Although learning science in informal non-school environments has shown great promise in
terms of increasing interest and engagement, few studies have systematically investigated …

This study analyses the online questions and chat messages automatically recorded by a
live video streaming (LVS) system using data mining and text mining techniques. We apply …

Blogging has been recommended as a suitable tool for learning during internship due to its
associated usefulness in collaborative learning, reflection, communication, and social …

In this paper, we assess collaborative learning facilitated by computer-mediated
communication (CMC) systems in academic education. We examine collaborative learning …

Societal changes demand educators to apply new pedagogical approaches. Many
educational stakeholders feel that serious games could play a key role in fulfilling this …

Nowadays there is a huge demand for flexible, independent learning without the constraints
of time and place. Various trends in the field of education and training are the bases for the …

We start from the assumption that there is an important role for argumentation in academic
learning (Petraglia, 1997). This is because academic knowledge cannot be understood as …

This article reports a study examining university student pairs carrying out an electronic
discussion task in a synchronous computer mediated communication (CMC) system …

Effective collaborative learning is rarely a spontaneous phenomenon. In fact, it requires that
a set of conditions are met. Among these central conditions are group formation, size and …

This volume presents research findings on the use of technology to support learning and
reasoning in collaborative contexts. Featuring a variety of theoretical perspectives, ranging …