ERIC Number: EJ897515
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Nov
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0742-051X
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Integrating Collaborative PBL with Blended Learning to Explore Preservice Teachers' Development of Online Learning Communities
Yeh, Yu-chu
Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, v26 n8 p1630-1640 Nov 2010
This study integrated collaborative problem-based learning (collaborative PBL) with blended learning to explore the emerging process and function of online learning communities among preservice teachers. Thirty-two preservice teachers participated in a 16-week instruction program. Analyses of online group discussions and portfolios found that (a) the integrated approach facilitated the preservice teachers' formation of online learning communities; (b) the preservice teachers' online learning communities emerged via four stages: motivation and acquaintance, socialization and belongingness, information exchange and consensus, and tacit understanding and development; and (c) six factors influenced the development of the preservice teachers' online learning communities. (Contains 3 figures and 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Problem Based Learning, Portfolios (Background Materials), Cooperative Learning, Influences, Preservice Teacher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Internet, Community, Computer Mediated Communication, Discussion Groups, Discourse Analysis, Content Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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