K-12 Schools in Iowa.
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Maushak, Nancy J.; Chen, Kuo-Tsai – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2000
Examines the impact of the IDEA Star Schools Project activities on learner and learning environment. A questionnaire based on previous work at NCREL and Milken collected data from current and past winners of an exemplary technology use award. Results provided valuable information for stakeholders on the change that occurs in learners and the…
Descriptors: Change, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Environment, Educational Technology