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Murphy, Elizabeth – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2009
The study reported on in this paper used a framework of benefits, challenges and solutions to categorize data from a design experiment using synchronous online communication for learning French as a second language (FSL). Participants were 92 Grade 6, FSL students and four teachers from urban and rural areas of Newfoundland, Canada. Data…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Rural Areas, Urban Areas
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Murphy, Elizabeth – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2008
The effectiveness of computer-based learning environments depends on learners' deployment of metacognitive and self-regulatory processes. Analysis of transmitted messages in a context of Computer Mediated Communication can provide a source of information on metacognitive activity. However, existing models or frameworks (e.g., Henri, 1992) that…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Computer Mediated Communication, Instructional Design, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Nippard, Eric; Murphy, Elizabeth – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2007
The purpose of the study reported on in this paper was to explore how teachers and students manifest social presence in the web-based synchronous secondary classroom (WBSSC). Data were collected using structured and unstructured observations of twelve online recordings of web-based synchronous classes in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador,…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship, Foreign Countries, Observation
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Murphy, Elizabeth; Rodriguez Manzanares, Maria A. – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2006
This paper provides an illustrative example of an approach to creating and reporting individual profiles of engagement in particular behaviours in an online asynchronous discussion (OAD). Individual results of analysis of transcripts of an OAD can provide insights different from those gained by focusing on aggregate measures of group behaviours.…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Graduate Students, Student Behavior
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Murphy, Elizabeth – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2004
This paper reports on a study involving the development and application of an instrument to identify and measure ill-structured problem formulation and resolution (PFR) in online asynchronous discussions (OADs). The instrument was developed by first determining PFR processes relevant to ill-structured problems in professional practice. The…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Problem Solving, Educational Technology
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Murphy, Elizabeth; Coleman, Elizabeth – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2004
This paper presents one of five categories of findings of a qualitative study of students' experiences of challenges encountered in a web-based graduate program. The findings relate to the category of experiences with online asynchronous discussions. Data collection relied on a discussion, questionnaire and interview all conducted within WebCT™.…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication