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Enhancing Social Interaction and Spreading Tutor Responsibilities in Bottom-Up Organized Learning Networks
- Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on Web Based Communities 2006
, 2006
"... A Learning Network is an ensemble of individual users, institutions and learning resources which are mutually connected through and supported by information and communication technologies. Learning Networks are particularly attractive to self-directed learners, who themselves decide on their learnin ..."
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A Learning Network is an ensemble of individual users, institutions and learning resources which are mutually connected through and supported by information and communication technologies. Learning Networks are particularly attractive to self-directed learners, who themselves decide on their learning program as well as on the timing, pace and place of their studies. Such learners may easily become isolated, which is detrimental to their studies. Supporting them is difficult and, if done properly, may rapidly lead to staff overload. This paper discusses ad hoc, transient communities as a means of tackling both problems. It is argued that such communities are well suited to enhance the sociability of a Learning Network and increase learning effectiveness.
Ad Hoc Transient Communities to Enhance Social Interaction and Spread Tutor Responsibilities in Bottom-Up Organized Learning Networks
"... A Learning Network is an ensemble of individual users, institutions and learning resources which are mutually connected through and supported by information and communication technologies. Learning Networks are particularly attractive to self-directed learners, who themselves decide on their learnin ..."
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A Learning Network is an ensemble of individual users, institutions and learning resources which are mutually connected through and supported by information and communication technologies. Learning Networks are particularly attractive to self-directed learners, who themselves decide on their learning programme as well as on the timing, pace and place of their studies. Such learners may easily become isolated, which is detrimental to their studies. Supporting them, furthermore, may rapidly lead to staff overload. This paper proposes that setting up peer support in ad hoc, transient communities helps tackle both problems. An overview of pertinent literature is presented to substantiate this proposal. KEY WORDS community building, learning networks, peer tutoring, self-directed learners 1.
Analyzing and Presenting Interaction Data: A Teacher, Student and Researcher Perspective
"... Abstract: Students ’ actions within a CSCL-environment can be recorded and stored as interaction data. This data can be accessed and analyzed automatically. Teachers, students and researchers may benefit from these analyses. It gives teachers and students immediate feedback about performance indicat ..."
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Abstract: Students ’ actions within a CSCL-environment can be recorded and stored as interaction data. This data can be accessed and analyzed automatically. Teachers, students and researchers may benefit from these analyses. It gives teachers and students immediate feedback about performance indicators and it can help researchers to identify meaningful patterns in the interaction data. In the symposium we focus on these three groups of users – the teacher, the student and the researcher – and explore three issues: 1) how can we extract meaningful information from the interaction data, 2) how can this information be used in practice, and 3) how should this information be presented to the user?
