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Publication Date: 2002
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Mechanisms of Common Ground in Case-Based Web Discussions in Teacher Education.
Makitalo, Kati; Hakkinen, Paivi; Leinonen, Piritta; Jarvela, Sanna
Internet and Higher Education, v5 n3 p247-65 Jul 2002
Explores how participants in Web-based conferencing establish and maintain common ground in order to reach deeper levels of interaction in case-based Web discussions. Describes a Web-based conferencing course that included preservice teachers and mentors from three universities, and showed the need for written feedback and peer support to establish common ground and understanding. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Discussion (Teaching Technique), Feedback, Higher Education, Interaction, Interpersonal Communication, Mentors, Online Courses, Preservice Teacher Education, Teleconferencing, World Wide Web
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Language: English
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