A framework for online learning: the Virtual-U

Harasim, Linda

doi:10.1109/2.789750

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“…Scaffolds have been used as strategies for participatory design (Balka, 1997;Bjerknes & Bratteteig, 1995) and as a method for building participatory networked communities in the context of the present research (Campos, 2004a;2004b;2004c). Building on the concept of scaffolds, cognitive psychologists have developed electronic conferencing environments and tools to support knowledge construction and collaboration (Harasim, 1999;Scardamalia & Bereiter, 1994). 2 Scardamalia and Bereiter (1994) developed a specific tool within an electronic conferencing environment that would act as an empirical mechanism able to scaffold representations of discourse structures.…”

Section: From Argumentation To Scaffoldsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Communication as Argumentation: The Use of Scaffolding Tools by a Networked Nursing Community

Campos

2007

Canadian Journal of Communication

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This article analyzes the use of argumentation scaffolding strategies and tools by a networked community of nurses. Participants came from hospitals, health centres, and heart care institutes in three Canadian provinces. Over a six-month period, the nurses set a discussion agenda to address problems affecting the cardiac-patient population, using argumentation scaffolding as one of their networking tools. Data collected from two networked conferences is compared using transcripts of online conversations, interviews, and questionnaires. The analysis, drawing upon a theoretical framework integrating the work of Piaget, Habermas, and Grize, indicates different uses of the scaffolding tool as the nurses moved from the brainstorming, reflexive stage of discussion to the production of a co-authored document, The Heart Health Toolkit.

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Section: From Argumentation To Scaffoldsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Communication as Argumentation: The Use of Scaffolding Tools by a Networked Nursing Community

Campos

2007

Canadian Journal of Communication

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“…), classification and association analyses (e.g., grouping user by navigation types or characteristics), time-series analyses (i.e., grouping data for time related trends and similarities), and data visualization (i.e., graphically plotting data about usage, participation, etc.) (Harasim, 1999). Such tools can elucidate the timing and quantity of student online work.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These same researchers recommend Message Flow Analysis for analyzing the density of messages in units of time (e.g., weeks of a semester, days of the week, hours of the day, (Harasim, 1999)). Their experience in graphing such messages is that there are peaks and valleys in electronic networks.…”

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Applying collaborative and e-learning tools to military distance learning: A research framework

Bonk¹,

Wisher²

2000

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“…Until now, we can report a significant effort expended into organizing off-campus delivery of lessons using multimedia tools [1]. Laboratories based on simulation techniques have also been set up for remote access [2].…”

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Embedding Remote Experimentation in Power Engineering Education

Albu

Holbert

Heydt

et al. 2004

IEEE Trans. Power Syst.

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Abstract-Engineering education by its nature is a costly program in university environments. Perhaps the most costly component is the laboratory facility, usually consisting of specialized equipment. Effective instruction of some topics in power engineering education requires experience with actual equipment, rather than small-scale replicas or simulation. In this paper, a new laboratory approach is described, as implemented in a virtual, Internet-based, experimentation platform. This virtual laboratory (VLab) utilizes real equipment distributed among multiple universities from which remotely located students can perform experiments. The software solution is a multiuser, client-server architecture developed in the LabVIEW environment. Implementation details including video, chat, archiving, and the hardware and software platforms are presented in the paper. An example presented herein is the study of current and voltage waveforms while controlling relays and low-voltage contactors. The applications have been tested with student teams enrolled in the electrical engineering department of Politehnica University of Bucharest and the power engineering program at Arizona State University.

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A framework for online learning: the Virtual-U

Cited by 98 publications

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Communication as Argumentation: The Use of Scaffolding Tools by a Networked Nursing Community

Communication as Argumentation: The Use of Scaffolding Tools by a Networked Nursing Community

Applying collaborative and e-learning tools to military distance learning: A research framework

Embedding Remote Experimentation in Power Engineering Education

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