Fostering the development of critical thinking skills, and reading comprehension of undergraduates using a Web 2.0 tool coupled with a learning system

Does Applying Screenshot Annotations Enhance Learning Effectiveness? The Moderating Role of Course Difficulty

“…These annotation systems are useful for peer critiques [26], discussions, and brainstorming. However, these annotation systems focus on online materials such as static web pages and documents.…”

Examining Student Participation in Three Learning Activities Supported by Social Annotation Tools

“…Peer review is a type of collaborative activity commonly used in the classroom where instructors ask the students to write their reflections, share with one another, and critique each other's work in small groups (Mendenhall, 2010;Samuel et al, 2011;van der Pol, van den Berg, Admiraal, & Simons, 2008). SA tools afford peer review activities by providing a convenient platform in which interactions among peers can be seamlessly accomplished.…”

“…In one study (Mendenhall, 2010), students were grouped into pairs providing feedback to one another. The feedback could be either general (one that is not linked to a specific portion of the text) or specific.…”

Web Annotation and Threaded Forum: How Did Learners Use the Two Environments in an Online Discussion?

“…The lack of significant results in the first study suggested that educators should be careful with the design of Web annotation-based learning activities and should consider multiple factors to make sure that the learning outcomes would not be affected by external factors such as the unfamiliarity with the technology. The effectiveness of SAM-LS was also examined by Mendenhall and Johnson (2010), who tried to determine whether there was a change in reading comprehension, critical thinking and meta-cognition skills with the use of different instructional strategies in SAM-LS. The results showed that there was no significant difference in reading comprehension, critical thinking or meta-cognition skills between the experimental groups with different instructional strategies and a control group.…”

“…explore the potential of using Web annotation as a collaborative tool to promote learners' performance in various educational settings (Hwang, Wang, & Sharples, 2007;Johnson, Archibald, & Tenenbaum, 2010;Lin & Tsai, 2011;Mendenhall & Johnson, 2010;Nokelainen, Miettinen, Kurhila, Floréen, & Tirri, 2005;Su, Yang, Hwang, & Zhang, 2010;Wang, 2010;Wolfe, 2008;Yang, Chen, & Shao, 2004;Yang, Zhang, Su, & Tsai, 2011;Yeh & Lo, 2009). Little research, however, has compared the effectiveness of Web annotation in promoting collaborative learning with that of other collaborative tools.…”